VERY Nice!
Awesome! Haven't really seen the Milky Way in years
A great shot of the night sky.
Light pollution is the curse of modern man.
Reminds me of the night sky in Southern Ireland in the 1960s.
David
My earliest memories of Ireland are of the light flickering and going out as the local power generator would run out of fuel. The operator had too many at the pub and forgotten to refill the gas tank.
It was 110V DC
David
Thanks. You really have to get to a dark sky location to see it very well. Probably one of the most amazing Skys I've ever seen was at a place called Mount Laguna in Southern California. It is within eyeshot of the Mount Palomar Observatory. We were doing an evaluation on a Long Range Radar there and I remember walking out onto the radar dome catwalk one night and the view of the night sky took my breath away.
What amazes (concerns) me is that when I went to camp in my teens, about 2 hours north of Toronto you would see the Milky Way any clear night - now I drive to New Liskeard - 6 hours north and - Nada
JP - you have to wait until night.
<ducks and runs>
Thanks. You really have to get to a dark sky location to see it very well. Probably one of the most amazing Skys I've ever seen was at a place called Mount Laguna in Southern California. It is within eyeshot of the Mount Palomar Observatory. We were doing an evaluation on a Long Range Radar there and I remember walking out onto the radar dome catwalk one night and the view of the night sky took my breath away.
That is a fantastic shot. I remember seeing the milky way in medium sized (about 140,000) town on moonless nights as a kid in the 70s.
Not nearly as easy now. However I also remember working under cars with no trouble light during the day and reading by moonlight only at night.
Light pollution is a real thing, but the eyes also lose some ability to see faint light.
I am not far from North Central Nebraska, sparsely populated and by all accounts great night sky viewing. I need to get out there soon.
Thanks again for the great view.
JP - you have to wait until night.
<ducks and runs>
wait a minute - you mean..... doh!
Apparently in Iceland at summer solstice (24 hours sunlight or as near as makes no difference) people are disappointed because they can't see the Northern Lights.
<Off to convenience store to get a Milky Way>