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Posted on 10/15/2026 12:27:13 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: The city lights outshine the stars in the City That Never Sleeps. Who would have thought that the Milky Way could be visible in this sky? This image was taken with a filter that blocks most visible light, capturing instead only light in the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum (with lower energy than visible light). The astrophotographer's clever setup blocks most of the light pollution from the city: old incandescent light bulbs and some neon lights are still bright in the near-infrared, but fluorescent and LED light bulbs are not. Of course, stars are also bright in the near-infrared! This image is a reminder that we all live under the same sky, and astronomy allows all of us to learn more about humanity's place in the Cosmos.
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Another great photo...
How is it possible to see the Milky Way with all that light pollution. I’m in a suburb 30 minutes north of Philadelphia on the border between Montgomery and Bucks counties, and we haven’t see the Milky Way here in ages.
I need to drive another 30 minutes north and away from any large shopping area to see the Milky Way. Any large shopping, school, hospital, business or apartment complex that has a large parking lot is usually so well lit up with street lights that stargazing is poor at best. And you need to get pretty far away from those well lit up areas to see the night sky.
When I was a kid on the 1960s, we’d camp out with sleeping bags and we could see everything - even the satellites.
He uses filters to block a lot of the light pollution. Read the blurb.
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I think that picture is old. NYC was still black and white.
I don’t think it would be nearly as powerful in color.
Wow.
Sad but true.
The picture was taken with a filter that reduced visible light from the city right down to almost infrared. All of the colors got filtered out or else the stars would have been washed out.
What’s ‘sad’ about it? It’s a wonderful photograph.
I meant that you can no longer see the Milky Way at night in NYC anymore.
That’s not what you responded to. Do you think the photo would be less ‘sad’ and more powerful if it showed color?
(I don’t think anyone alive recalls when the Milky Way could be seen in NYC or any big city...)
A big high five to the astrophotographer! A great idea to do this. It looks fantastic.
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