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Well, it's about six months after I captured the data for this image, and I don't know if anyone will ever read this addendum. On the recommendation of our oldest granddaughter (whose dad has a camp in a neighboring town), I ventured 4+ hours north into Maine in search of a solid Bortle 2 night. She has a casual interest in Astronomy and has long said that the stars and Milky Way, etc. are fantastic at the camp. I looked at the Dark Sky map, the road map and satellite view, and it looked like there were some safe off-road areas to shoot at. When I got there, no such luck. The road that looked good was dirt and filled in with brush. Fortunately, I made it through and kept driving north on the secondary highway - saw a town sign that read, "Population: 51." I finally found a dirt road that had what looked like a logging facility on it ... drove up that and noticed a (real) dirt road on the right. Why not? It was on the map; so, onto that dirt road I went, and went and went - up and up a hill until my navigation didn't recognize where I was. BUT, there was an opening and the Sun was soon setting. I can't remember ever being so intimidated being in the middle of nowhere .... Would I encounter bears? Wolves or Moose? Would I be attacked by Sasquatch? Long story / short, the Bortle 2 sky was slightly darker than my safe dark site and I was able to shoot until dawn. Then, I figured if I just kept going down the hill, eventually the "road" would lead back to the bigger dirt road. It did and I headed home. Moral of this story? I'll stick to my safe(r) Bortle 3 site from now on ....
If any of this sounds familiar, drop a comment.
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