A few weeks ago I was in the South of Germany and even though most
nights weren't very good I was able to view the skies at some point in
time. Where I live, light pollution destroys the view of the Milky Way
mostly, but in the Alps, the skies were dark and I was excited to see
the Milky Way across the whole sky. It's amazing.
I tried to capture it in a couple of photos (luckily I had a tiny travel
tripod with me), here's a sample:
You can see the Milky Way between the two trees, rising frmo the
mountain top in the background. Unfortunately behind me there was a
street light, so the trees are actually brighter than I'd like them to
be.. Oh well, the experience is burned into my brain of course.