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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.
And stuff like StarLink sats are killing the view even more
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 :(
It's so sad so many people grow up and maybe even die thinking the nightsky is a few dozen stars.
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.