I recently returned from 13 days away in Montana. For 12 nights I camped out and was struck by something that has to be experienced to be appreciated. For 5 of the 12 I was probably 10 miles away from even a ranch's yard light and at least 50 miles from even a small towns lights. The rest of the time wasn't much brighter. The night sky's were black, black, black and I've only seen that many stars when I was in similar no light polluted areas like Alaska and the Northwest Territories. It was just awe inspiring and I'd spend an hour just looking up into the sky. One non consumptive free activity that isn't available in most of the US. Even places like the Nevada and Oregon desert have more light to dim the stars.
Beautiful.
Beautiful.