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Is there anywhere in Louisiana where the Milky Way can be seen by the naked eye?
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:42 pm
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:42 pm
I've seen it in California and also in Big Bend National Park in Texas but that's about it.
Example photo taken by someone at a concert in Northern California:
Example photo taken by someone at a concert in Northern California:
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Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:45 pm to Asgard Device
Probably not quite that vivid. But you can easily make out the denser area of stars from the less dense areas in Alabama.
This post was edited on 7/19/15 at 11:45 pm
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:47 pm to NATidefan
The main problem I think is that the main places where you are remote enough to do it you are low lying and heavily wooded.
But yes, I'm sure there is.
In fact, I'd assume that LA is pretty up there on some list of states with highest percentages of territory where it is visible.
Swamps FTW
But yes, I'm sure there is.
In fact, I'd assume that LA is pretty up there on some list of states with highest percentages of territory where it is visible.
Swamps FTW
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:48 pm to Asgard Device
Probably Tunica Hills / St. Francisville.
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:49 pm to Asgard Device
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:51 pm to Volvagia
Well the farther away you get from any lights the more you will see, but even then the south isn't the best area. Too much humidity. That's why the sky is so much clearer in the winter in the south... It's also why the best places on earth are in remote dry areas that are at high altitudes.
This post was edited on 7/19/15 at 11:52 pm
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:54 pm to Asgard Device
Bryce Canyon National Park has the purest night sky I've ever seen. The night sky is unreal out west when you get way out there.
It's so many stars and satellite after satellite going by.
It's so many stars and satellite after satellite going by.
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:59 pm to NATidefan
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Well the farther away you get from any lights the more you will see, but even then the south isn't the best area. Too much humidity. That's why the sky is so much clearer in the winter in the south... It's also why the best places on earth are in remote dry areas that are at high altitudes.
Nobody ever mentioned how much prettier the night sky was out west. I was out there for maybe a month before I looked up during a road trip in the Sierra foothills and was like holy shite, what is that? I never saw anything like it before.
Posted on 7/19/15 at 11:59 pm to The Boat
My Dad worked in Nevada for a while in a little town called Hawthorne, that was literally a square mile surrounded by nothing for at least 60 miles in every direction... We'd drive out in the desert at night and the sky was absolutely amazing. The visibility for the day would always be 100 miles or curvature of the earth.
This post was edited on 7/20/15 at 12:08 am
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:03 am to Asgard Device
I would freak out if I looked up in my driveway and saw that. I would probably think the world was ending.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:08 am to OysterPoBoy
It really is amazing when you get 100+ miles from the nearest town.
Closest I can come to describe it is comparing it to the jump from old standard definition to HD.
It's so vivid that until you get used to it, it seems unreal.
Closest I can come to describe it is comparing it to the jump from old standard definition to HD.
It's so vivid that until you get used to it, it seems unreal.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:09 am to Asgard Device
Cat Island off the MS coast. Most amazing night sky I've ever seen and hope to see it again sometime.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:15 am to Asgard Device
Probably at most grocery store checkout lines
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:18 am to Volvagia
Easy to see why so many civilizations throughout history and prehistory were so preoccupied with astronomy. If you don't have the technological means to play Halo/FIFA and your wife/broad is holding out on you, you can just go outside and stare up at that.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:20 am to Slinky
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Probably Tunica Hills / St. Francisville.
I remember seeing it when I was a lot younger. Off the road headed from Baker/Zachary to Liberty, MS.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:22 am to Asgard Device
I can just barely make it out on the clearest of nights here in Prairieville.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 12:50 am to Asgard Device
We were running in from offshore about 24 hours ago, there was a 3-4mile stretch I couldn't take my eyes off the sky. As many times as I've been out there and stared at the sky and said damn that's a lot of stars, last night was nothing short of spectacular.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 1:01 am to Asgard Device
Idk about Louisiana, but the best I've seen it is on top of Haleakala in Hawaii. The peak is above the cloud level so all light from below is blocked out. It's beautiful!
Posted on 7/20/15 at 1:06 am to Capt ST
Am I the only person thinking just open your eyes? I mean that's like asking is there anywhere I can see the Pacific while swimming at Malibu beach. It's all around you. 
To truly see it like we can see Andromeda, you would have to see it from an outside perspective.
To truly see it like we can see Andromeda, you would have to see it from an outside perspective.
Posted on 7/20/15 at 1:57 am to Guess
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To truly see it like we can see Andromeda, you would have to see it from an outside perspective.
He should have stated the nougat of the Milky Way... FWIW
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