3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat do you see that you wish others saw?message-squaremessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11message-squareWhat do you see that you wish others saw?3volver@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThis is a weirdly universal statement for an anecdotal experience. If one were to go to an actually remote location, many miles from any city, I don’t know of any reason that the stars wouldn’t be visible.
minus-squareCloudless ☼@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoWeather (clouds), moonlight. And the fact that I have responsibilities as an adult, and it is not easy to go to an actually remote location at the right time. Going to a dark site is not as easy as “just drive an hour from your home.” Take a look at this: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/how-to-find-good-places-to-stargaze/
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSo you went to stargaze on a cloudy night and your takeaway is that nobody can see the stars anymore? Yeah, that’s a bizarre conclusion.
minus-squareCloudless ☼@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIf you want to purposefully misunderstand what I said, feel free to do so.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI’m not really sure how else to understand it, tbh. Unless you meant things you don’t see anymore, which wasn’t really the point of the thread.
This is a weirdly universal statement for an anecdotal experience. If one were to go to an actually remote location, many miles from any city, I don’t know of any reason that the stars wouldn’t be visible.
Weather (clouds), moonlight.
And the fact that I have responsibilities as an adult, and it is not easy to go to an actually remote location at the right time.
Going to a dark site is not as easy as “just drive an hour from your home.”
Take a look at this: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/how-to-find-good-places-to-stargaze/
So you went to stargaze on a cloudy night and your takeaway is that nobody can see the stars anymore? Yeah, that’s a bizarre conclusion.
If you want to purposefully misunderstand what I said, feel free to do so.
I’m not really sure how else to understand it, tbh. Unless you meant things you don’t see anymore, which wasn’t really the point of the thread.