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peeweekid OP t1_jdvpuf2 wrote

Reply to comment by shawninman in This is what 7 minutes of exposure time looks like on a dark, moonless night at Zabriskie Point, Death Valley (USA)! by peeweekid

This video is the closest comparison I have to what the naked eye sees in dark skies like this.

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shawninman t1_jdvqdfa wrote

That’s awesome. Thanks for sharing! I saw a similar thing when I was in Santa Fe once, but there was a fair amount of light pollution so I wasn’t really sure how that compared to these “truly dark” places out there

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peeweekid OP t1_jdvqsou wrote

Ah yes, light pollution sucks. The biggest difference in dark places is that instead of looking gray and washed out, the sky looks closer to black and you can see the dust lanes in the milky way. It's still an incredible sight, you just don't get the crispness and color that a camera can capture.

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