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My trip to the Joshua Tree observatory made me question the whole 'dark sky' thing
I drove out there last weekend expecting perfect, black skies, but the light pollution from the nearby town was way worse than I thought, washing out a lot of the faint stuff. Everyone online talks about it like it's a pristine spot, but my 30-second exposures of the Milky Way core just looked hazy and flat. Am I the only one who finds these 'dark sky' locations aren't as dark as advertised anymore?
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davis.leo2d agoMost Upvoted
That study Wyatt mentioned is probably right. I read one from a few years back that said light pollution is increasing about 2% per year globally. So a spot that was truly dark a decade ago just isn't anymore. It's not just the towns nearby, it's the glow from cities hundreds of miles away spreading out.
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