Death Valley at Night: Capturing a Spectacular Sky Without Light Pollution | PBS

[@mariemachelle]

This video made me really emotional. Stargazing was a significant part of my childhood, one that is hard to share with my kids with light pollution and hazy skies. The ability to connect to the night sky is precious. Thank you for this video ❤️ I'd also recommend the book The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod- Weinstein.

[@rageingredroblox4913]

I agree 🥰

[@Nessal83]

We were there back on Nov 4th 2021 while it was a new moon. Darkest time of the month and you could literally see EVERYTHING. You could see the milky way clear as day.

[@tacosdegatosgaming9299]

That's my birthday

[@JustaBelievernamedJohn]

@@tacosdegatosgaming9299mine too!

[@trees6543]

I'm jealous bro

[@jeffreygreer]

its like you can see to the ends of the universe there, mind boggling and the best part of california for sure

[@Nessal83]

@@jeffreygreer YES! Best part of CA indeed!

[@lili6097]

I want to go so bad 😭😭I don’t know why seeing so many stars makes me emotional!! One day I’ll visit and finally see all the stars

[@d0ttiej]

Death Valley is less than 4hrs outside of downtown LA so odds are you're closer to those stars than you realize. Google best start gazing spots in your area and enjoy! If you can.

[@richardmenchaca8010]

Going up north to camp usually does it justice

[@JohnyAnderson-hk2nj]

I am crying right now cuz i dont know if ive wvee experienced this before man like ive seen stars but the fact 100 years ago everyone could experience this makes me think back then there was alot to live for the beauty simply woulda made life worth living

[@satorimystic]

This "... Immense Darkness" ... isn't "dark", at all. The Universe is Lit!! Trillions upon trillions of Stars ... Suns, are forever saturating the Ether with Light.

[@theyenvy1368]

not forever, pretty much all stars in the universe have already been born, meaning there won’t be much more. after all the stars die there will be neverending nothing, until another singularity shows up starting the cycle again

[@mexicarspotter]

Yeah but you get the point

[@rickmunn7356]

We were in Death Valley in February this year as part of a two month escape from our Canadian winter. By far the most amazing and moving part of our US trip. The night sky adds a whole other universe to the remarkable landscape of Death Valley. Your time lapse photos are outstanding. Thanks for sharing.

[@jm5390]

I love stargazing so much! I grew up in rural Texas from elementary school through high school and never realized how special it is to be able to go outside and just look at the night sky. I took it for granted and now I want to be out in the dark as often as I can. If you can find a truly dark sky (Bortle scale 1 or 2), it'll blow your mind! Like this gentleman in the video said, it forces you to stare up, daydream, meditate, and soak it all in. Very special experience under the stars!

[@jmac7133]

I have been lucky enough to grow up in an area with little light pollution, it gets worse every year, but I can still see the milky way and lots of other stars that most can’t. I can go to the top of a hill just outside of town (population 150) and it is magical! I also enjoy the night sky in the local cemetery at night. Peaceful!!!! 4 generations of my ancestors are there.

[@elec123]

Im 40 years old and I have never seen the sky in all its glory. Thats very sad.

[@muhammadharitsfauzan558]

i remember many years ago when i was a child i look up in front of my house, i saw many stars grazing, but nowadays after big buildings has been built around my house no grazing stars are visible. i remember there wea a star formation like a kite, its very tranquil to watch it.

[@fredmorristravels]

This looks amazing! I plan on taking a trip in late Feb. I cant wait to photograph Death Valley at Night, but scared I wont be able to find my way back to my car if its so dark. Oh well. Ill figure it out

[@JennLeeFoster]

2:28 valentine TX - Prada. ❤ I just visited Big Bend and Ft. Davis. How awesome to see the Milky Way.

[@mordakai9676]

Like many that have replied in this, I have have never seen the night sky in all its glory.

[@crisromero6564]

Beautiful 🤩🤩🤩

[@d0ttiej]

Death Valley is one of the most beautiful and scary places. To be honest I never understood why those who throw burning man moved it to Nevada from Bakers Beach and not to Death Valley.

[@michaelmelaragni1668]

The host really interrupted the stargazing guy in the middle of something interesting just to make the crappiest joke I've ever heard 😂

[@JustAThought155]

Saddest words for me to hear: the last dark space. The only place in America without artificial light for 100 miles.😢 The addiction to artificial lighting, used to keep us ever busy and active, is yet another form of civilization’s “first world” destruction. We are truly missing so much of the earth’s, or the world and space’s, beauty.

[@kLeo20Toes]

The sky in Arizona looks scary 😂😂idk it’s something different about that state

[@jacobmorris3504]

did you know that a famous explorer visted death valley????

[@starinvader5969]

4:28 How can something that hot get snow, When my country Wales barely gets any

[@vikram_bhat]

2:53 Star Trek DS9 Reference !!! 😀

[@justsomegirlwithoutamustache]

dinosours probably got to see the prettiest skies

[@Antherian]

Am I the only human that thinks lights in cities should be dimmed or directional lighting only by law? We are drowning our night skies in light. I feel like, for 99%+ of human history, the stars and sky was something that was always there for us to look at and wonder; it created much of our religion and entertained humanity for millennium... Since technology, we found out we can make light whenever we want and I feel as though as a species, we went crazy with it. Some cities, it's almost as bright as mid day at 2AM... Not a single star can be seen in the sky. Even for regular cities such as mine, we get to see a couple... I love the night and even work third shift as I don't particularly enjoy the day, and I feel as though we were robbed of it as a species by our own hubris. I feel as though this is a crime against nature, it even affects animals worldwide...

[@lamarcusmason6342]

We are here I'm with tree sleepin the shadow

[@I_Am_NiiTA]

There's lots of light pollution where I live smh

[@d0ttiej]

Death Valley is less than 4hrs outside of downtown LA so odds are you're closer to those stars than you realize. Google best start gazing spots in your area and enjoy! If you can.

[@jm5390]

Same for me. I live in Fort Worth, TX, but luckily can get to some really dark skies in about 1.5 to 2 hours drive west from my home. Hopefully you can do the same (2-3 hours or more if able).

[@Sirius_Blazing_Star]

😍

[@barrysharoff6537]

While the photography is beautiful, and your philosophical meanderings about most people's detachment from nature are useful reminders, , I am disappointed that you didn't teach me anything photographically.

[@astrodolphin8219]

no one cares

[@claudiamanta1943]

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