Sound Pollution map from Jonathan Waterman's 'Atlas of Wild America'
@northernbassist @Dreamnghrt
And just to bookend with the other atrocity.
Light Pollution.
I haven’t really seen a night sky since my childhood.
@InvaderGzim @northernbassist We're on the east coast now, so only the very brightest stars show up. However, a 3+ hour drive north will get us to very dark skies where the stars are so numerable I have a difficult time picking out constellations like Orion, the Dippers, Summer Triangle, etc!! Love being up there, but we don't often have the chance.
@Dreamnghrt @northernbassist
My small hometown back in WNY was on a very deep valley...
Soon as you climbed out of the valley up into the farms... Pitch black on some roads between the farm houses...
It's an entirely different sky...
Or was... Haven't seen it in nearly 30 years...
@Dreamnghrt @InvaderGzim
our New Mexico place had incredible night skies.