Watching stars up in the mountains away from light pollution is wonderful -while you're doing it. But then you start to realize that it was daylight when you climbed up that mountain. Now it's dark, and the path was kind of winding, wasn't it? Maybe we could just stay here until daylight, but it's now quite cool and the ground is starting to get damp. That night was a long time ago, and now I try to stay where there's a fair amount of light pollution, and even better, internet access. This is the newest comic from Randall Monroe at xkcd.