I wasn't in position to take a picture at the time. And the camera I had wouldn't have been good enough get anything anyways.

But I was in a desert once, I don't remember exactly where. Like a real desert, not like a movie desert or cartoon desert. There was absolutely nothing in 360 degrees around me. It was just flat, no dunes, no mountain ridges, no cactii, no tumbleweed. Just .... flat.

When night would roll in, and when there weren't any dust storms, it was the most beautifully clear night sky. No clouds, no moisture in the air to give stars their twinkle that I was used to, no man made lights from horizon to horizon. When you would look up, it was the most amazing scene. Every part of sky was absolutely filled with little points of light.

Stars, planets, moons. Bright chips of light that traveled a few minutes and tiny dim motes, barely visible, that traveled dozens or hundreds of years. And it didn't matter where you looked because there was no place that was empty, no dark spots.

So when you go out at night and look up and see nothing but a black sky know that there is an entire universe of light shining down on you.