Anually, the perseid meteor shower is one of the better ones. So having seen the night of the peak was to be largely cloud free and also with a strong summer chance (very rare) of northern lights I took myself and my tent and several refreshments up into the hills to observe.
Yes, the night was largely cloud free which is fairly rare for many meteor shower peaks.
But what I found myself observing was unlike I have ever seen before. Not long after dusk, literally hundreds of satellites passing, distracting my well trained drunken eye.
10 years ago, seeing a satellite was a fairly rare but possible occurence when looking up. Now its a given, lots of em! Nothing against why they exist (ie starlink, bringing ISAC to rural africa) but by fuck do the bright fuckers pollute the sky)
Slippery slope to innocent satellites holding missiles blah blah blah.
But ffs! Lets not corrupt our view of our only way off this forsaken planet
Nominated by Cunt of Peeblesshire.




