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Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago

A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

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Beep@lemmus.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago
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    There are roughly 15,000 total at the moment ? I wonder what that will do to animals and insects lives.

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      is already so bad. i do astro timelapses and it’s all you see anymore. they stand out so much now, if the quantity gets 100x’d it’ll be a nightmare.

      it will blot out the stars…

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      There aren’t many animals or insects in low-earth orbit though, thankfully.

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        Yeah but they use the light to navigate too. They use this planet too.

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          I think local illumination is probably going to be more of a problem than reflected light of a satellite.

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            Beetles have been shown to rely on the milky way for navigation.

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      exactly nothing as most animals and insects can’t even see the stars; their sense of vision isn’t good enough for that.

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        Beetles have been shown to use the milky way for navigation.

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