Re: [at-l] Re: Light Pollution on the AT

[Tim Hewitt <thewitt@fairchildsemi.com>]

"David Addleton" <dfaddleton@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> > With memories of the Andromeda galaxy, clearly visible to the naked eye
> from
> > Daicey Pond campsite the night before summiting Katahdin...
> 
> And, in North America, what a rare memory to treasure ....
> 
> How many others have seen, unaided, this jewel? And where?

I have many of you at a disadvantage. In northern Maine, most of the summer, we
can see more stars than from nearly anywhere else in North America. We even get
our fair share of Northern Lights.

-p

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