I grew up in Upstate New York, and dad was an amateur astronomer. My step-uncle actually built his own professional observatory in the mountains outside of Rochester. I remember.

Lots of stars, the trail of the Milky Way, naming craters on the moon and Mars, finding the other planets. Long ago, now, my dad died in 1987.

It is positively GLORIOUS!!!

Light pollution where I live is minimal compared to major urban centers. To escape it completely, a relatively short drive is all that is necessary. The best is to drive a few hours north of here for a camping trip in the "North Woods" of Wisconsin, at a location far from the nearest town. You find yourself a clearing or, even better, go out on a boat into the middle of one of the thousands of small lakes, look up, and drink it in.

There's nothing quite like it. But take a jacket with you. Even in the summer, it can be quite chilly in the North Woods at night, especially near bodies of water.

Three rotations of NTC national training center in the California desert regular army from 88-94 shows a miraculous display of colours. No justice can be given by this man who is no poet. Get to a desert and experience it yourself. Truly awesome.

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I lived at a major dark site once, it was amazing, there is an ok one about 5 klms from me, but very small. We go out and watch all the major meteor storms, so it is handy to have the best spot.
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When I used to go visit family in north Texas the night sky was awesome. They were at least 100 miles or more from a major metropolitan city. The number of stars to see is breathtaking!

When I visit my brother in NC I see everything in the sky. In NY, not so much lol

I've seen it, and it's awsome in the real meaning of the word. It moves me to tears.

Way back in 1993 I was traveling through the South West of the USA. I'd rented a vehicle and was somewhere west of Socorro in New Mexico out on the high desert plain not all that far from the Very Large Array Radio 'Telescope'. I had pulled over to have a sleep and woke up about 3.00 am I think and two things I noticed straight away. It was so cold and the sky was unbelievably bright with stars. Orion and Canis Major were rising in the east. Sirius was incredible. And the bright stars of Orion , Betelgeuse and Rigel were brilliant and the different colours of those two, one an orange red and the other a bluish white.were very distinctive. And you could clearly see the subtle colours of other stars as well. And even the Andromeda Nebula , which was high overhead could easily be seen. I had stopped earlier in the night and seen that. It was 'magical' and one of the highlights of my trip. Later on early after sunrise I stopped at a service station to fuel up at Datil.and they had a sigh overhead that stated (Datil 7400 ft ASL) Damn ! no wonder it was so cold.

Very little light pollution where I live. Friends from town come here for meteor showers, etc.

Up here in the mountains of Maine, away from the towns, it can be amazing. There are a lot of places with very little or insignificant light pollution. So many stars! Breathtaking. It is always surprising to me how many satellites and little blinking objects pass overhead. Some people have never seen a shooting star. When its clear out you see them all the time

You just need to get away from the city and you'll see it

The milky way is so bright in Colorado that it looks like a line of clouds across the sky. You can read a book by its light!
I brought a girl from Ohio to Colorado. I said look the milky way is really bright tonight. She said where is it? I said see that line of clouds across the sky. Your looking at the milky way like looking at a plate from the side.

I had been in the middle of the ocean under opsec darken ship. I seen it. And sometimes no moon, no stars you can not even see your own hand. I was a sailor for 20 years. It almost makes you believe in god but Nah, is just nature at its finest.

I don't have light pollution-near the airport

On a few occasions, I have had the pleasure of seeing the Milky Way. It is spectacular thing to see in the summer.

I need only to go minutes away, into the forest, away from street lights, and look up !