Light Pollution Map

Re:Light Pollution Map by ravenstine on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:00PM (#26916103)

Does this tool take into account elevation? The Mt. Wilson observatory, for instance, being on the outskirts of LA, is in a red zone on that map, yet is still a great place to stargaze.

Not that this map isn't useful and insightful, but perhaps it can make things seem worse than they really are? As long as you have mountains around you, it's not like you can't go there to see the stars with the naked eye. Last year, that comet was pretty easy to see from up there.

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Re:Light Pollution Map by tppiotrowski on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:04PM (#26916149)

I've camped around the Los Angles area and it is visibly bright in the mountains up to 50 miles away to the point that it feels like twilight on the horizon all night long.

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Re:Light Pollution Map by krneki on Friday April 23, 2021 @03:32PM (#26918303)

World Atlas 2015 model accounts for elevation. So locations with higher elevation are darker. But it doesn't account for obstacles like a mountain range shielding you from a city behind it.

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Re:Light Pollution Map by sparker72678 on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:41PM (#26916536)

You've gotta get out to a truly Dark site — sounds like you'd love it.

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