One of my "Top 20 Before I Die" is to see the Alaskan Aurora.. I'm hoping to be a bit "out in woods", so I can see the stars, as I used to love doing that when I'd be waaaaaaaaaaay out in the middle of no-where.. The stars are amazing when there's absolutely zero ambient light.. Even as a kid, I always lived in/around cities, so I never understood the amazement until I was in Afghanistan some years ago, and it was the darkest dark I've ever experienced in between moons, but saw every goddamn star from where I was at.. I always thought going up to the mountains in New Hampshire/Vermont would yield a great experience, but there's still plenty of ambient light on the horizons, and it just wasn't the same.. Shame Afghanistan is wicked shady lol Beautiful country in some places..
