I do frequent evening walks once kids are sleeping in vineyards nearby. Glow of stars, and from nearby villages (2-3km far away) is enough to see path clearly even on moonless nights and path is light gray concrete 3-4m wide, never any potholes or unexpected obstacles. Clears my mind like nothing else.
Milky way is not extremely clear there, but visible and its sort of mentally healing experience. When camping up in the mountains, this is way clearer. Clearest I've seen it was high on Aconcagua in South America, around 5500m high, with constellations unfamiliar to an european. That was almost over the top in terms of clarity and the amount of stars visible (including very clear Magellan cloud). Remote himalayan valleys are also good for this, as long as humidity is low (its either glow from other light sources or high humidity which makes stars less visible, in cities pollution adds to this).
Can't not love astronomy after such encounters. Its our home, this crazy universe, everybody should look up from daily crap and experience such awe from time to time, I've never met a person who doesn't enjoy this.
kakacik · · focus · HN ↗
Milky way is not extremely clear there, but visible and its sort of mentally healing experience. When camping up in the mountains, this is way clearer. Clearest I've seen it was high on Aconcagua in South America, around 5500m high, with constellations unfamiliar to an european. That was almost over the top in terms of clarity and the amount of stars visible (including very clear Magellan cloud). Remote himalayan valleys are also good for this, as long as humidity is low (its either glow from other light sources or high humidity which makes stars less visible, in cities pollution adds to this).
Can't not love astronomy after such encounters. Its our home, this crazy universe, everybody should look up from daily crap and experience such awe from time to time, I've never met a person who doesn't enjoy this.