Night sky without satellites and planes

jowitt.europe

I thought it does not exist. A night sky full of starts, but no visible satellites and blinking planes. We are on a small Canary island in the Atlantic. On a farmstead away from any bigger town or even village. There is no light pollution. I love looking at the stars. And, to my great surprise, I did not see any moving spot in the sky. I thought that such a sky does not exist. Wherever we are there are always those shiny little spots like moving stars. Interesting. Most probably there are more places like that. Not all the visible sky is full of satellites and cosmic rubbish.

VermontCathy

If you stay under that sky long enough, you would see satellites. There is no place on Earth that doesn't have satellites going overhead.

At the right time, you could even watch the International Space Station pass over the Canaries.

But satellites or not, I agree that going to a place with less light pollution and less human presence is a wonderful experience.

water2world

@ jowitt.europe

Just to be able to experience a moment like that would be thrilling!

Ruth Ann Reyes

How very cool is that!!!

I am planning a visit to Big Bend, and it's a Dark Sky Park!

I can't wait!!!

jowitt.europe

@Ruth Ann Reyes thank you for sharing this information. I’ll check whether there are more places like this. They are definitely worth visiting and enjoying.

jowitt.europe

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/924545#Comment_924545

I guess I would see. The owners of the place left a telescope. I might use it. Yesterday I watched with a naked eye and did not see any again.

Canary Islands have a few international observatories. We might check whether there are visiting times for star watching.

Linda Bittle

When I moved from 30 miles east of Seattle to rural Idaho in 2016, one of the first things I noticed was the lack of contrails and the noise of aircraft. And how dark the skies are at night. It was wonderful!

Michelle D

I honestly don't know if I can imagine that. I live in the same city that I grew up in. There is an extremely large international airport just a few miles away. There is nothing but light and noise everywhere. I will have to make it a point to make a trip to that Dark Sky Park.

jowitt.europe

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/924576#Comment_924576

I can very well understand you. Before we moved to Austrian Tirol - in the Alps, we user to live and work in cities. But even there the sky is not as clear as on Canary Islands. Europe is so densely populated.

jowitt.europe

https://community.thegrownetwork.com/discussion/comment/924577#Comment_924577

i think it is a very good idea. it would be good for your soul to go somewhere where there is little noise and light. It is such a difference.

Linda Bittle

A little bit south of Boise, Idaho, there's a very cool state park with a HUGE telescope. The campground was so dark that the Milky Way was just amazing. Further east, there's another area where they trained the early astronauts at Craters of the Moon.

Bruneau Dunes State Park | Department of Parks and Recreation (idaho.gov)

Here's a worldwide directory.

Dark Sky Place finder | DarkSky International

jowitt.europe

@Linda Bittle thank you for the link!