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   AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 13:32:41 JST AI6YR Ben

   Hmm, are the GOES satellites below or above the aurora? 🤔

   (no aurora visible in my part of Southern California, because... marine layer). #aurora

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 13:32:37 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     @SRLevine @ai6yr @smellsofbikes @Stormgren @MLE_online
     Someone in Las Vegas (not me, alas) caught this. Hard to imagine a city with more light pollution

     And even with air traffic still greatly reduced, you can see a line of planes in the sky

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     Sam Levine (srlevine@neuromatch.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 13:32:38 JST Sam Levine

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     @ai6yr @smellsofbikes @Stormgren @MLE_online I'm horribly jealous that it's far enough south to see but orange county has too much light pollution. Even if I went to the "nature preserve" near me I normally can't even see stars there so I doubt I'd see anything tonight. Boo.

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     smells of bikes (smellsofbikes@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 13:32:39 JST smells of bikes

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     @Stormgren @MLE_online @ai6yr Friends on the NM/CO border are taking pictures much better than what I'm getting.

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     AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 13:32:39 JST AI6YR Ben

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     @smellsofbikes @Stormgren @MLE_online Just saw a picture from Texas. So much light pollution in LA though.... Good time to be in Death Valley (well, until you are trapped by the rain tomorrow) 🤪

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     Stormgren (stormgren@obsidianmoon.com)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 13:32:40 JST Stormgren

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     @MLE_online @ai6yr I'm seeing posts from people in NM who are seeing it, so chances are good.

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     Emily Velasco (mle_online@social.afront.org)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 13:32:41 JST Emily Velasco

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     @ai6yr Is it reaching down this far?

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     Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 16:35:19 JST Kim Scheinberg

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     @SRLevine @ai6yr @smellsofbikes @Stormgren @MLE_online
     Okay, I've been thinking about this for a bit and am willing to be unapologetically stupid when I ask:

     Why is light pollution worse for being super close to the coast? I think of beaches as dark places, so I am clearly missing something. Help me out?

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     Sam Levine (srlevine@neuromatch.social)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Nov-2025 16:35:20 JST Sam Levine

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     @kims @ai6yr @smellsofbikes @Stormgren @MLE_online Very cool!

     (our light pollution situation isn't helped by being super close to the coast, it's been pretty cloudy today and some fog looked like it was rolling in as the sun went down)