[RightWhale]

Ever seen the zodiacal light?

Never. And I expect I never will because of light pollution. The sky needs to be dark, totally dark, which is not possible in most of the continental United States, including Alaska.

[petuniasevan]

That's too bad. It's true; most people never will see it.

I did on a pre-dawn early October morning in 1975 while camping in the Sierra Nevada mountains (on the eastern side) between Bishop and Mammoth Mountain. Elevation was 9000 feet; temperature was way too low for my liking.

I've never since seen such a dark sky; it looked like black velvet strewn with diamond dust an inch in front of me.

The zodiacal light really stood out, as there is nothing but the White Mountains and the Nevada desert to the east there.