Stumbled on a stat about light pollution that blew my mind

Just read that in a truly dark sky, you can see about 2,500 stars. From my suburban backyard in Phoenix, I can maybe see 200 on a good night. That's a 90% reduction, which is just depressing. Anyone else in a city feel like you're missing the real show?

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torres.kelly1d ago

How much of the universe are we just not seeing?

julia_robinson711d ago

Wow, I drove out to the desert once and it was unreal.