Comments on: Lost At Sea

By: Robert Crowley

Robert Crowley — Sat, 02 Jul 2016 19:06:28 +0000

Having grown up and lived most of my life in a part of the US where it’s not visible, nor does the area have any topographic features to speak of, the first time I saw the Milky Way and the first time I actually saw mountains first-hand were both absolutely amazing experiences for me. Even though parts of my area are dark enough to enjoy using a telescope, when I was in the north end of the Chihuahuan Desert at the US/Mexico border, I saw more beauty in the sky with my naked eye than I had ever seen through my scope. It was actually a bit humbling. And also incredibly inspiring. I will never forget it.

By: Md. Saiful Islam

Md. Saiful Islam — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 02:31:18 +0000

Mankind is swimming in a spaceship earth with the milky way ,starry galaxies in vast cosmic universe like a bubble blue ball . A wonder in the creations of Creator. Man may ponder & know the Truth and the Originator.

By: Jpatrick

Jpatrick — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:45:09 +0000

In my fictional world, a war on anthropogenic light pollution culminates in a “lights out” edict for all of the world. The policy results in an unforeseen dystopia which advances humanity in the eyes of some.

By: David J. Schinsing

David J. Schinsing — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 13:15:57 +0000

Thank you. I’ve been thinking about a trip to the southern hemisphere specifically for seeing the Milky Way. Australia… maybe.

There’s subtle irony in that it takes a 1MW strobe reveal something cloaked by light pollution. 🙂

By: Jean Tate

Jean Tate — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:44:20 +0000

At least some of the native peoples of Australia (aborigines) used the “dark lanes” in Milky Way as “constellations”, the Emu in the sky for example. There’s a rock carving of this in a national park, north of Sydney; while it may still be possible to see this constellation today, from there, it is surely far harder to see than it was, before 1788 (here is a photo of the rock carving, and the part of the Milky Way above it, certainly not what you’d see with your unaided eyes! http://emudreaming.com/Examples/emu.htm).