[Baraonda]

"It is sad that you 'wonder' why, because that means, like most on earth, you haven't had the opportunity to observe the 'real' night sky, unclouded, unfogged, unsmogged, un-backlit."

Thanks.

You bring back a lot of memories.

I was asking why they call it the Milky Way and now I know. I really know. I have experienced what you describe above in my younger days in Europe - ie, Sardinia, Sicily and Malta. I go back about 50 years. But not here on the East Coast.

Merry Christmas.

[XBob]

The milky way

Merry Christmas, and sweet dreams.