I've lived on the US East Coast my whole life. I like to camp, so I thought I had seen the Milky Way before. Then, I took a canoeing trip in northern Minnesota

I've lived on the US East Coast my whole life. I like to camp, so I thought I had seen the Milky Way before. Then, I took a canoeing trip in northern Minnesota and camped a night on an island in the middle of a lake. It was a crystal clear night and there was zero light pollution. Gorgeous! Here I was a decently well educated adult and I had no idea the sky could look like that.