Away from city light for the first time, the moment the sky stopped looking like a screensaver and started looking like actual depth — thousands of stars where you'd only ever seen a dozen, maybe the Milky Way itself as a visible band instead of a photo. Light pollution has erased this experience for most people who grow up in or near cities. Where were you when you finally saw it, and what did you actually say out loud?
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Middle of Anatolia, no towns for miles. Genuinely changed how I think about it.