Why You’ll Never See the Stars Again

[@rockchok9]

Would love an annual holiday where light are turned off for a certain amount of time so we can see the stars.

[@FieryVigil]

That's actually a really cool idea because it would actually make us value the view of the sky even more because it's special rather than just hovering above us every night like the whole of human history.

[@FieryVigil]

I actually first realized how different the sky is these days, even in places where the light pollution doesn't seem that bad, when I started going out to sea. In the middle of the ocean with practically no light whatsoever and you can't see anything except maybe one ship's navigation light in the distance and the stars overhead really puts in perspective what the night sky is supposed to look like. Problem is out there it's often cloudy so you don't always have stars or even moon light.

[@SuperSamPam]

Great video, very underrated channel. Wishing you the best!

[@travel9to5]

Appreciate that, I’m working on it 🥰

[@WassimAzz-m6j]

You deserve better bro Keep the work

[@travel9to5]

Thanks! Eventually the algorithm shall share this wisdom 😇

[@BigCheeseFortniteBattlePass]

I went to a bortle 1 last summer, and I could see it almost like you see it in the images. Absolutely majestic.

[@travel9to5]

😍 my mission for next year

[@patrickmuller3248]

100% agreed. I feel like Bortle 1 & 2 are a "must-see" for every human. Best places are La Palma for people from the EU and Hawaii for people from NA. La Palma was the best experience in that regard in my life. And even though I have seen the night sky quite a lot in 4,5 decades, La Palma still just blew me away. The structure in the milky way is just astonishing. To this day I believe I even could see a tiny bit of a brownish color in it.

[@Kyanzes]

It's fascinating to look at on Moonless nights, with clear skies. You can see our galaxy. It does worth it to check it out.

[@violetquinnlaw]

you should look into what its doing to migratory insects and birds. its literally changing the biome in the areas near light polution edit. i may of commented before i finished watching :P but yeah this isnt just a issue with not seeing the beauty of the stars

[@travel9to5]

I mentioned this in the middle :)

[@patrickmuller3248]

100% agreed! And on top of that, not seeing "the beauty of the stars" also means, people are less and less connected to nature. Same goes for people living in dense cities with barely any green around them. That results in loss of interest in the surrounding world, loss of interest in science and so on. It is a very complex issue

[@AntaresRex]

I saw the Milky Way for the first time in my life, in all its glory, this past August at Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado. It's certified Dark Sky. I visited during the new moon...and it was...just absolutely spectacular! Will never forget that moment!

[@travel9to5]

Awh! You will never forget this! I also remember my first time at Fraser Island Australia! Unreal 🥰

[@AtulTripathi-s1f]

i always thought its because of the clouds. Now after knowing this ,it completely blew me off.

[@violetquinnlaw]

i live in australia west of the range. i can still navigate via the stars although 1 day i will be 2 blind to do it not yet though no big citys with light pollution out here. no doctors either but still have stars. its a blind gully at 650feet, on the western side of range not many clouds out here 2 dry and cause its a blind gully it will only ever have the light of a few farm houses. picked it in 80s incase MAD went off. it was mostly picked for its production potential(spent a few yrs living subsistence only farming off it in 90s) and the wind currents and to be far enough from human population centers to be safe one of the happy side effects is will always be able to see the stars from there & theres still plenty of insects

[@BornIn68]

modern LED streetlighting have better optics than SOX/SON/PLL lanterns causing less light pollution skywards so pollution from these are reducing, just read the reports from UNESCO on this. The major problem now is atmospheric pollution where industries are pumping particulates into the air

[@patrickmuller3248]

That might be so. BUT led's are also cheaper. Which means cities can afford more lighting due to way lower energy costs. And recent years show exactly that trend. So, as always: We have the capacity but we are not using it.

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

@0:13 Your claim that "0 stars visible in 2035" is, of course, complete nonsense.

[@travel9to5]

You sure? What about a Level 9 Bortle Scale area in 2025 even?

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

@@travel9to5 The Sun.

[@patrickmuller3248]

@@OvercookedOctopusFeet :D Very true. Still very sad though.

[@OneLivingWorld-OLW]

The lockdowns showed us the night sky again. Pollution and high level water vapor are large factors in the reduction of seeing. Sadly, they too have bad effects on life.

[@shaneclark7929]

yeah, it's pretty insane that you call it pollution... but what it really is, is fire. the world is engulfed in flame... and it looks like us.