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in reply to Tio

Is it true that in places without any light pollution you can see the Milkyway in the night sky? I would like to experience that some day, it could put things into perspective for me.....
in reply to Tio

It's kinda sad to think that most people won't be able to experience the true night sky like that because of light pollution, especially when you consider how common it must've been for our ancestors.
in reply to Rokosun

true! one reason we love the motorhome idea is to go where there is still dark in Europe...I also never saw the "proper night sky" from atrully dark place...
in reply to Tio

Oh I'm sure you'll see many wonderful places with that motorhome 🙂
in reply to Rokosun

I never saw the Milky Way (except in timed exposures) until I was about 50. Then I relocated to remote Australia.

It's quite spectacular really. You feel as if you can reach out and touch the Magellanic Clouds. They look like real clouds, but are spread across space and time. The locals call this the "giant emu". There is no feeling quite like the realisation of being attached to the universe; and actually seeing it spread out forever directly over your head connects you in a very primitive way. This connection is something humans lost by packing together in their concrete mega-cities.

The good news is that you can get it back.