Milky Way of New Brunswick - Pleasant ValeCorey Lablans Photography
Recently Earth's estimated population re
ached seven billion. Villages, towns and cities have grown immensely and one of the resulting degradations is light pollution. Once pristine skies used for navigation by such explorers as Ernest Shackleton have been dimmed by societies inabilities to get along and need for light.
There are still a few places on Earth where one can experience the majestic views of the Milky Way. Every summer I visit the vale in New Brunswick where the night sky is quite impressive, although this past summer while photographing I noticed the influence of Moncton's light pollution. Would love to go to the North or South Pole to see some of the most pristine sky.
(Ernest Shackleton is not the best example of an explorer for representing North America - but he relied heavily on star navigation in the South Pole when trying to reach South Georgia Island a whaling station 800 miles away from Elephant Island, where him and his crew where stranded in 1916. Would imagine the stars are still pretty amazing there!!)
