Why are stars not visible in every part of the world even with clear skies?

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Why is it when in movies or pictures taken, the stars are bright and they’re everywhere visible but when I look at the sky from places like Dubai or Turkey, there are no stars. Isn’t stars abundant everywhere in space and should be visible around the world with clear skies?

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Imagine you’re trying to see a glow in the dark sticker but your brother is shining a flashlight at your face. Because the light from the flashlight is so much stronger, it drowns out the light from the glow in the dark sticker.

Of course, lights from stars are much stronger at generation. Because they are so far away, they are less intense and appear much weaker by the time they get to our sky and compete with other lights like city lights.

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