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moonshinegnomie

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3. this is from just outside austin texas

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 24, 2025, 03:37 PM

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there is a scale called the bortle scale that measures how dark your skies are.
it goes from 1-9 with 9 being the worst like downtown in a big city
Im in bortle 8

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Wow..cant see anything in the big city BlueWaveNeverEnd Wednesday #1

this is from just outside austin texas moonshinegnomie Wednesday #3

👍. Freaking amazing! MiHale Wednesday #2

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