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If anything, this just shows how much light pollution there is today. The sky was so much more vibrant back then. It wasn't "4 stars," but a smattering of nebula, galaxies, our own Milk Way, and other stars that made up constellations.
But even still, the sky was a canvas that held stories and allowed humans to find their way.
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I used to live out in the country and the constellations looked like what they said a lot more than in the burbs where I am now.
The last time I was in a reasonably dark place I looked up and saw Leo, Taurus, and a satellite passing overhead and started weeping at the beauty.
I miss stars.
Many years ago I did an canoe trip down the Green River through Canyonlands National Park in Utah. We camped next to the river, in the canyons, and was 50+ miles from the nearest city. I was legitimately moved to tears seeing full Milky Way in all its glory.
Have you seen cave drawings?
Fucking constellations were better representations than humans pulled off for most of our existence as a species.
Yup, cave drawing sure are primitive and awful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauvet_Cave
That drawing is 30,000 years old.
It stands to reason that that's where the artist practiced until he achieved a desired result. In other words, that's the guy's draft wall. Where's the masterpiece?
Some researchers reckon that the art style was designed to take advantage of flickering fire light to "animate" the images
In some rich bastard's private collection.