Some years ago, I took a tent up Zennor Tor, in the fairly far west of
Cornwall
Once it was late enough for the lights in the village below, Zennor, named
after Saint Sennara, a mermaid, bless them, to have been extinguished, I
wrapped up and stepped out to view the sky
I was dazzled by Penzance to the south and Camborne to the east. North it
was better thanks to the hundreds of miles of largely empty sea; but the
air was so full of occluding light it could have been dusty
even where I lurk now for a month or so each year, where there are no
cities, there is a ruddy great lighthouse now you see it now you don't
(repeat)
L
On Mon, October 26, 2009 15:31, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Ha, a few weeks ago, we were far away from the city, in a woods, in a
> valley, & on a clear night, suddenly saw the sky as it was meant to be
> seen: one of those Wow moments, too seldom found by a city dweller
> like me....
>
> Doug
> On 24-Oct-09, at 1:32 PM, Max Richards wrote:
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>> "Light pollution from sodium lamps in the city “is a terrible
>> spoiler for astronomers”, he said. “On the clearest night in London you
>> might be able to pick out only 200 stars.”
>>
>> In Galloway Forest Park about 7,000 fill the sky. Weather permitting.
>>
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Lawrence Upton
AHRC Creative Research Fellow
Dept of Music
Goldsmiths, University of London
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