Walking a trail at night to see the stars

Jupiter Venus and the Moon

Last Weekend I took a walk at night to move away from the lights of the lodge and parking lot. The lights are all part of the light pollution we have all around us that prevents several generations now from seeing the night sky. We can't get away from lights but I hope someday we figure out the use of lights and to bring back viewing our night sky. This summer I hope to take a few trips to see the sky like I did when I was a kid. I was in awe of the night sky as I watched it from my back porch or sleeping under the stars on a warm summer night. On the occasion I was with my dad fishing we would sleep out with no camp gear. With my dad it was all about the fishing. For me, I would look at the stars and I would pick out a constellation or two. I could view the stars in the city where I lived. The night sky has always fascinated me.

Northern Arizona

When I lived in Africa, I got to see the sky where the only light was from the campfires of near by villages. Here I viewed new constellations. I traveled out west and viewed the night sky many nights.  The best night ever for me seeing the stars was sleeping in the Hava Supai parking light under the stars waiting to hike down the canyon at 4 O Clock in the morning. The stars were like balls in the sky being so high in elevations.
NKJV Amos 5:8 "He made the Pleiades and Orion; He turns the shadow of death into morning And makes the day dark as night; He calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth; The LORD is His name."
A couple of things I get out of stargazing is I get in touch with my Creator, another thing I get is a perspective of time. Abraham, Job, David, Moses, have all look up at the night sky and prayed and thought with the backdrop of the night sky. Jesus and His disciples would have looked up and seen the sky as they slept out under the stars. They have seen the night sky as I have seen it. I know time and light has passed but Amos saw the same constellations we see today. 4,000 years is not a lot of time in anybody's view of the cosmos. We share the view with those who have gone before us. Today we live our lives where this view is blocked. I think it effects our thinking. Missing what we need for contemplative thought. I know I sound like an old man, but get out and see the night sky where you can view a couple of thousand stars with your own eyes. Keep walking