Due to Thai Night-Sky Loss: I am planning a move to the Gobi Desert. For the stars…

[Ralf001]

2 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

 

  You do write some bo!!ox Gamma....     you studied at the University of Pisa ??? 

a while back he was dribbling on about some university in Canada , McGill I think it was.

[GammaGlobulin]

12 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

a while back he was dribbling on about some university in Canada , McGill I think it was.

 

Great school, by the way.

 

 

Wish I were there....about....NOW!

 

 

 

 

 

[Baht Simpson]

Many years ago I went to one of the Similan Islands, Koh Miang. Stayed two nights. Only 1 hour of electric from a generator for a shower between 5pm and 6pm, then complete darkness. We would lay on the beach looking up at the firmament. You could hardly put a pin between the stars. It was astonishing.

 

The only downside was the dreadful day tourists who arrived in a flood of boats during the day. 

 

A real trek getting there and back but worth it for the night sky.

 

 

[save the frogs]

the smartass rabbi. haha ... that's a good one.

 

 

[LALes]

I remember camping in the high Sierra of Yosemite National Park in the early 70s.  Looking up from my sleeping bag out in the open was a very humbling site.  Hard to get that feeling in the modern world.  Good luck in your search.

[klauskunkel]

All five of Utah’s national parks are International Dark Sky Parks, meaning they have exceptionally dark skies and are protected from light pollution.

https://www.myutahparks.com/photos/utah-night-sky-photography/

 

(looks like inserting links aren't working on AN at the moment)

[Globalres]

I lived in South Africa, 1982-1994, in the Johannesburg area, I saw the milky way almost every night.  Amazing stars every night, obviously not on cloudy nights.  Amazing, still miss it.

[GammaGlobulin]

17 minutes ago, Globalres said:

I lived in South Africa, 1982-1994, in the Johannesburg area, I saw the milky way almost every night.  Amazing stars every night, obviously not on cloudy nights.  Amazing, still miss it.

 

There is something in our makeup that demands access to these things, such as the natural starry night, and a clear mountain brook with trees and bees, autumn leaves without the sound of jet aircraft buzzing overhead.

 

All this is gone, in most places where humans live.

 

No doubt, the impact of this separation between man and natural environment has already been deeply felt, and the impact immense.