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Ursus marijanus
California Nebula aka NGC 1499
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I’ve “ghosted” (just barely and intermittently seen) that one through my Fuji 10x70s. Big but very low surface brightness. Sometime soon I’ll do a night drive to the Death Valley region. I saw the darkest skies of my life there in ‘90. You knew where the horizon was because the stars ended. A most wondrous effect was that with such a black and clear sky (the Galaxy was at its most hidden for north-temperate latitudes - about 9pm in March) the stars seemed just out of arm’s reach. I never saw anything like that again.
 

mysunnyboy

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I’ve “ghosted” (just barely and intermittently seen) that one through my Fuji 10x70s. Big but very low surface brightness. Sometime soon I’ll do a night drive to the Death Valley region. I saw the darkest skies of my life there in ‘90. You knew where the horizon was because the stars ended. A most wondrous effect was that with such a black and clear sky (the Galaxy was at its most hidden for north-temperate latitudes - about 9pm in March) the stars seemed just out of arm’s reach. I never saw anything like that again.
I’d freakn love to experience the desert at night
 

JohnGlennsGarden

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Sometime soon I’ll do a night drive to the Death Valley region. I saw the darkest skies of my life there in ‘90. You knew where the horizon was because the stars ended. A most wondrous effect was that with such a black and clear sky (the Galaxy was at its most hidden for north-temperate latitudes - about 9pm in March) the stars seemed just out of arm’s reach. I never saw anything like that again.
I’d freakn love to experience the desert at night
I'm originally from the middle of nowhere. I've lived in the city for almost 20 years.

I miss really seeing stars.
 

BudmanTX

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I’ve “ghosted” (just barely and intermittently seen) that one through my Fuji 10x70s. Big but very low surface brightness. Sometime soon I’ll do a night drive to the Death Valley region. I saw the darkest skies of my life there in ‘90. You knew where the horizon was because the stars ended. A most wondrous effect was that with such a black and clear sky (the Galaxy was at its most hidden for north-temperate latitudes - about 9pm in March) the stars seemed just out of arm’s reach. I never saw anything like that again.
before i got married, i used to go for road trips into Big Bend national park and take my telescope with me. Now talk about dark skies....the only light i used was a flash light with a red diffuser so you can still see things..there is another spot i used to like to go to, there is an observatory right behind Buchannan Dam......only place i haven't been is McDonalds Observatory for sky watching...
 

BudmanTX

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howdy well as we all know Hurricane Dorian has just slammed the Bahamas and of course has caused major destruction there......so i just wanted to show you some pics of the eye wall....and of the storm itself.....first one is from space

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the next one is a video of NOAA flying through the eye wall itself


The next one is from ISS as it flies over Dorian.....starting date Aug 29th up to now..


nice stoner music there.....:bigjoint:
 
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