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This book says that most Americans have never seen the Milky Way and live somewhere where light pollution is so severe star-gazing is impossible.
The second one is easy to believe, but the first? Are there really people who have NEVER seen the Milky Way in their lives?
Incomprehensible to me. Very thankful that I grew up in an area with only moderate light pollution. I can see the Milky Way any cloudless night.
— Jan 31, 2022 01:46PM
The second one is easy to believe, but the first? Are there really people who have NEVER seen the Milky Way in their lives?
Incomprehensible to me. Very thankful that I grew up in an area with only moderate light pollution. I can see the Milky Way any cloudless night.
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A professor discusses how he asks his students to name 3 breakfast cereals, 3 sitcoms, 3 local birds, and 3 local plants. All students can list the first two, and fewer than half can do the last two.
He says the students who can all have something in common: they grew up rural. Most people in the US grow up in urban areas and they miss out on that knowledge. This has big potential problems for conservation efforts.
— Feb 03, 2022 01:29PM
He says the students who can all have something in common: they grew up rural. Most people in the US grow up in urban areas and they miss out on that knowledge. This has big potential problems for conservation efforts.
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I've only seen the Milky Way a handful of times on camping trips. It's never visible over the area I live in. Actual star gazing isn't possible unless you drive out of town quite a ways.
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Jana wrote: "I've only seen the Milky Way a handful of times on camping trips. It's never visible over the area I live in. Actual star gazing isn't possible unless you drive out of town quite a ways."That makes sense to me--that you live somewhere you can't see it, but you have seen it in your life.
I live on the edge of a small town, so I can see stars in my backyard but in order to have really good-quality stargazing I'd need to go out of town too.
I hope to see the Milky Way one day...
Raneen wrote: "I hope to see the Milky Way one day..."I hope you get the chance too! Come to the rural Midwest :)
