Post #4473931

2026-08-09 16:32 UTC

RE: https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/117063592703392163 Most city dwellers don't know how much of the night sky has already been stolen by billionaires, because poorly planned, wasteful city lights have already drowned out the stars for them.

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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social 2026-08-09 21:49

A stunningly beautiful quote from Yann Martel, sent to me by a satellite engineer who loves the sky: "If you’ve never been, the south of Saskatchewan is so flat the horizon is perceptibly round. Above you, during the day, lords an immense dome of sky so empty it feels like a fullness, with clouds the size of mountains, the sun but a small disk, and a depth of colour that is often chalk blue, oh so chalk blue. ...

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@cobalt123@beige.party 2026-08-09 16:40

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social so sad when I saw my youngest son getting excited about pursuing using telescopes as a hobby. He spent a bundle on 2 types for use in the backyard. In 2014. In Phoenix, AZ. Aargh. Since then the urban light pollution has gotten so much more pervasive. And then came the satellites. So so many satellites. Those telescopes have been packed up for almost ten years now.

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