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A Stunning Image of the Australian Desert Illuminates the Growing Problem of Satellite Pollution (www.thisiscolossal.com)
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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

In the early 80s, when I was a wee lad, I used to sit out at night with a friend of mine and we'd often see (and be baffled by) what were certainly satellites. Naked eye and everything.