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    Now I'm old I really like old people stuff. I was just kind of stargazing in the back garden(it's hard with all the city lights most nights unless it's a clear night) and really enjoying the peace and quiet and the wonder of nature. The universe is awesome when you stop and look at it. I saw a couple of shooting stars lately too, real big ones that last long enough to see properly.

    I used to laugh at my grandad but we all get wise in the end. I will probably end up growing roses in the garden like all old people, but that's still a long way off yet.

    I would like to go camping out on the Yorkshire moors though so there's very little light pollution and I could get a better view. That would be so good in the summer when it's warm and I have a few cold beers in the cool box. I once did the lightwake walk across the moors at night and the sky was impressive even to an uninterested 22 year old.
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      Editing … I always thought it was so stupid to give up the most impressive sight known to man (a fully visible milky way) just to artificially lengthen the day to unreasonable hours so we can have sleeping problems also. I’m still angry I have never actually seen the Milky Way the way it should look. Still, even the few tiny stars that are still visible are amazing to look at. I am always stopped in my tracks on a clear night while I put the trash outside. Then I think “what am I even doing? Why don’t I look at them more? Inside is shit! Outside is amazing.” Then I get cold and go inside.
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      Editing … Looking at the clear sky is relaxing, if you able to recognize stars with given names. Haven't done such in ages, just to busy with new job at work.
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      Editing … "Then I get cold and go inside" I laughed out loud at that. You know, I'd like to have a go on a real telescope maybe. I don't want to buy one in case it's a fad and I waste a lot of money but I love looking at the moon and trying to see stuff, and in the city clear nights on a weekend when I don't have to be up for work are just a few a year. Dem Youtube videos of the milky way are just amazing, I'm not sure it's visible like that from the UK but wow, I sure would love to see it. I thought I saw the ISS once, I was looking where they said it would be and I saw something but it wasn't clear enough to even begin to say I saw it. I'm not jealous of almost anybody but I am the people that get to see this stuff for real.
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      Editing … @Alex I have no idea what any stars are or the big dipper and stuff. I can point you to the north star from my army training and I can navigate from it, but all these constellations just look like a mess of lights in the sky to me, I can't recognise them.
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      Editing … There's a small collection of rocks in the middle of this lake I go to in the Adirondack mountains. Whenever I camp there if it's a clear night I'll paddle out to the rocks and just sit out there for an hour or so in the dark with the full 360° view of the night sky. It's quite remarkable. I got one really good picture one time at another spot, I'll see if I can find it.
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      Editing … What! Nature spoils you rotten! I wish we had that out here. Oh yeah telescopes are pretty cool. There was once this old astronomy nerd guy who put out his telescope for people to see and he had special filters on so you could look at the sun and its sunspots. If you get one nod you'd better get a good one. Not one of those Lidl kiddy things.
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      Editing … Nice pic Kev. I might get a telescope for Christmas maybe.
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