<story><title>Falling in Love with the Dark</title><url>http://nautil.us/issue/11/light/falling-in-love-with-the-dark?utm_source=tss&amp;utm_medium=desktop&amp;utm_campaign=linkfrom</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>chrissnell</author><text>Once a year, some buddies from all over the country and I get together to spend a week in the deserts of Southern Utah and the Colorado Plateau.  It&amp;#x27;s a driving adventure (we all drive old Land Rovers) but nights are spent in improvised campsites, as far as we can get from paved roads and civilizations.   The rocks and the trees are beautiful but the night sky...the night sky is indescribable.  We sit on our chairs around the campfire and watch the satellites and cross-country flights pass overhead.  The Milky Way so bright that it almost lights the land like a moon.  Some evenings, I set up my camera and tripod and do my best attempt at night photography.   Here are few of my favorites:&lt;p&gt;Cedar Mesa, Utah:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/5551249303/in/set-72157626204989387/lightbox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.flickr.com&amp;#x2F;photos&amp;#x2F;defender90&amp;#x2F;5551249303&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;set-7...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;La Sal Mountains, Utah:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/5114443927/in/set-72157625240335210&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.flickr.com&amp;#x2F;photos&amp;#x2F;defender90&amp;#x2F;5114443927&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;set-7...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Comb Ridge, Utah:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/6305032340/in/set-72157627908526209/lightbox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.flickr.com&amp;#x2F;photos&amp;#x2F;defender90&amp;#x2F;6305032340&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;set-7...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Moonrise over Canyonlands National Park:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/6940180396/in/set-72157629835662677/lightbox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.flickr.com&amp;#x2F;photos&amp;#x2F;defender90&amp;#x2F;6940180396&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;set-7...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Elk Ridge campsite, Abajo Mountains, Utah:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/8762668240/in/set-72157633554934498/lightbox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.flickr.com&amp;#x2F;photos&amp;#x2F;defender90&amp;#x2F;8762668240&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;set-7...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;La Sal Mountains, Utah:
&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.flickr.com/photos/defender90/5114444819/in/set-72157625240335210/lightbox/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.flickr.com&amp;#x2F;photos&amp;#x2F;defender90&amp;#x2F;5114444819&amp;#x2F;in&amp;#x2F;set-7...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Falling in Love with the Dark</title><url>http://nautil.us/issue/11/light/falling-in-love-with-the-dark?utm_source=tss&amp;utm_medium=desktop&amp;utm_campaign=linkfrom</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>georgemcbay</author><text>Living in San Diego, I love having the option of driving out to Anza Borrego to see the stars.&lt;p&gt;If you haven&amp;#x27;t seen them in a true &amp;quot;dark sky&amp;quot; setting, I highly recommend it.  You&amp;#x27;ll be shocked how many of them you see and how there are just layers and layers of them everywhere and being able to see the milky way with the naked eye is incredible.   I doubt it comes close the so-called &amp;quot;Overview effect&amp;quot; Astronauts talk about when they see the Earth from... not the Earth, but it is still quite powerful and humbling when you&amp;#x27;re used to looking up and seeing half a dozen stars on a good night.</text></comment>