See the Milky Way with your naked eyes

“Lived for nearly three decades, last year I saw the Milky Way with my own eyes for the first time in New Zealand, at Tekapo, a starlight reserve. I looked up and saw a very clear Milky Way band, nebulae, and countless bright star points. In fact, many of the starry sky photos in travelogues are the result of long exposure, appearing to be packed with stars, but the actual brightness and density that can be observed with the naked eye are not as high. Despite this, it was still very impressive and moved me, and I immediately burst into tears… After looking at it for a long time, I felt like I was floating in outer space.”

“To see the Milky Way with my naked eyes is one of the most awesome experience I have ever had. I was fortunate because the sky was clear during my last trip to our hometown. My brother and I were like little kids when we saw the test shots in my camera's LCD. Some of the photos were taken in front of our house, the others at a newly developed subdivision near the outskirts of our town where Mt. Banahaw is in view.”