Hey NASA, you have no idea how big and clear your skies are out there! I've lived in Indiana my whole life and have visited Colorado and Montanna several times... its UNREAL the difference. Its like you are in the stars, and the nights are so clear! No light pollution! Geeze, I still remember that as a child much less my more recent trips.
Three years ago, on opening morning of shotgun season in Indiana (November 15-17?) we had a meteor shower that was REMARKABLE! I would guess there were 10-20 a minute for 30-45 minutes! It was AMAZING, it really just engulfed me while I sat there in my stand. I had gone in early to watch the shower, since the weather man went on and on about it, so I had one heck of a show before daylight. Then at the break of day, from HIGH in an oak tree I shot the biggest deer of my life when he chased a doe through the dense ground fog. It was just one of those majical things ya know? Just one of those things where someone asks you how the hunt went and you say "Real good" and just smile because there isn't much else too say... that was AWESOME!
I've been going through some pretty hard times around the homefront lately so I took off last friday afternoon to fish, I fished from 6 P.M. to 5 A.M. and never got a bite... I think I saw three falling stars while I sat there. I guess maybe I wasn't watching my poles after all if I saw that many falling stars. But it was still a great trip. Thats one thing about predator hunting at night... hunting alone and realizing in the 10° January snow that you aren't that big at all under those stars... its awesome! Just awesome! Can't wait until I get out there chasing some elk or coyotes to see the REAL sky again! You're a lucky guy out there! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif