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Light Pollution - an infographic
Today more than 99% of Europeans and Americans and about two thirds of the human population lives in areas, where the night sky is considered polluted by light. 96% of the European population are unable to see our galaxy the Milky Way and 40% of Americans lives in such bright surroundings that their eyes actually never switches to night vision.
Brightness of Stars
Look at these two stars. The Sun (yellow arrow) appears bigger and it's closer to you, looking at it. The other star (red arrow) appears smaller and is farther away.