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Speaking of stars, my second wife's teenaged daughter went one nigth with us out onto the farm in my SUV. When I turned off the engine, I asked her to step outside for a second. She stepped out and my wife whispered, "Look up." It was a moonless night and the Milky Way stretched visibly from horizon to horizon. He only stammering response was, "What is that?!" She had reached the age of seventeen and never seen a sky full of stars!

On a weekend trip up to the observatory at Green Bank, West Vitginia, I stopped the vehicle in a secluded valley and asked my wife to step out with me. The stars were so bright in comparison to the landscape, you could literally seen a penny on the ground behind the Rodeo and the cattle far in the distance. A solitary light came over the horizon and we followed it all the way to the opposite horizon ... probably a satellite. America is getting so much light pollution, such places are now like hidden gems! There is no sensation to equal standing under a stralite sky with the Milky Way spanning from horizon to horizon. You truly feel the vastness of His creation then.

You truly feel the vastness of His creation then.

So true. You can see His hand in everything around you. We were down at Bryce Canyon last week. It is a world class area to star gaze. I went to a star-gazing party one night there and the stars were magnificent, even more so through the telescope. I even learned some of the stars (Orion's belt, Cassiopeia, and Corona Borealis.) I can always find the Big and Little Dipper, and the Milky Way and the North star, but that's about it. I've also seen the Southern Cross in Australia. One of these years I'd like to go to Finland in June for the White Nights....

He only stammering response was, "What is that?!" She had reached the age of seventeen and never seen a sky full of stars!

Also MY daughters response when camping in CO for the first time! (But a bit younger...)

You would be welcome here in Osage Co, OK.....

Up on the prairie you can really stretch your eyes. Oh, and the night stars are awesome.

I've heard airline pilots say it's one of the biggest "black outs" on their routes.