Things That Have Vanished From the World: #1 Stars in Dark Night Skies

50 years ago, you could look up at the night sky and see stars.

The sky was black. B L A C K

And the stars were bright white.

You could see LOTS of them. Including the Milky Way.

Now, you can only see a sort of amorphous fog with a glint of something that might be a star fighting through the misty mush.