People living in cities or areas without an unobstructed high altitude view can never appreciate the awesome nature of the Milky Way.
I was in my 30s on a road trip in Colorado, camping out along the way. At 8,000 feet it was cold even in the summer but the view of the Milky Way was jaw dropping magnificent. If you have never seen it with an unobstructed view at a high altitude, you owe it to yourself, if only once in your life, to appreciate God’s universe.
The very first time I experienced total blackness like that was on a road trip to Idaho right after my 1973 college graduation in Missouri. My buddy and I headed up along the Green River / Flaming Gorge at the Utah / Wyoming border at midnight. I stopped the car and looked around 360 degrees and there was not a single man-made light visible anywhere and no glow of any cities over that 360 degree horizon. It was astonishing and absolutely breathtaking.