A Sky Full of Stars
Jordan
Past midnight in Wadi Rum, I was lying on the red sand with my family, looking at stars I did not know a naked eye could see. It looked like something only a professional long-exposure camera could capture, but it was just there above us. Falling stars kept cutting across the sky every few seconds or minutes. I felt blissful, euphoric, and completely mind-blown by how much had always been there, hidden by light. I realized our technological impact on our environment was quite literally impeding our vision.