Re:I've Overlayed Stays on a Light Pollution Satellite Map
by cratermoon on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @01:34PM
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You might be surprised how much your eyes can adjust to see if there are truly no other lights. Often in urban areas what we see as "dark" is really our eyes unable to see details the unlit areas because of stray light from streetlamps. In a dark rural area, a full moon is plenty bright. Thus the "harvest moon"
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Re:I've Overlayed Stays on a Light Pollution Satellite Map
by crazygringo on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @02:01PM
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> In a dark rural area, a full moon is plenty bright.
I completely agree. But, it's very rarely a full moon.
When there's no moon at all, which is literally half the time, you might be surprised at how pitch black it is at night. Or just, you know, when there's heavy clouds.