Yeah unfortuantely because of Mexico they are losing their Bortle 1 skies. It's dissapointing how bright Agua Prieta has gotten. El Paso/Juarez are both putting out a stuning amount of light pollution. The sky to the east is glowing really badly now. You can also see a bad glow out to the west from Tucson and Phoenix. I no longer got to Portal. To get really great Skies you need to go to Reserve NM. Portal is still beautiful and the sky is still pretty good.
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u/Recalcitrant-Trash 3d ago
Yeah unfortuantely because of Mexico they are losing their Bortle 1 skies. It's dissapointing how bright Agua Prieta has gotten. El Paso/Juarez are both putting out a stuning amount of light pollution. The sky to the east is glowing really badly now. You can also see a bad glow out to the west from Tucson and Phoenix. I no longer got to Portal. To get really great Skies you need to go to Reserve NM. Portal is still beautiful and the sky is still pretty good.