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Re:Is Artificial Light Poisoning the Planet? by dalmo3 on Thursday February 23, 2023 @02:44PM (#34915437)
It really is far off.

In dark sky spots in New Zealand, places where you commonly have photographers producing amazing colourful photos, this[0] is what you usually see with the naked eye.

The brightest I've personally seen the Milky Way was at the Atacama desert and it looked like [1].

0. https://petapixel.com/2015/04/04/what-the-naked-eye-sees-in-...

1. https://amazingsky.photoshelter.com/image/I0000Lyu0eggqPYo

Re:Is Artificial Light Poisoning the Planet? by culi on Thursday February 23, 2023 @11:47PM (#34920902)
The Atacama desert isn't really a dark sky place by most measurements of light pollution. Also, just curious if it was a new moon when you saw it