Whenever I look at the stars i think about how humanity could be united in exploring space, working together on large scale projects like building a Dyson sphere, terraforming planets, making plans and advancements to preserve humanity for millenniums to come. Instead we're stuck on this small ball, still struggling with issues like hunger, poverty, etc that feel like should have been issues long gone by now but aren't because some greedy fucks are deciding to make people suffer for their own personal gain. The planet is dying and its starting to feel things are too far gone at this point. I know I'm being a bit of a doomer but I can't help feeling that all of our futures have been robbed.

    • WetAssPossum [they/them,ey/em]
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      4 years ago

      Not at night, no. Last time I would have been somewhere I was able to see stars was when I was driving down from Chicago to Miami with my family, but I was too tired from driving 12 hours a day to leave the hotel room to look at the sky.

      Edit: I just checked this light pollution map the two places we stayed on the way to miami have red levels of light pollution. I've lived in the white areas my whole life.

      • lilpissbaby [any]
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        4 years ago

        thank you for that map. i'm malding now. :agony-deep:

      • Amorphous [any]
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        4 years ago

        Holy shit that light pollution map is eye-opening. I live deep in the red. I have been to places that I thought were more or less free of light pollution where I could see so many stars and it's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.

        Dark yellow.