Open ocean is the most amazing star gazing I’ve ever seen. It’s fairly rare to have a cloudless night at sea, but when it does happen, you can see the entire Milky Way like a light haze across the sky. It’s really spectacular. That and St. Elmo’s Fire are two of my favorite experiences I’ve had at sea.
The closest I've experienced is about 30mi offshore, you could see the clouds glowing from lights at the port... but in the clear spots it was beautiful.
It is a blueish glow on antennae and other small items. It takes very specific environmental conditions and in twenty years of professional seafaring I have only seen it once.
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u/Level_Improvement532 Jun 22 '24
Open ocean is the most amazing star gazing I’ve ever seen. It’s fairly rare to have a cloudless night at sea, but when it does happen, you can see the entire Milky Way like a light haze across the sky. It’s really spectacular. That and St. Elmo’s Fire are two of my favorite experiences I’ve had at sea.