You will NEVER see The Milky Way again

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Light pollution can be really scary when you look into it and the more I learn about space the more I am filled with a desire to protect our access to the stars. If we don't act now, we could risk losing the stars for our future generations and that would be a future I would hate to see...
A huge thank you to the Dark Sky Project team for chatting with me during my visit to Lake Tekapo: www.darkskyproject.co.nz/
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Chapters:
00:00 You have never seen a dark sky
00:33 Los Angeles Story
01:43 How bad is light pollution?
03:45 BetterHelp
04:59 The Bortle Scale
05:55 Vising the Dark Sky Reserve
07:10 How does New Zealand keep their skies dark?
08:38 Light Pollution vs Astronomy
09:43 Why do people love stargazing?
10:37 Light Pollution vs Human Health
11:14 Light Pollution vs Animals
12:35 Why is this important?
13:52 How can we fix the problem?
15:19 We need the stars
16:05 What did it really look like?
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Additional information sources:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
www.space.com/light-pollution...
www.science.org/doi/full/10.1...
www.un.org/development/desa/e...
www.iau.org/static/publicatio...
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Written, produced and edited by Kobi Brown
Animations: Jonny Hyman, Mike Radjabov and Reed Schultz
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@AstroKobi 10 ай бұрын

Have you seen the Milky Way with your own eyes before?

@Ichbindeprimiert 10 ай бұрын

@nothingedith338 10 ай бұрын

@Dxrkkk1 10 ай бұрын

No 😭

@geesolteri2757 10 ай бұрын

Sadly not😢

@Alex_20 10 ай бұрын

i wish i've seen saturn last night tho edit: 2 months ago...

@alfiewilliams2525 10 ай бұрын

Man imagine what it would've looked like looking up at the night sky in the 1700's with no light pollution.

@LordOfTheChickinz 9 ай бұрын

@@echelonrank3927what are you like 323 years old or somthing

@NickTheCoolest743 9 ай бұрын

Damn

@jappyproductions4429 9 ай бұрын

@@LordOfTheChickinzlmao

@FetusFight 9 ай бұрын

@@LordOfTheChickinzread what he said

@KaijuLanes 9 ай бұрын

Nah bro imagine what it looked like 65 million years ago

@lsonoe 9 ай бұрын

It's mind-boggling to think about when I was a little kid, I never imagined that it was even possible for the Milky Way to be a part of our night sky. People grew accustomed to the empty view. Experiencing the actual dark sky would change the perspective of probably every individual and It's really my biggest goal to see it with my own eyes. Your videos inspire me every time, love you brother

@JustCallMeAarav 9 ай бұрын

I live in new delhi, it's impossible for me to spot the milkyway within a day imo. Can u help finding me some bortle 1 dark skies near new delhi?

@theinternetlawyer7126 9 ай бұрын

I actually remember seeing multiple and multiple of stars on the sky, this was when I was 4. I was born in 2006 and live in a more rural city called Umeå in sweden

@bitmann8824 9 ай бұрын

@@JustCallMeAaravu probably won’t find one near such a big city as new dehli

@nychris2258 9 ай бұрын

Its really not hardto accomplish your biggest goal. You just need to drive out to a remote area.

@charleygnarly1182 9 ай бұрын

Where the hell are you 😂 man I see that shit every night

@dominikkuzila 8 ай бұрын

The worst thing is that most people don't even care that they live in light polluted areas, because they don't know what they're missing out on. How many people have never even thought to look up at night because they can only see the brightest stars and the Moon?

@maxsundux 8 ай бұрын

yo me we got the moon three stars in a line and the north star that's it. If I see a sky with full constellation it's a nice night

@breatheair6847 8 ай бұрын

@@maxsunduxa lucky night

@YourAverageSpeedrunner 7 ай бұрын

Sadly, in light polluted areas, those “stars” aren’t even stars, more likely, their planets, like jupiter, mars, venus, etc

@prezlamen7906 6 ай бұрын

Ive met city troglodytes that dont know what a garden was, or a chicken. People today are retarded and 3 neurons they have wont be thinking of this stuff.

@LighterGame 6 ай бұрын

@@YourAverageSpeedrunnerit means those 2 blue stars are ice giant I was looking at it I almost fell on the car

@notmrusername7576 9 ай бұрын

As someone who absolutely LOVES the night sky but could only see a couple stars at night, its quite sad. One of my goals in life is to find a place with little light polution and allows me to see the arm of the Milky Way. Luckily I'm in a place in Canada where it isnt TOO populated and I could easily find a place outside the city that allows to see the Milky Way or the Aurora Borealis. And thats by going more North, where it gets colder and where the population gets lower

@pixazelz 8 ай бұрын

not populated yet ... it's sad that our system is based on growth .. with 8 billions people on Earth we must start to ask ourselves if we really want to sacrifice nature for infinite growth in a finite world. I still hold a small hope that we will get our priorities straight and stop thinking about alway growing more and more if is means to sacrifice a lot of things we need .

@mexfu5142 8 ай бұрын

this so me I live in germany therefore I have never seen the night sky with more than a couple of stars my goal in life is like camping in some forest waking up during the night coming out of my tent and seeing the Milky Way I love everything related with space and I am so sad that I'm not abel to see it every night

@myprofilepictureisafish 8 ай бұрын

Even where I’m at there isn’t a huge population but I can still see a massive difference from just 10 years ago to now

@13_cmi 8 ай бұрын

I’m at the edge of the city so it isn’t too bad but this is no longer the only subdivision here. A new neighborhood is about to be built in the direction I always point my camera for deep sky photography. This population growth is killing me. I won’t be able to do astrophotography in the city anymore unfortunately.

@claudeheinrich3613 8 ай бұрын

same@@mexfu5142

@vivian-rs2ms 9 ай бұрын

About 8 years ago I went to Mauna Kea, and it was a mind-altering experience. I was used to a few stars if it was a super clear night, and suddenly there were thousands. I had no idea that was what our night sky looked like. It’s one of my favorite memories to this day.

@cokoi 9 ай бұрын

I am still used to few star sky at night and has never experienced such thing before, I have dream of going to place where I can see all the stars and real clean sky, but I think it's just not possible.... You are lucky man

@itande0551 9 ай бұрын

Same I live in Mexico city, a city bigger than the region called after it, a city where it's a miracle if you see a star, but when I went to Phillip Island in Australia, I went to see the little blue penguins and endend up seeing the Milky Way, like I had never seen before

@DI9ITALS 8 ай бұрын

was it a bortle 1?? if so i need to go because i go to hawaii in 3 days

@Hangishta 8 ай бұрын

@@DI9ITALS Go-astronomy Says that Mauna Kea is Bortle 1. It also says Manuka State Park is too, so maybe two destinations for your trip.

@fkboyStalin 8 ай бұрын

if you hold up a piece of sand, 1 single grain, the space that takes up when you extend your arm and look at it, within that space there are 10,000 stars, that is a LOT of stars, we just don't get to see it :(

@KEENANALLENASMRGLASS 10 ай бұрын

Spent 2 years in Alaska about 30 miles outside of kavalina and you can absolutely see so much of the skies and space it’s so beautiful and humbling like you can literally feel yourself tumbling through space sitting on a giant rock. It took me a couple years to get used to seeing it like through a film here in Denver. I miss it dearly.

@pbg2025 9 ай бұрын

Fellow Denverite. I remember seeing the sky in Death Valley for the first time. It moved me to tears it was so beautiful. I miss it too.

@OccupiedHandle 9 ай бұрын

Hey man no wonder Jesse Pinkman went to Alaska ❤

@07kstephen 9 ай бұрын

@@pbg2025the undertaker 🎉

@notmetagaming 9 ай бұрын

Just go to summit county, it's beautiful up there you can see so much sky and it's super close to you in Denver!

@paranaenselol 9 ай бұрын

Im planning on going to a boat trip, far from surface, only ocean and see the bright starts

@arbusto2308 8 ай бұрын

as someone who lives in some mountains in south america, my sky is clear. And yes, i see the Milky Way frequently, and everyone should have this experience at some point

@roytoersen4801 7 ай бұрын

My dad always told me what we have on our farm is rare... a clear, not light poluted sky. Now I understand what he was saying and I cant believe people are missing out on it

@EzraK- 7 ай бұрын

Cherish that man I wish I had that veiw

@TelPhi_ 9 ай бұрын

I have always found it INSANE how I never see anybody talking about this. Thank you for bringing awareness to this situation!

@Finn_MacCool 9 ай бұрын

Think about it in a rational way...

@57chevisawsomeness 9 ай бұрын

I find it insane to learn about light pollution, I live in regional Australia with a bright night sky, blows my mind people have never seen what i thought is just normal

@Mildain2000 9 ай бұрын

@@57chevisawsomeness I lived in Cairns for a while and remember seeing the Milky Way arch across the sky every night. Have never seen anything like that in the US.

@trump45and2zig-zags 9 ай бұрын

@@Mildain2000I can see it right now. I'm from the Midwest tho

@Mildain2000 9 ай бұрын

@@trump45and2zig-zags I'm jealous

@thetopofworld 9 ай бұрын

I was raised in a little village in a developing nation. We used to spend the summer nights sleeping on the terrace under the starry night, and during my early years, counting stars at night was a regular nightly ritual. Before moving to New York, I was unaware of how truly magical and uncommon my experience was.

@DruNature 9 ай бұрын

same, I grew up in Jamaica and seeing the vast array of infinite stars was just a daily thing. It's really quiet sad and scary. A few times a year I get out to the country now and catch some stars, but it's like once in a decade I can see the milkway clearly! :(

@azmanabdula 9 ай бұрын

@@DruNature Aussie here Go a little bit away from the cities and its magical Your eyes adjust and it seems bright

@ironspaghett 8 ай бұрын

I grew up in rural Wisconsin and it was largely the same as your experience as a child People just cannot comprehend how huge the US is and how much empty space there actually is I was 40 minutes from any city of 10,000+ lol

@qccanales8610 8 ай бұрын

same thing en Mexico very very small town with no electricity at night. Also the "no noise" you "hear" at night made me nervous as a kid. @@ironspaghett

@dankeplace 8 ай бұрын

I grew up in the north pole, the stars are frozen there.

@myprofilepictureisafish 8 ай бұрын

It took multiple years of my life for me to see a constellation, and I was completely stuck in place looking at the sky after coming home from a long trip at night because I genuinely thought they weren’t that easily viewable but it’s one of those moments that made me remember how much I used to love the stars as a child, looking at the sky at night in a cozy blanket and loving drives home at night just staring out the window for hours

@BinhNguyen-uw1tc 4 ай бұрын

Hello I am 15 years old and from Vietnam. Back in 2020, I had a trip to Nghe An (sea tourism), I remember it very clearly in early July 2020. Then, from the evening of that day, the whole resort and some surrounding areas lost power. At night, some of my relatives and I couldn't sleep because it was too hot. My cousin and I went out and an amazing scene appeared before my eyes, a night sky in Bortle 3-4. It was extremely beautiful, full of stars and darkness, my cousin and I simply will never forget that night, the most beautiful night of my life. At that time I had a question: Why can't we see this scene above the city? . From there I started learning about light pollution and astrophotography. 2022 is the first year I photographed the Milky Way in my hometown (Suburban Hanoi). Now my biggest wish is to raise people's awareness about light pollution and hope that Vietnam will have the first night sky conservation area, a dark sky place . I want to have a sustainable tourism industry based on night sky conservation. and green tourism, I believe it is sustainable tourism. I want to say to everyone who lives under light-polluted skies and wishes to have a night sky like me, I believe we can do it, bring the night sky back to us. Best wishes to all of you from Vietnam 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

@OfentseMwaseFilms 9 ай бұрын

Loved every second of this video.

@Rorobeuh 9 ай бұрын

@@BBtheKing86he’s too what?

@1cbc81 9 ай бұрын

@@BBtheKing86 He’s too what…

@eve__________ 9 ай бұрын

This video makes me sad tbh

@OfentseMwaseFilms 9 ай бұрын

@@eve__________ It’s very sad. But I’ve seen the sky in in full glory in Iceland. Plus we had Aurora lights as well💯 it’s trully Beautiful!

@eve__________ 9 ай бұрын

@@OfentseMwaseFilms I don’t think I’ll die happy if i don’t see any of Auroras in my life. Ive see the perfect night sky on mountains before and it’s so stunning.

@Vealfinite 10 ай бұрын

Admit it, space is beautiful but can be sad too at the same time

@knightaren5577 10 ай бұрын

I admit

@sanyogitachauhan9151 10 ай бұрын

i admit

@Isaaaaaaa543 10 ай бұрын

No, space is beatiful, we make it sad.

@Jamaldidntdoit 10 ай бұрын

What’s there to admit

@metrofernandez4364 10 ай бұрын

More like scary

@pillford4226 9 ай бұрын

I was blessed with a chance to see a completely dark sky once. It was a very rural part of Alabama I was visiting my aunt once, and a hurricane was rolling through (hence why we were visiting) the power was out for 2 weeks. And for 2 weeks while I was there, we saw the Milky Way in it's uninterrupted entirety. Stunning.

@mnlight8308 8 ай бұрын

This has been one of my biggest wishes to see the sky without light pollution, this year in December I'll make sure to visit a remote area, I know its hard to find somewhere without light pollution, but even a lot more than usual can be so pretty.

@DOKKAEEEBIII 8 ай бұрын

I’m in the Navy and when we’re underway, the sky above the ocean is just the most gorgeous thing you could ever see. look up the night sky in the ocean and you can see it recorded from cargo ships. jaw dropping

@siamboiphymes5999 10 ай бұрын

I can still remember the sky I saw after a rain with no pollution and light on our village I can no longer have that feeling when I looked at the sky anymore

@asap445 10 ай бұрын

How did they beauty look? 😭😭😭

@renjiaow3742 10 ай бұрын

@@asap445 Can chime in here, it's magnificent. I'm guessing they probably were close to Bortle 1 when they saw the skies. I saw them on Bortle 4-5 and it was still mesmerizing. It really made me feel insignificant in that moment seeing the Milky Way.

@asap445 10 ай бұрын

@@renjiaow3742 it might be heaven feeling

@renjiaow3742 10 ай бұрын

@@asap445Yeah it really just grounds you in that moment that we're all 8 billion people on a rock in the middle of nowhere..

@asap445 10 ай бұрын

@@renjiaow3742 you have Twitter?

@Po_goes_brrr 9 ай бұрын

I used to imagine what it would be like if we could see the galactic core like in games and movies before I learned that we actually could without light pollution. I still remember the day I learned how much of the milkyway is actually visible but city lights have ruined it and it was a mix of emotions ranging from frustration that I was unable to see it but also excitement that it is possible.

@zekebrunt 8 ай бұрын

look up darkest places in the US (or wherever you live) there are some great places you can still go to with very little light

@That_One_MF_0 8 ай бұрын

@@zekebruntyes but still that was not as magical as the night sky hundreds of years ago.

@breatheair6847 8 ай бұрын

@@That_One_MF_0 that may be true but you should at least try and get an experience somewhat like it. It’s magical, not as magical as before but soon enough it’ll not be magical at all.

@jens-kristiantofthansen9376 6 ай бұрын

@@zekebrunt there are still lots of places where you can experience proper dark-sky conditions. Not in quick reach, but it's out there.

@SxmplySnxwy 8 ай бұрын

I remember going camping with my family when I was a child, after we finished setting up our tents and stuff and making dinner, I looked up to the sky and had to grab my chair to make sure I didn't fall backwarrds from the beautiful sight I was seeing. We weren't anywhere close to a big city, so you could see the milky way clearly...truly one of my favorite childhood memories.

@myprofilepictureisafish 8 ай бұрын

I remember looking at the stars every night in a blanket with the window open, I miss those days.

@user-lp4ii9zm3v 10 ай бұрын

What an inspiration you are! I myself am in love with the space and sometimes I even ask myself and think about the things you share with us and you make me realize how tiny we are but in the same time it is quite scary. Love you man. Greetings from Bulgaria🇧🇬

@ankitSharma-uo6zf 9 ай бұрын

you are the universe bro.. chill... yes you.. you feel yourself separated but in reality you are not

@hijacked_horizons 10 ай бұрын

This channel has completely changed my perspective on things, thanks Kobi!

@Finn_MacCool 9 ай бұрын

It's made you afraid of light. It's made you distrust light. It's made you believe those evil capitalist with their evil lights want to take the stars away from you. You are such a robot.

@MrWeiserrr 8 ай бұрын

I’m from the UK and went Thailand when I was 16. The landscape I witness with my very own eyes was breath taking ! You ever heard the saying “You got to see it to no believe it” You truly have to see things to take in it’s overwhelming beauty.

@snoozlewoozle5681 8 ай бұрын

This is really sad. I never thought about that like this. You changed my mind. But you gave also a glimpse of hope. Thank you.

@CelestialsStorm 9 ай бұрын

Coming home from an amusement park we got lost in the mountains in the middle of nowhere. It was an incredibly clear night, and I saw so many stars. I managed to get us to pull over on the side of the road and stargaze for a while. It’s one of my favorite memories, and basically got me obsessed with the stars

@jeltoninc.8542 9 ай бұрын

I have 60 acres of land in the middle of nowhere that has been in my family since the 1700s basically… my grandfather would take me out there when I was a child and show me all kinds of amazing celestial events. I’ve seen comets and all kinds of other interesting things there. On some nights with no moon, it will be so dark you cannot even see your hand in front of your face. It’s really amazing how different our experience can be with no light pollution.

@ParalyticAngel 9 ай бұрын

You are right. As a youngster in the 90's I could CLEARLY see the majesty of the Milky Way at nights at the beaches in Greece. Since then I have never seen it again like this. So sad for us all and especially for younger generations. I really miss hard the nights at the beach, where we played guitar around the fire. We lay on the sand looked up to the night sky and told us stories man. Imagined the story by a background of the Milky Way. What a nice picture better than everything we can reach by electronics. We must get darker for being human again.

@shenzixirgs8152 9 ай бұрын

True, I’ve never seen the night sky and i only see them from photos. I want to see the sky in person. I feel like we’ve lost so much of who we are, maybe as an inevitable result of our development. But sometimes it’s good to know that I’m a way, we are who we were.

@ParalyticAngel 9 ай бұрын

@@shenzixirgs8152 True words mate. Our industrial and electronic development is such an enemy against nature, we slightly should get alarmed. While we are so intelligent to generate even Holograms of Tupac Shakur singing a concert, we should be intelligent enough to use the earths resources far more wise. We have just this one HOME and we should treat the earth like a baby. Money and capitalism is nothing against mother earths extremely life supporting systems we even explored. Such as its magnetic field, its seasons... Even without these, there would be no any life on here. Can you believe, my grandpa in Greece had a donkey as a vehicle?^^ He was a farmer and lived fully natural. The moste electronic things he had, was a radio, later a TV and off course a very old refrigerator.^^ That's it. Ah okay, and a telephone. He even plants the most his family eats on his fields and all were fine.^^ And this was not a village in Greece, no he lived in a small city. I am so happy to know and have seen such a lifestyle so me easier can compare the right direction we human had to go. For people of today would say, Whaaat, even no Internet.^^ What a lame life. I can say, he was happy and every other guys who lived in these times were MUCH HAPPIER than we all are. It was true life and everybody was acting very human to each other and no one had any burnout syndrome, like nowadays. We as mankind should paddle back to the roots.^^ And yes, then we would dimm down the lights of our cities and finally can see again with our bare eyes the majestic beauty of the Milky Way.

@jout738 8 ай бұрын

Yes I was wondering why I see less and less stars at night time outside. Now I only typically see few, when I look at the night sky. I used to seeing like over dozen, when I was kid ten years ago. Now I maybe get the reason.

@jout738 8 ай бұрын

I remember, when I used to go sometimes jogging at night in local park and I hate how much light the streetlamp next to me gives, when im jogging, when I enjoy jogging in the darkness not being seen, when these streetlamps are so annoying with how much light they actually give and how much they direct the attention towrads me. Powerful streetlamps are also the reason we propably see less stars outside at night time anymore. I just imagined how much better sleep I would get, if I slept under the sky of stars, when I have had problems since childhood to get sleep. One reason might be bit bad mood, but maybe its also, because there is so less stars outside anymore at night time.

@n_asmo 8 ай бұрын

Damn.. I didn't expect to get this emotional. The line about the Moon and Galileo absolutely touched me. The night sky-it has the celestial bodies that our ancestors, everybody that we have read about in history books, and every single creature that has looked up into the night sky have seen. I might be overthinking, but damn, I feel like from now on, every time I look at the moon, I'll remind myself of that. I genuinely felt bonding with every human being and creature that has existed here on this Pale Blue Dot.

@ratsmacker8113 9 ай бұрын

It makes me sad that we'll probably never see the milky way outside of reserves. I'm genuinely surprised that the majority of earth's human population hasn't seen the milky way, it's mind boggling. I have been lucky enough to go travel many places (thanks to my parents!) and see the milky way. I have hope that this situation will improve, but i doubt that will happen..

@pixazelz 8 ай бұрын

there is really a problem with our current population and developpement vision if regular people can't enjoy something as simple as the sky .

@PieeM 8 ай бұрын

@@pixazelz Oh yeah, I live in a big city and one day I came to a family friend in a remote village with my relatives. We arrived at night, I looked up and damn it, there were just a billion stars and colorful galaxy nebulae! I told my parents that I could see the galaxy, but they laughed and said that it was impossible to see it and probably it was something else. Damn, up to this point, I myself doubted that this was possible :(

@Toasterpuggaming 10 ай бұрын

This channel is incredible

@wildflower1397 9 ай бұрын

I have been telling my daughter for years that I want to move somewhere that I can see the stars again. Growing up in New Mexico, there was not much light pollution. As a child I remember going out into the backyard to lay in the grass and watch the stars often. I never got tired of how beautiful and mesmerizing it was. Now I fear that even if I go somewhere dark, all the satellites and space debris will ruin the view. I don't remember us giving corporations permission to clog the night sky. Now it seems anyone who wants to and has funding can send something up to orbit and block the view. The international space station never bothered me, as it would take a while to circle the earth and fly past again. Also, it was an international sciece project, and I was proud we worked together. I sincerely hope our governments and everyone else start doing what we need to to protect the planet. Bringing the darkness back would hopefully inspire more people to care.

@claudeheinrich3613 8 ай бұрын

iv never seen a starry night sky sadly, even though I really want to

@wildflower1397 8 ай бұрын

@@claudeheinrich3613 I am so sad to hear that. I hope someday you will be able to, because it's profoundly beautiful.

@mh-um1df 9 ай бұрын

Electricity is so bad here that it doesn't even come for days but i think i m actually grateful to it. It's summer, it's hot, all my family is outside with a mat on the grass we're all looking up to a beautiful night sky with fireflies all around

@j.lahtinen7525 8 ай бұрын

I remember when I was a teenager (I'm 47 now), one winter I was at a friend's cabin way outside of any significant sources of light pollution. I went to fetch water from a hole made in the ice (the cabin didn't have running water back then), and I happened to look up. It was a clear night, and I was so amazed at the sight of the field of stars above that I just stood there for I don't know how long, gawking at it. I haven't see the sky quite like that since.

@Spaceresearchesbytanuja 10 ай бұрын

This video brought tears to my eyes 👀 because I've seen stars scattered here and there in the sky. Currently I'm in 8 grade in south India, and I want to go to New Zealand and see the dark sky. Imagine seeing those beautiful stars, constellations, planets, galaxies every night 🌙 I would not sleep. BTW I'm from the community 🙂

@ayiyehyobin8817 9 ай бұрын

Me too I am from North East India 9th grade.

@the.littlest.toaster 9 ай бұрын

Just go to some rural part of your country away from the city.

@Spaceresearchesbytanuja 9 ай бұрын

@@the.littlest.toaster nice idea 💡

@ittybittyrampagingcommittee 5 ай бұрын

I remember being at my grandma’s house way back when I was a kid, maybe in middle school? She lived in rural Michigan, her neighbors were cows living miles away. And I could see the Milky Way galaxy from her front lawn. Unfortunately, now there are windmills and other things set in place nearby and you can’t see the galaxy anymore, just the stars. …Hurts to know I may never see that again.

@MK-uu3qt 9 ай бұрын

3 months ago i was in my hometown in Sudan 🇸🇩 I see the beauty of sky like I never see it before

@renjiaow3742 10 ай бұрын

I drove out 40 minutes on a clear night to the country side to see the perseid meteor shower. It was about 4-5 on the Bortle scale but it was very humbling. Even though I couldn't see the arm of the Milky Way in 100% clarity it was still utterly breathtaking. I really want to visit a dark site to see it in it's true beauty.

@xItzSpruce 9 ай бұрын

Same i goed to look perseids too. I saw milkyway too

@brandonsheets1883 9 ай бұрын

First time I saw it I actually got dizzy, it’s the same feeling as standing on a ledge. Amazing thing to see.

@jerryisnotgreat 10 ай бұрын

I am living in Singapore and light pollution seems to have gotten worse while I am still growing up. When I was young, I can visualise the glowing planets and barely see the flickering stars, especially when I cycled to a place where it is mostly taken over by nature and... mosquitos. I was absolutely amazed of the visible dots and it hit me by researching more about space. Currently in 2023, the night sky seemed to be purely dark and I unfortunately am unable to see the stars which used to be visible, but planets dimly lit. Space definitely intrigued me a lot and I am genuinely disappointed that light pollution ruined other generations to even view the sky. In conclusion, the world will eventually end to darkness... :(

@comrademoshi1028 9 ай бұрын

hey a fellow singaporean on youtube! but i completely agree with what you said. nowadays the only bright objects i can see at night in the sky are just satellites, the moon, and maybe one or two dim flickering stars. it’s a sad reality that i wont ever be able to accept…

@pixazelz 8 ай бұрын

overpopulation really sucks :(

@PH7NTOM 24 күн бұрын

@@pixazelz This isn't because of overpopulation, and if it is, get smarter with how we place, design, manufacture, and educate people on lights. You appear to be relying on *appeal to emotion* in most of your comments on this video.

@MitsukiDiablew 7 ай бұрын

I didn't know how beyond lucky I was to be one of the few people to see the entire night sky in darkness. I remember looking up and seeing the beauty of the night sky with the Milky Way and countless of stars right above me. The amount of stars in the night sky even illuminated the ground (which is crazy to think about) so, imagine what a full Moon night was like. How I wish I could go back in time and treasure that moment. It will forever live in my mind. For those wondering, I used to live in one of the Caribbean islands and more than 20 years ago the powergrid on the island was very very bad. So, there were nights where the whole island lost power completely and then, a few minutes later...a different kind of wonder would be right above us. Things will never be the same again because I've heard things haven't gotten better (more light pollution) than when I lived there 20+ years ago. 😞

@bikemauri2482 9 ай бұрын

I love this Video, i am a photographer and at the moment i am on vacation and a couple days ago i tried to take some shots of the milkyway and it is just incredible how much of a difference it was for me already only by seeing the night sky just a few stages darker than in my city at home(Germany->well-developed infrastructure ). Even in the place where I am right now in a city in Italy in the Mediterranean Sea where I thought there would be less light pollution (I thought this was because of the less developed infrastructure, which was a mistake just because of the tourism here)I had to drive to a certain beach which was 40 minutes away. And even there I could only take photos out to sea because everything inland was too bright. But I could slightly see the Milky Way and again only the side towards north east out to the sea. The rest was to bright. And that was enough proof for me that every single word of this video is true and that I enjoyed every second. Great video, loved it!!!👍👍👍

@ElenarMT 10 ай бұрын

Deep rural South Africa in the 80s or 90s, I took seeing the entire Expanse for granted. It was spectacular. Rural North Wales in winter has some spectacular night skies. But I went to South Africa in 2019,and in the middle of the Karoo at 2 am, got out the car and looked up. I gasped. The night sky is truly awe inspiring. I can see how LA residents were over awed. Great video Kobi, and 100% kudos for picking a great sponsor

@BigBangTheoryIsALie 9 ай бұрын

As a man who lived in 1520's along with Magellan, watching the night sky while at the sea is the best of the best moments while listening to sea shanties below the deck!

@nfglegos 9 ай бұрын

You are over 500 years old?!?!?!?

@PiracyMan 9 ай бұрын

ye, I know this guy, met him back in 1692@@nfglegos

@hillbilly2046 9 ай бұрын

@@nfglegospffft thats nothing im 673 years old and you should have seen how how beautiful it is in the 1400s

@nfglegos 9 ай бұрын

@@hillbilly2046 673? Pffft! I can't even remember when I was that young. I'm 14 billion years old. I remember the big bang. I remember when the universe wasn't invented yet.

@EL1T3_Zach 9 ай бұрын

That’s nothing. I am 4 billion years old and the most beautiful skies come from them

@ziarasekhi6238 9 ай бұрын

When I was 14, living in the mountains southern africa, I was blessed to see the stars on the clearest nights where I lived. The sky was so filled with stars it was like a was peering into an ocean of little lights up above, and I would gaze for hours, multiple nights. 5 years later, the towns in the valleys were expanding, and the lights were getting brighter and brighter, it wasn't long until I could only see 2/3 of the sky on clear nights. I have hope that one day, many parts of the world will reduced light pollution, but it will simply come down to how much more our civilization changes for the next century. It's changed a lot over the past century, so the possibility to make things better is always there.

@pixazelz 8 ай бұрын

I just hope that civilisation can stop growing so much because we are loosing everything good on this Earth to meet the needs of every single person on the planet :(

@JonathanLukeAvery 8 ай бұрын

Whoa this blew my mind. I’ve always sworn I had memories of seeing the night sky out in the wilderness brighter and more spectacular than I’ve ever been able to see since. I live in a big city so I don’t regularly see the night sky from remote areas. But I remember going on a school retreat to a camp out on a ranch far from any city (probably 19 years ago or so) and the sky was so spectacular it left a big impression on me. Like I was always chasing that experience every time I would get out of the city I would want to look up at the night sky to see if I could see it that way again. No matter what, as I got older, I always felt that even though the sky view from a place like the mountains was obviously much brighter than in the city, it never lived up to that childhood memory. This explains so much. Sad that I’ll never see it that way again

@nothingtodo2409 10 ай бұрын

I literally had goosebumps at all the breat taking pictures. Just beautiful. The most i can see here in my house at night are the constellation that looks like a cup with 2stars on top, 3 in the milldle slanting and 2 on the bottom. I thank you for educating me about just how beautiful our nigh skies really are.

@Wyatt125 10 ай бұрын

Yeah that's the little dipper

@Gamermax16 10 ай бұрын

Am a fan of star gazing but I was never sure of the reason why I couldn't see the milky way just like how other people would see it in other parts of the world, I would only see it in video games like Minecraft with shaders and it felt so calming looking at, but this video has really inspired me on what we are more capable of being than wasting such spectacular opportunities of seeing the wonders of the universe Thanks🌌

@thelostone5565 8 ай бұрын

I suddenly remember when I was a kid our city suffered a blocked out and the sky looks so bright brighter than I have ever seen. The milky way clip in this video is the exact same thing I saw that day and it was spectacular.

@abakdpotato 9 ай бұрын

I truly believe I’d cry beyond imagination if I’d seen anything that beautiful… Who we are, where we come from, as humans we really don’t even know ourselves, but to see the night sky opens up a feeling inside that I can’t explain, like I know who I am for a moment…

@vraxos9220 9 ай бұрын

this video made me feel so many emotions, and none of them were bad. holy cow kobi you are a legend

@iam.mystic 10 ай бұрын

To be honest, I never thought I would see it, but when I went to Bampa, Uttarakhand (770 feet above sea level), it was truly breathtaking. I lay on the mountain grass and gazed up at the sky. I still remember that scene perfectly, even though it's been ages since I was there. P.S: I and my friends found a pack of wolves on the other side of frozen river, glad we made it out safely 💀

@sakibmullick 9 ай бұрын

like a poem

@JustCallMeAarav 9 ай бұрын

Uttarakhand? That's still not a true sky. Most likely a bortle 4 to 5. India doesn't have bortle 1 or 2 skies besides in Kashmir and ladakh. And they are barely bortle 2. Sorry to break it to u, that's the night sky that our ancestors saw.

@giraffezebra2698 8 ай бұрын

This is why I love camping out in the middle of nowhere. My kids were amazed at how beautiful the night sky is on a clear night away from the big cities.

@hadalzone1009 9 ай бұрын

i went backpacking with a friend in the colorado mountains like 2 years ago, and when i went outside in the middle of the night the sky actually hurt my eyes cuz ive havent seen the stars or galaxy like that before.. it was insanely bright compared to a city night.

@christian4609 10 ай бұрын

100% agreed, we, as humans, should stop lighting up everything! I really want to go to New Zealand to see a true night sky. Me, living in the Netherlands can't find good night skies anywhere close. I wish people would care more about the night skies and the animals that navigate using light.

@Universal_Bacon 10 ай бұрын

I'm from nz, can confirm that the sky is good

@DarioBans 10 ай бұрын

I have exact the same also from the netherlands

@pbg2025 9 ай бұрын

Humans do so many things that have major impacts on all parts of nature and we are so conceited that we don't ever reverse course

@AchrafsAnimation 9 ай бұрын

i live in the netherlands too, i also want to go to new zealand and have that same feeling as a kid, (maybe even better.)

@Boywithauke_Fan 9 ай бұрын

This is 100% true I live in NewZeland we see so many stars each night

@jenniferobrennan3599 9 ай бұрын

I grew up in a very rural area, and now live in a large metropolitan city. I miss the night sky very much! I hope we change our city planning/lighting policies to restore our view of the stars. Great video, thank you! (from a member of your IG community)

@navaneethads5661 5 ай бұрын

This is seriously my favorite video on KZfaq

@cringycoolkid1542 10 күн бұрын

I’ve never seen the stars in the sky, and that scares me to know that you could see so much. I only ever thought the night sky was a few stars sprinkled around. I’ll make it my life’s goal to see it.

@Xiuying.official 10 ай бұрын

I LOVE this video! I’m adding this spot to my bucket list. I’ve always loved seeing the stars, but when I walk outside I sometimes, rarely, see more than 10 stars. I do hope and wish that I go to that spot one day, and see the true beauties of our galaxy! I love space so much, and it will always fascinate me

@lightthroughdark 9 ай бұрын

We need to start an anti-light pollution charity.

@tacituskilgore820 9 ай бұрын

Exactly, light pollution is gonna get worse if we don’t do something, at least protesting would wake some people up. These things actually matter instead of the climate change and global warming propaganda…

@Azillia 9 ай бұрын

Its not light pollution Light pollution is a thing, but its minor compared to other forms of pollution Especially with green house gasses from fossile fuels and ect. Those would result in the sky being less clear to see, due to the gasses Also, you know what it also results in? THE DESRUCTION OF OUR OZONE LAYER, WHICH PROTECTS US FROM UV RAYS and you know what uv rays does? IT CAUSES CANCER, ITS RADIATION Light pollution is less of an issue

@dbyspae122 9 ай бұрын

Unfortunately that probably wouldn't work

@jugemujugemugokonosurikire4735 9 ай бұрын

That's not feasible at all. We need to see.

@nurdinvsm953 9 ай бұрын

and the death rate will go up to 99.9 % pure

@SEV7V 9 ай бұрын

When I was a Kid I remember staring at the sky and looking the countless amount of stars that were in the sky, now I look up and I can point out the 3 or 4 I can see, its truly a sad thing to be a part of and probably a problem that will never go away

@NattyNuke 8 ай бұрын

Something out there calls to me, each night I die a little more inside knowing I’ll never be able to see the night sky in its grandest capacity.

@anokymus 10 ай бұрын

Bro is casually telling us that light won't allow us to see

@mr.nothappy301 9 ай бұрын

underrated comment

@BasicallySai 10 ай бұрын

Another amazing video yet again! Thanks Kobi!

@AstroKobi 10 ай бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

@TON__618. 10 ай бұрын

@@AstroKobiYou are my favorite youtuber

@iamarizonaball2642 10 ай бұрын

@@AstroKobihello. I genuinely cannot produce melatonin naturally. Even in the darkest of skies.

@alexobende3097 9 ай бұрын

When I was younger I used to think the more light there is at night the better things would be but as I kept growing, I noticed that I was seeing less stars in the sky to the point when I only see about 3 stars per night, I never thought the problem was light pollution

@WillisVision 7 ай бұрын

I had always lived in the city, but in the mid 90's I went camping deep in the Colorado Rockies, and that first evening I was so amazed at the beauty of seeing our galaxy for the first time.

@tecnoticboy4479 10 ай бұрын

I have never seen the arm of Milky way or even comets, I like in Delhi (Indian's most light polluted area) and I really really wish to one day see the night sky in ita full glory, I'll work hard towards achieving that dream, thank you for sharing this experience with us.

@renjiaow3742 10 ай бұрын

Look up a light pollution map where you live. Maybe you can find a location where it's about 4-5. You won't see it 100% but you'll still see at least parts of the Milky Way's arm.

@JustCallMeAarav 9 ай бұрын

@@renjiaow3742you don't know the air pollution near Delhi?

@JustCallMeAarav 9 ай бұрын

@@renjiaow3742and don't u know the traffic here? It takes 3 hours to go 30 km, in which u still can't see any star due to delhi ncr. Ncr is an urban planning board, if u wanna know u can search it up, it's 60000 sq km, and it's all full of cities.

@ceciliaa 10 ай бұрын

Your videos are of such great quality, I really appreciate all of the time and effort you put into it! Thank you so much. Not only is your content entertaining, it's also very interesting and informative.

@xijinpig8982 9 ай бұрын

Living in Malaysia, have never seen the Milky Way before. Was in a rural paddy field area early this year at night, and for the first time i saw more than 15 stars in the night sky.

@flerpiederp 8 ай бұрын

I remember going to the dark sky park in Terschelling the Netherlands once and it blew me away! It had me stargazing for hours. You couldn’t even make out the constellations anymore because there were so many other stars around.

@AllanDavisArt 9 ай бұрын

I remember going to Ayers Rock 20 years ago and I have honestly never seen so many stars in my life. Was truly an incredible experience.

@educatingspace 9 ай бұрын

A very important message Kobi. Well done on your video. I’ve been very fortunate to visit Tekapo in New Zealand and totally agree that seeing the Milky Way without light pollution is incredible!

@nikewalker96 9 ай бұрын

Hey same here! I just came back from NZ trip last week, stayed a night at mount Aoraki, and saw the most beautiful night sky I've ever seen in my life

@whatdoinamethischannel9749 25 күн бұрын

In jamaica, everytime a nationwide blackout happens we are able to see the night sky again 12 years ago i used to be able to see a multitude of stars at night but nowadays i can only make out 1 or 2 or just the moon alone

@KevinVenturePhilippines 4 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to grow up in the desert of New Mexico, and the wilderness of Alaska. The night sky doesn't get much better than that.

@SixBowlSage 9 ай бұрын

I'm a teenager living rural North Island - New Zealand, the sky I see when I come home from work is around Bortle 2, recently I saw the glowing arm of the milky way for the first time. Some people do not know what they are missing out on, looking up and seeing the best artwork of all time.

@SomeTallGirl 10 ай бұрын

This guy's voice.. I could listen to him forever.. Australian accent is one of my favourites😊

@Helios_1ne 8 ай бұрын

Drove through the stargazers highway on a trip a few times. Absolute life changing experience. Super fortunate to live in a country with such phenomenal night skies

@leocoolguy4138 6 ай бұрын

I spent my childhood in a rural place. I remember watching the night sky and it was so easy to find the constellations even with street lights. Last year, I went back to the place and stayed even farther from what can be called a township, It was a village, and yet one time when there was no power, I could not locate all the constellations! I knew about light pollution but had no idea that it is this worse. Thank you for the awareness, Im definitely sharing this video across my ids.

@sprocket442 10 ай бұрын

im a thirteen year old from singapore and ive never seen the milky way before. I remeber a few years ago you could still see a few stars twinkling in the sky but no the only lights in the sky are planes

@golamsamdani7617 10 ай бұрын

Well. It's definately in my bucket list now. Maybe in 4/5 years,I will be able to go there. I never saw a sky like this and it will be a life long never forgetting moment.🌟🌌

@JustCallMeAarav 9 ай бұрын

Yeah in 4 or 5 years u might have to go in the middle of the Pacific Ocean just to see it

@TiberiusMaseus 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for opening my mind. Your videos are great!

@SagaEf 9 ай бұрын

We call our ancestors foolish for worshipping the night sky until we step out of the cities

@PH7NTOM 24 күн бұрын

Sorry, they are still foolish. Science prevails.

@kshitijjassal1024 10 ай бұрын

Hey Kobi. Saw your post on the IG podcast and straight up went to see it. I've always been amazed by the night skies for as long as I can remember. You're absolutely right here. The situation around my hometown in the Northern part of India is the same. I remember taking a shot of the Milky way from my balcony 7-8 years ago, which eventually never happened again. But yeah, where I live, just a little ahead, say about 70km, I can see it with my naked eye in all its glory. Anyway, thanks for creating such videos. Love it.

@The_butler_did_it1194 10 ай бұрын

This is the video Kobi, this is an absolutely incrediblely well done video mate. I feel like I'm watching a full documentary. Smashed it out the park. You have tonnes of great videos and they just keep getting better. Peace from Brisbane Australia aswell 👊

@NotaryStars 3 ай бұрын

Wow, there is so much in one video. Those who watch the stars also need these things too. Astro Kobe is a zen Master!

@BearLovesAll 9 ай бұрын

I live in rural south dakota and have loved the night sky since I was a kid, I remember staring up at the sky while me and my dad sat by the campfire for hours, until the stars went away because the sun was coming up sometomes. Now I look up and personally can see a fraction of what I used too, can't imagine how much worse it is in very urban cities and states😢 I encourage everyone to go to the darkest spot as soon as you can because it gets worse every day.

@ananyamenon3543 10 ай бұрын

You make such informative videos...i hope everyone sees this and understand how critical this situation is. Thanks dude👍🏻❤

@gauravanshkumar3949 10 ай бұрын

Looking in the sky like these gives us another level of felling and questions which can't be described by word....❤

@historyofapple 8 ай бұрын

I can agree with it getting worse, I love doing night time photography as a side gig so of course one of the post common things I try to photograph is the Milky Way. I had a spot that would work perfect for it on a clear summer night during a new moon or the moon rising very late, along with the elevation being about 4,000 feet. Most recently I haven’t been able to get as good shots even with a better camera a few years later resulting in me having to start moving even further away from any nearby city’s or towns

@ZedNinetySix_ 8 ай бұрын

I will never forget my holiday in Australia as a kid, we were in the desert at night, and I could see the whole universe looming over me🌌

@snaatanraina 10 ай бұрын

2 days before I tried to capture milkyway through my mobile phone but all that came was just white I even lowered the shutter speed and ISO but I couldn't get it 😢

@lakshitapanwar2745 9 ай бұрын

When I used to visit my grandpa in the inner city during summer as a kid, there was this issue that around 7 p.m. the entire area's electricity used to go out due to some electoral disputes. We used to sleep on the terrace, facing the sky to get a better exposure to the air. I remember how spectacular and magnificent the sky looked, shining bright in it's glory. Infact, I used to spend the entire night gazing at the sky most of the times. And when I used to return to my place and go upstairs, it would disappoint me so much. It's very sad how we've lost the map of our very existence.

@ElysianAstrophile75 3 ай бұрын

The worst thing is that where I'm living, if you look up at the night sky, trust me you can only see a couple of stars and by that I mean not more than 10. Its sooooo sad for someone like me who loves the night sky....and I don't know that I'll be able to see the beautiful night sky full of stars, even imagining it looks so dreamy and wonderful and I wish that someday my wish would come true.

@theblueytimes 28 күн бұрын

Went camping once a couple years ago with my dad and my brother. Far away from populated areas. It was night, and I headed to beach to see crabs; but instead I saw the milky way arm, it was beautiful. I hope I can camp in that same spot some time soon.

@ElleOrMarcy 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this, this video inspired me to try and slow this down by researching how to reduce light pollution. I’ve gotten 2 of my friends to join but my other friends don’t even care leading to my project failing, but it was worth a try.

@jens-kristiantofthansen9376 9 ай бұрын

I'm in Melbourne, Australia and the light pollution is pretty terrible. Still, once you get to the outer suburbs you can generally see that the Milky Way is there. If you go another 20-40km out, you can see a lot more and easily identify the Milky Way. Having said that, true dark-sky viewing opportunities requires a longer trip but if you go Northwest from here for a few hundred kilometres you will see marvellous things. I do find it tragic just how comprehensively we have removed ourselves from viewing the night sky in any meaningful way.

@shush86 6 ай бұрын

i got to see it once, we were traveling by car at night and when we stopped to rest for a bit i could see the whole thing, has to be my favorite memory i can never forget it i also wish to see it again

@Dr_Nig 9 ай бұрын

I live in a town in the outskirts of the province of Rome, and I have to say that I experienced this phenomenon myself sadly: I remember that when I was little, in certain rural areas away from my town, the Milky Way was a bit visible while now, 20 years later, you cannot anymore. Basically I've gone from a tier "3.5" to an almost tier 5 sky in two decades, and even with recent programmes from the region which aimed at upgrading street lights with modern LED lights that are covered for at least 50% above them with a cap, it seemed that the issue hasn't improved...

@asadfarraj 10 ай бұрын

I'll never forget the time when I was at my grandparents' and at like, the middle of the night, I went out onto the fields, and looked up. And what I looked was unforgettable. There were so many, many stars in the sky that it felt like they alone were illuminating the ground. I didn't see the milky way, because it wasn't the season yet, but just the massive amount of stars was amazing.

@Milkomeda_Galaxy 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful video Kobi, you can never disappoint me.

@anafayz9491 7 ай бұрын

Love that you pronounced Aotearoa correctly! Your voice is so soothing I love watching your videos while going to sleep. I’ve always wanted to see the sky full of stars so thank you for dropping a great location to be able to experience it!