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Post by 4th Chord on Sept 16, 2016 16:27:22 GMT
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Post by muzz on Sept 20, 2016 16:14:41 GMT
Gav, back in 1988, me and my mate Mike in the central desert in Australia on the way to Ayers Rock wrote our car off at 3.30 ish in the morning hitting Kangaroos. We had to wait for rescue. Despite the freezing cold desert temperature I laid on the roof of the car and the sky was so beautifully clear, the stars drew you in like some sort of drug. SHooting stars, satellites the lot. It was just one of them sights you can't really explain. Then watching the sun come up, that was a real mind blower. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by 4th Chord on Sept 22, 2016 12:25:14 GMT
Gav, back in 1988, me and my mate Mike in the central desert in Australia on the way to Ayers Rock wrote our car off at 3.30 ish in the morning hitting Kangaroos. We had to wait for rescue. Despite the freezing cold desert temperature I laid on the roof of the car and the sky was so beautifully clear, the stars drew you in like some sort of drug. SHooting stars, satellites the lot. It was just one of them sights you can't really explain. Then watching the sun come up, that was a real mind blower. Thanks for sharing. Yep, there's a few good spots in Scotland for that, weather permitting. Best on an icy cold clear winter night. www.darkskydiscovery.org.uk/dark-sky-discovery-sites/map.html |
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Post by muzz on Sept 23, 2016 7:20:07 GMT
GAv, is the Aurora Boralis viewable in the highlands in the winter I wonder?  |
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Post by kiwipom on Sept 24, 2016 11:11:12 GMT
Lake Tekapo, South Island, NZ - less than 3 hours' drive from Christchurch Noted for some of the best star gazing in the southern hemisphere. The little town by the lake even has local planning by-laws that demand that all light canopies attempt to prevent light from street lamps and signs polluting the night sky.  |
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