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Viewing the beautiful sky at night!

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17-Sep-2006 22:56
by: Franciru

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Viewing the beautiful sky at night!

Hello Peeps

I have a bit of a funny Q-

Out of all the places you have travelled to where is the best place where you remember being able to see the most stars in the sky, I myself growing up in London dont get a very good look at the sky at night due to the constant glow of such a large city.
So I'm asking where are your best places to see the stars? and dont say Hollywood :p.

Thanks

Russ

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18-Sep-2006 00:12
by: elucida

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The Elqui Valley in Chile is reputed to have some of the clearest skies for stargazing on the planet.

I am a part of all that I have met;
Yet all experience is an arch wherethro'
Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades
For ever and for ever when I move
- Tennyson

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18-Sep-2006 02:10
by: bolletjeom

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Registered: 18/05/06

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I liked the sky in The outback australia.

just lay on your back and feel lost in space

I'm not a native english speaker...or writer, please forgive me my mistakes ;-)
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Posted
18-Sep-2006 03:31
by: niamhandcathal

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Registered: 30/08/05

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I know what you mean about London, I used to be amazed when I visited home (Cork, in Ireland) at how many stars I could see there. But, in my opinion the best is:

Mongolia, especially the Gobi. There's nothing whatsoever to block the view and it's 360 degree stars, no lights, and really not much sound to distract you. Amazing.

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18-Sep-2006 03:38
by: skydive

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Registered: 01/10/03

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from my personal experience i would also vote for the outback of australia.

professional astronomers go to chile, for example, preferably up on the mountains. or they leave the atmosphere of this lonely planet completely behind and watch from space telescopes .....

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18-Sep-2006 12:23
by: ddboo

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Registered: 18/05/06

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Well I haven’t been to the outback so I can't compare.. but the starry night sky in Dhermi, Albania was incredible. Actually Albania itself was amazing!

Posted
18-Sep-2006 13:05
by: unakuruwa

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Registered: 05/06/05

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easy one for me, tibau do sul , brasil. simply amazing, also the purest air in the hemisphere according to nasa. it sit's on the part of brasil that sticks out furthest into the atlantic ocean. great beaches too. i'm from chicago we don't see many stars around here.

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18-Sep-2006 14:55
by: qwovadis

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i went to a star party at mcdonaldobservatory.org but i probably cheated...any big bend, ft. davis
area in texas is awesome starry views to forever,i also went over to nearby marfa for the ufos,the famous marfa lights,regards...

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acceptance is the answer...
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18-Sep-2006 15:57
by: Schwamie

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Registered: 30/03/03

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The Milky Way was incredibly beautiful for me because I'm from a big city in the north. Actually, when I was in Gawler, South Australia there were already countless stars, but in the Outback it was truely magnificent, 360 degrees like niamhandcathal said. I guess pretty much everywhere that's away from the lights would do, but probably more the south than the north?

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18-Sep-2006 18:36
by: Scuba_albany

Posts: 194
Registered: 12/06/04

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What a great question!

For me, a winters night in Northern Finland with the sky awash with the Northern Lights, a truly magic experience.

Otherwise, my back garden in the South Island of New Zealand, averages about 1 shooting star every 20mins or so!

Shhhh!!!!.....You can feel the ground breathing.

Guest Posted: 19-Sep-2006 02:11

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Just be back from Russia and saw the world-famous White Nights in St. Petersburg in July. You know that right? It lasts only for a short period a few days each side of the summer solstice, there’s no darkness between sunrise and sunset.

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19-Sep-2006 03:40
by: elouise

Posts: 55
Registered: 13/09/02

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The stars in Mongolia are stunning, even just within an hour's drive of the capital. Virtually no light pollution.

Posted
19-Sep-2006 20:44
by: kezzlesnezzle

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Registered: 24/07/06

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I had the best view on a jungle trek in Northern Thailand. I could see satellites moving across the sky and the works.... absolutely bootiful!

Interested in teaching or travelling in South Korea ... drop me a line... *^^*

Posted
20-Sep-2006 12:33
by: renshiwo

Posts: 272
Registered: 05/08/03

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Anywhere were the atmosphere is thin and other light sources are far, far away. The darkest night sky in the continental USA occurs in southeastern Utah.

Guest Posted: 20-Sep-2006 22:25

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Outback Australia, about halfway across the Nullarbor.
Theres a spot we stopped for the night and it feels like you're in a snow globe, its almost as bright at night as during the day, even with no moon.
We had all intentions of staying one night at this spot but the stars made us stay for a week, we got some truly amazing long-exposure photos, leaving the shutter open for six hours from 10pm til 4am, it looks like a spiral, there's one spot in the centre and as the earth rotates the other stars move making circles on the film. Got two of them blown up to massive huge poster size, one printed on canvas, and I've had offers of up to a thousand bucks just for the prints.

the nearest major light source to us was 250kms away at the border, so we got some amazing views. There's a hole in the ozone down here just to give the aussies the most stars to look at.

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