Posted on 01/29/2006 5:23:37 PM PST by neverdem
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When I was much younger I remember going off on a camping trip and seeing the Milky Way for what it really was.
That's near where I lived when I learned the stars. Actually haven't seen the stars in over 30 years since astronomy in Alaska particularly sucks.
Why is that? Part of the year its night all day, isn't it?
I lived there for a while, it is beautiful, absolutely beautiful
Very interesting. If there's an Adirondack ping list, add me to it. We go to the Central Adirondacks every summer. My husband's father was born on Saranac Lake. The only place I've seen more stars at night was when I visited my brother in Kaslo, BC, Canada.
The atmosphere is always murky and it is never dark, not dark like astronomers need it. We rarely see any star dimmer than mag 4.
I know another REALLY good place, but I'm not tellin'
Says who.
I spent my summers in the Adirondacks, Schroon Lake, boys camp on the Sacandaga Reservoir in Northville, and my brother has a house on 13th Lake. It's an absolutely beautiful area.I'm in Maine now, and saved up to buy a camp in the Belgrade Lakes area. Same feeling when looking at the stars on a summer night, with no lights on. Rejuvinates my belief in the Almighty.
I never realized that. Thank you.
Possibly New Mexico? I never knew what the Milky Way was until I came out here. I've run small mammal traps in the star light which would actually cast a light shadow on the ground.
I've been through the Adirondacks but unfortunately never had the opportunity to do any star gazing there.
Muleteam1
Love the Adirondacks have camped at Eighth Lake near Inlet, beautiful skies of course. But I will note that since my daughter got into stargazing, we have enjoyed the Milky Way and dark clear nights in the Poconos, along the shore at Bar Harbor Maine (in summer season) and I've been dazzled by the night sky at some of the first campgrounds in Southern New York State. There's a county in NorthEastern Pennsylvania that gets write ups because of clear dark skies and some open fields where astronomers congregate. The Adirondacks are a special place, I'm just saying don't despair, there are still lots of dark places where the night sky is stunning.
I love the Adirondacks, but I'm kind of surprised to see it described as a "stargazer's paradise." I've always been under the impression that the Adirondack region has too much cloudy weather to be an ideal spot for stargazers.
When it's vacant, guess who gets to escape to there? LOL
I'm still a smoker (also an amnesiac) and often step out to the deck from the bedroom for a cancer stick in the middle of the night.
It's amazing for a city dweller like me, so used to so few twinkles, but the clarity of the sky and stars is both shocking and spectacular.
I just lie down in a beach chair, suck on my burning ciggie, and stare up at the sky in the full horizontal position. Makes me wish I had grown up somewhere that I could have learned to recognize all the stars I can see.
I think you could see by pure starlight alone up there, moon or no moon. I'm sure many of the native wildlife can see by starlight, as there are still lots of noises in the woods at 3 AM.
It's nice to be out in the boonies, but I've lived my whole life in cities and am not sure I could give up with city life, despite the beauty of starlight.
bookmk ping
That was my impression as well.
Try Mt Pinos near LA.
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