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| A view of the southern Vermont sky in mid October. |
Lie under the multitudes.
Or, as the kids say, “go touch grass.”
Last year I began seeking out camp sites where there was the least amount of light pollution within a 3-hour drive of my home in Western Massachusetts. I then used a moon phase map to identify nights when there was a New Moon, and began using Hipcamp (like Airbnb for tenting) to find sites that offered an unadorned view of the sky.
The effort has been worth it.
This October the stars literally aligned. We had a great spot. No moon. No cloud in sight. The result was stunning and stirring. Looking up, a foreign tableau of thousands upon thousands of glimmers and shimmers. Awing in the truest sense.
I’ve already got three sites reserved for New Moons happening in May, August, and October of next year. Perhaps on one of those nights you too will gaze upon a molasses sky and find wonder in the innumerable piercings.
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