The Cosmic Avenger
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
That's cool. I admire the people who drive like 75 miles away from metropolitan areas to shoot astro in pitch black darkness in the middle of nowhere.
The only astro I've ever shot was when I was staying at Lake Tekapo in New Zealand. I happene to reserve a night or two there to cut down on driving distances and figured it's a nice looking lake there.
I didn't know it was a dark sky reserve at first. They have an observatory and some tours at night to see the skies.
They don't have street lamps high above the streets. Instead they have like lanterns at ground level and I guess the town mostly shuts off the lights.
So I gave it a shot, never having done it before, just set up my tripod on a patio right outside the apartment I was staying in, got some good shots.
I didn't have to drive in the darkness so that was probably the only way I was going to do it.
I need to learn more about astrophotography. The night sky was notably stunning when we were on vacation in the middle of the Pacific ocean off of the Society Islands, and then at a resort on an inactive volcano in Tanzania. I tried one shot, and it's just a blur. Heck, I'd love to just be able to capture a long exposure of the fireflies in our backyard during their peak, it's so beautiful and irenic.
I guess I have at least one hobby lined up for retirement!