Night’s Sky

So the sky here at night is pretty bananas. When you first look up, you can see constellations that you know. Ones like Orion, Pleiades, Cassiopeia, and Ursa Minor and Major.

But, if you actually take the time to let your eyes adjust, magic happens. The first thing you see is the Milky Way. Yeah, the Milky Way. It is beautiful. You can see it stretch from one side of the sky to the other. The pictures do not do it justice. There are so many colors and depths to it. It is truly mind blowing.

Then, when you try and find your constellations again, they aren’t there. Or, at least, they are hiding in the billions of other stars that came out to be seen. I like to lie on my back by the ocean and listen to the waves as I stare up at the sky. It is strange being so small and be looking up at something incomprehensibly huge. Sometimes a little puffy cloud will come by and all you see is darkness in that spot. Other times, you can see boobies coming in from fish hunting. Again, all you see is their black silhouettes. And, if you lie there long enough, you get to see shooting stars. Benefits of being hundreds of miles from the nearest artificial light source!

Please note: These photos were taken by Katrina