[LibWhacker]

I see you're in California. Me too. The "seeing" is lousy here. Get as far away as you can from city lights and the Milky Way looks like a big milky streak in the sky (because we're viewing it edge on). I think that's where the name comes from.

[semaj]

I visit Mammoth Pool (just below the Sierra crest) every year for the trout. It's unbelievable all the stars you can see. The deeper you look the more you realize just how vast the galaxy really is.