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On 21/09/2012 10:47 AM, Stephen wrote:
> I can imagine
When I used to work for a living. ;-)
I was on an oil production platform midway between the Shetland islands
and Norway. For years there was nothing in sight but sea to the horizon.
At night we could see the glow of other platforms gas flares below the
horizon illuminating the clouds above with an orange glare.
We were not alone!
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On 20/09/2012 7:11 PM, James Holsenback wrote:
> I remember my ex-brother-in-law trying to argue that it was just high
> clouds ... give me a break (he'd argue white was black if it suited him)
Sounds like a "wind up merchant" :-)
> .... I've seen the milky way naked eye MANY times
I've not, I've mostly lived in urban areas.
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On 20/09/2012 7:05 PM, James Holsenback wrote:
> yep ... that was one example I know of, also northern canada during the
> winter. in addition to less light pollution, when it's cold fewer
> heatwaves to distort the view
I believe that the view from the Southern Hemisphere is better as it has
a view to the galactic centre.
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On 20/09/2012 6:59 PM, nemesis wrote:
> my exact reaction too. You look up and you feel like you're in orbit, not on
> Earth anymore. It's that stunning, at least for us city dwellers...
>
Yes, I was stunned. The memory will be with me forever.
> The sky is a blurry foggy mess in urban centers. You gotta go to the fields to
> enjoy it, specially on moonless nights.
If you look at the light pollution maps that Scott and Andrew posted in
this thread. You will see that in the UK you have to go to the mountains
to get away from urban lights.
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On 21/09/2012 11:04 AM, Stephen wrote:
> If you look at the light pollution maps that Scott and Andrew posted in
> this thread. You will see that in the UK you have to go to the mountains
> to get away from urban lights.
The UK is a small, densely-populated island.
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On 21/09/2012 11:09 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 21/09/2012 11:04 AM, Stephen wrote:
>> If you look at the light pollution maps that Scott and Andrew posted in
>> this thread. You will see that in the UK you have to go to the mountains
>> to get away from urban lights.
>
> The UK is a small, densely-populated island.
Well it is also the eight largest island in the world by area and the
third by population.
http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/largestislands.htm
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>> The UK is a small, densely-populated island.
>
> Well it is also the eight largest island in the world by area and the
> third by population.
OK, this bothers me. Since the planet is more than 50% water, surely
*all* land masses are surrounded by water on all sides, and are
technically "islands"...
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Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> On 20/09/2012 06:59 PM, nemesis wrote:
> > The sky is a blurry foggy mess in urban centers. You gotta go to the fields to
> > enjoy it, specially on moonless nights.
>
> One time I drove to a tiny village. Google informs me it's about 7 miles
> outside Milton Keynes. It was a dark October night. I went outside,
> about 11pm. I didn't see more than about 5 stars
wearing your glasses my help. ;)
or perhaps UK has an everlasting fog no doubt
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Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
> On 21/09/2012 11:09 AM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> > On 21/09/2012 11:04 AM, Stephen wrote:
> >> If you look at the light pollution maps that Scott and Andrew posted in
> >> this thread. You will see that in the UK you have to go to the mountains
> >> to get away from urban lights.
> >
> > The UK is a small, densely-populated island.
>
> Well it is also the eight largest island in the world by area and the
> third by population.
>
> http://geography.about.com/od/lists/a/largestislands.htm
"Source: Wikipedia" LOL
Japan is second. I guess you guys can forgive not seeing the stars but at least
not being bothered by huge earthquakes, tsunamis and huge rubber monsters.
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Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On 20/09/2012 07:01 PM, nemesis wrote:
> > the old greeks explained that bright white smudge up there by saying it was milk
> > from the breast of one of the Titans who first created the cosmos. Thus, milky
> > way.
>
> Man, those dudes had way too many magic mushrooms. :-P
more like Dionysus' wine
magic mushrooms were appetizers for Celts, Gauls and Marius Brothus
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