I grew up in the industrial North of England, the only star I saw was John Barnes, so a camping trip out to Ashburton Lakes after a move to NZ with its bortle 1/2 dark skies stunned me, and hooked me on astrophotography for life.

This is Lake Heron, gorgeous bit of back country not often visited by tourists.

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@Rjdlandscapes Stunning. This may be a stupid question, but does the sky look like this to the naked eye or are the stars only visible like this thanks to the camera?
@Rkfatheree oh you can clearly see the milky way etc but the camera captures more, and colour which our eyes dont see in low light