Milky Way Galaxy & Earth Airglow over Colorado
With our naked eyes, we can see about 6,000 stars, out of around 200 billion in the Milky Way. And this does not include many other astronomical objects!
The Fading Milky Way
Light pollution is a growing environmental problem that threatens to erase the night sky before its time. A recent study revealed that perhaps two-thirds of the world's population can no longer look upwards at night and see the Milky Way—a hazy swath of stars that on warm summer nights spans the sky from horizon to horizon.
Light pollution is a growing environmental problem that threatens to erase the night sky before its time. A recent study revealed that perhaps two-thirds of the world's population can no longer look upwards at night and see the Milky Way—a hazy swath of stars that on warm summer nights spans the sky from horizon to horizon.
The Milky Way is dimming, not because the end of the Universe is near, but rather as a result of light pollution: the inadvertent illumination of the atmosphere from street lights, outdoor advertising, homes, schools, airports and other sources. Every night billions of bulbs send their energy skyward where microscopic bits of matter—air molecules, airborne dust, and water vapor droplets—reflect much of the wasted light back to Earth.
(Source: NASA)
International Dark-Sky Association
https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution
Globe at Night
https://www.globeatnight.org
Night Sky Network (NASA)
https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/night-sky-network/
https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution
Globe at Night
https://www.globeatnight.org
Night Sky Network (NASA)
https://science.nasa.gov/skywatching/night-sky-network/
Colorado is a state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, and Oklahoma to the southeast.
Image details:
Taken with Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon 16-55mm f/2.8 @ 16mm, iso 3200, 399x 13s. Timelapse from 10PM-11:47PM with 5s interval.
Each frame was post processed in Camera Raw to enhance contrast and color. The Milky Way in Bortle 3 skies was much dimmer near the horizon and especial as the moon rose. The airglow was not visible to the naked eye although its presence was suspected by the hazy transparence of the cloudless sky.
Taken with Fujifilm X-T5, Fujinon 16-55mm f/2.8 @ 16mm, iso 3200, 399x 13s. Timelapse from 10PM-11:47PM with 5s interval.
Each frame was post processed in Camera Raw to enhance contrast and color. The Milky Way in Bortle 3 skies was much dimmer near the horizon and especial as the moon rose. The airglow was not visible to the naked eye although its presence was suspected by the hazy transparence of the cloudless sky.
Video Credit: Northern_Nights
Duration: 13 seconds
Capture Date: June 16, 2025
Release Date: June 19, 2025
Capture Date: June 16, 2025
Release Date: June 19, 2025
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