Blackout one night up in the mountains. Whole island has gone dark. Next island too. Noticed the majesty of the Milky Way in all it’s glory.
Not a faint shadow, or a slightly bright smear, a glowing bright wide trail extending from horizon to horizon.
I may never see such a thing again. It shook me.
We’ve crippled ourselves as a species by depriving ourselves of the stars.
It’s so sad so many people grow up and maybe even die thinking the nightsky is a few dozen stars.
And stuff like StarLink sats are killing the view even more
Man, I’ve seen that once in my life, about 40 years ago and I still remember that. Truly one of the most amazing things I have ever seen.
Eventually the satellites will bounce off each other and destroy everything up there. I welcome it.
I feel genuinely sad the modern world has us miss out on something as beautiful as the stars in all their glory, something that always promised wonder longer than we’ve been a sentient species.
For uncountable millenia, the milky way was the standard night time viewing, and we’ve lost it in the last couple centuries :(
Obviously it wasn’t like that, but it did feel somewhat like a community event.
