Baldo by Hector D. Cantú and Carlos Castellanos for February 07, 2021

you don’t give a darn about light pollution, do you, Baldomero?

Gracie doesn’t see how any day of school can ruin anything!

Grandfather’s farm, out in the Kansas nowhere when I was a kid… They don’t make night skies like that anymore. Lived in cities ever since, lucky if 20% of the stars I could see then are visible.

One of the many things I like about living at 8,500’ in the Colorado mountains. Not much light pollution, and thin air. Night skies are glorious…

Unfortunately most people in the US have never seen a night sky like that. I am one of those blessed to have been in an area of absolutely no light pollution and been able to behold a glorious night sky. Totally amazing.

How about going to work on Monday?

Yeah, Baldo. A planetarium is just as good, no?

Two differing views!

Open scene of Mystery Road on Acorn really impressive, filmed in Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia

So does work.

I used to live in Wyoming at 7,200 ft (2195 m) in a small town, at night looking at the Milky Way it seemed as if the sky was sprinkled with Diamond Dust. Of course to get that view you had to endure -50 F (-45 C) winters. Now I’m retired in San Diego, I miss the sky, but not enough to go back.

My best experience of the night sky was on a cruise. The area fore of the bridge is kept dark. I went forward to that part of the ship and was able to look up and see a sky I had never seen before. It gave me a complete understanding of why our primitive forebears felt so insignificant in the universe. Hell, it made me feel pretty darn insignificant under that incredible sky.

These questions say a lot about your point of view….

Both are true… however, I miss seeing the stars more than I miss getting up before the sun to get ready for work on Monday!

Sunday night blues are true for most people, Baldo. Enjoy the stars while you can.