What animals see in the stars, and what they stand to lose

Re:What animals see in the stars, and what they stand to lose by sitkack on Friday July 30, 2021 @03:31PM (#28011440)

Being in a place where you can see the structure of the Milky Way very much feels like one is part of the Universe. There is stuff out there, it has structure, color and form. When the stars disappear, so does our sense of place.

There is so much we don't know, and so much of what we do as humans is arbitrage to trade something away from someone before they know what they have. Or to sell something only accounting for one dimension of value or worth.

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Re:What animals see in the stars, and what they stand to lose by dmosley on Friday July 30, 2021 @03:59PM (#28011764)

I agree wholly with this. Living in Southern NM we have a lot of stars. Just short drives and we can see the actual Milky Way band. I've always been saddened when I think of people who live in large cities and don't get to regularly see these things.

Then, the first time I spotted Saturn and Jupiter with my telescope in my driveway I was struck with fresh awe. I had seen them before, in larger telescopes and higher resolution, but to track it with your own, to see them and try to comprehend how big they are in order order to be seen from so far away... I still get chills.

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