If you get out in the "boonies" you can get some relatively dark skies. I'm up near the MN/IA border at my father's cabin. Here is another shot with the barn in the foreground. As you can see, there is some skyglow on the clouds from distant small towns. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22238456@N04/11181756875/ Bruce Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. - Edwin Powell Hubble
That’s way better than dealing with the Christmas lights on my street. I don’t have street lights on my street and most of the neighbor’s yard lights are not too bright. However, Christmas can be scary (see your shadow) bright around here. Dave On Dec 2, 2013, at 7:00 PM, Bruce Hugo <bruce.hugo@yahoo.com> wrote:
If you get out in the "boonies" you can get some relatively dark skies. I'm up near the MN/IA border at my father's cabin. Here is another shot with the barn in the foreground. As you can see, there is some skyglow on the clouds from distant small towns.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22238456@N04/11181756875/
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Bruce, that is a GORGEOUS shot! Fabulous image. /R ________________________________ From: Bruce Hugo <bruce.hugo@yahoo.com> To: "utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, December 2, 2013 7:00 PM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Iowa Night Skies If you get out in the "boonies" you can get some relatively dark skies. I'm up near the MN/IA border at my father's cabin. Here is another shot with the barn in the foreground. As you can see, there is some skyglow on the clouds from distant small towns. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22238456@N04/11181756875/ Bruce Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science. - Edwin Powell Hubble _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".
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