There's Something Human About Stargazing | Bortle 1 Skies & Perspective | EP418

There's something human about stargazing. You don't even need to know what you're looking at.

I just got back from Maine and about the most perfect dark skies you could ask for — a Bortle 1 or 2, against the Bortle 6 or 7 we get at Today In Space HQ outside Boston. Dark, clear skies like that makes you wonder what the night sky was to the early humans like the ancient Greeks & their Mythologies.

These deep moments allow for some deep perspective. like what it's like a year since I was laid-off aka "terminated" and why the more AI work I do, the more I want to go do human things. Great summer nights with a dark sky and great company. Who could ask for a better end to the Summer? My advice? Grab 20 minutes and a patch of sky. Even the patch above you.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome — the close of summer, and Maine

00:44 There's something human about stargazing

01:19 The Bortle scale: Bortle 1 in Maine, Bortle 5 at HQ

01:37 Cherry Springs next, with the Space Talkers

01:53 The night sky as humanity's first story map

02:37 How many satellites you can actually see up there

03:01 Mosaic mode: filtering satellite and plane streaks out

03:43 One year since the layoff 05:03 chat3DP — where the build is right now