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Today I learned about the Bortle scale. I was completely ignorant about it.

> If you've never seen truly dark skies, do yourself a favour and go see what they look like during true night

I think I went from only ever experiencing Bortle 5-6 to Bortle 1 when I visited Merzouga and Erg Chebbi. Blew my mind, made me really appreciate the extent of light pollution almost everywhere else I've been.

parent doix 3 months ago

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