Like this, only brighter

[nondescriptdave]

This is pretty much what the sky looked like when I was atop Mauna Kea, only the stars were brighter as I was fortunate enough to be there during a new moon

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[mtn_hermit]

Yah, I always get surprised when I go visit my uncle in SC. There are so many more stars visible where he lives, and it's not even that dark a sky. It's just so much darker than being near a major city that it stands out.

Have you ever heard of the Dark Sky Society?
http://www.darkskysociety.org/

[nondescriptdave]

Yep. And darksky.org as well. There are pitifully few really dark areas in Georgia, much less near Atlanta.

[dacantero]

When my friend and I were traveling back to Laredo from San Antonio after attending a concert we stopped at one of the rest stops along the highway. It was quite a shock seeing the Milky Way so clearly. I'm sad I never got a chance to go out there when comet Hale-Bopp passed by (I could see it from within the city, but it just looked like a fuzzy blob).