Comment by ryankrage77

The first time I saw the night sky in an area with little light pollution is something I hope I'll never forget. I was at a campsite on the coast of denmark, not somewhere particularly rural or far from the nearest town (the campsite itself was quite big and fancy with a large pool and spa, etc). I got up in the middle of the night to go the toilet, and when I saw the sky I just stopped and stared for a long time. It really does look like those photos you see, for example the first image on the wikipedia article for the night sky is similar to what I remember, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_sky. I could see too many stars to count, shooting stars, I could even just about make out the milky way. I actually had trouble picking out constellations because the usual reference points just didn't stand out amongst the noise. I later moved my sleeping bag outside and fell asleep looking at the sky.