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Fun fact, in 1994, when a massive power blackout hit downtown Los Angeles, the Milky Way was in full view, and dozens of people were dialing 911 saying (WE’RE GETTING ATTACKED BY ALIENS) which is really funny to me

Most of my life, I didn't even know it was possible to see the galactic plane with the naked eye.

Being in the middle of the ocean must be incredible, especially when the entire sky is mirrored on the water. It must feel like you're floating in space.

bro casually teleporting within the US

When you said "Can you see the milkyway where you lived" I looked outside, then remembered I live in the center of Tokyo. Haha

When you see the night sky with no light pollution, it's no wonder that our ancestors were so obsessed with astronomy.

Pilot here. Lowering all the cockpit lights to the minimum or off and letting your eyes adjust to the darkness in the middle of the Atlantic lets you see some really cool things! Due to a lot of light reflecting inside it’s probably more like a 5 on the scale to the naked eye.

when i was younger, i used to live in super rural new zealand.. i could see the milky way with my bare eyes. it was gorgeous. i miss laying on my deck watching the stars.

Every country should have a milky way day. Turn off every electricity for 1-2 hours so people can see the milky way

Bortle 1 is how most of humanity has seen the night sky since forever ago. Plato, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra and even Napoleon saw the night sky like that; only recently after the industrial revolution in the 1800s light pollution started being a serious problem, and to a point that some people don't even see any stars at night. I am happy to live in a Bortle 4 area and on a moonless night I can see the Milky Way with my naked eyes.

Just realized people back then could see the Milky Way from anywhere, every single night.

"we're not here to photo galaxies, we're here to see the milky way"

bruh

This is what Youtube was made for

During the 2003 iraq war my dad said that there was a power outage there was no electricity whatsoever, he told me that the sky illuminated the city and it looked gorgeous , he could view the stars very clearly

As soon as you entered the bortle 1 area, I was like "wtf is that sparkly shit behind him", and then I realize it was the literal stars. 😂

In the summer of 2020, right at the height of the pandemic, my mom and I decided it was the best opportunity we'd ever get to take a trip to Yellowstone.  One night, as we were driving back to our Airbnb right outside the park boundaries, I suddenly realized that there was very little light pollution where we were.  So we stopped just off the road in the middle of nowhere, took out a couple lawn chairs, and turned off all our lights, then looked up.  

I knew all the Milky Way photos I'd seen were enhanced, but that night I realized I had overestimated how much they were enhanced.  Seeing the thing with my own two eyes, colors and all, had me awestruck for like an hour straight.  Small wonder my ancestors worshipped the heavens.

Every bortle level
1:24 Bortle 9
2:36 Bortle 8
4:22 Bortle 7
5:43 Bortle 6
7:56 Bortle 5
8:54 Bortle 4
10:48 Bortle 3
11:49 Bortle 2
12:50 Bortle 1

The night sky with zero light pollution is something everyone should experience at least once. It’s truly breathtaking

Aussie here, we are lucky.  A country that is comparable to the USA in size, but 70% of the land area would be classified as Bortle 1 or 2.  I live 40kms (25miles) inland from the East Coast and I only have to travel 10kms (6miles) for Bortle 2.  I live in Bortle 4/5.   80% of Australia's population only needs to travel, just over 1 hour from home to be in Bortle 2.