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Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I would love to see a dark sky the way the ancients saw it. A bright sky has almost nothing in it. The darker the sky the more spectacular it is. In a way, modern life has paved over both the earth and the sky.

There are places where you can. Really, to get pristine, you'd have to go back to cavemen times. If you were in/near a city back in medieval times, you'd have tons of smoke from fires and lamps to deal with, and the smoke from oil, coal and wood would probably have a huge impact.