Michigan Stars

Every year or so, my family and I visit more family from up north. Two years ago I finally realized Baytown's polluted dirty sky has nothing on Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan's sky. 

(From google, Not an actual photo of mine, but this is how it looked)

It was during winter, when I got to lay in the snow and just look up. It was amazing, especially because I been there plenty of times and how could I not notice it before. It wasn't anything I have seen before, well maybe because I was born and raised in Baytown (that says enough right?). Gazing at the stars made me feel   really tiny. They were just right above me. I seriously felt like I could just reach up and poke one. There were so many I couldn't really make out a pattern until I googled to find some more information. It had turned out winter evenings were the best time to view Sirius. Sirius is the brightest star in the sky. This was interesting to me, cause I was new to this. I kept researching and found out that Sirius was suppose to be easily found by finding the obvious three bright stars lined together at its belt called Orion. Two more bright stars were suppose to be at its right and left. To locate Sirius, the three belt line stars were closer to your lower left. Once you did this you could easily spot Sirius. Its obvious to spot it out right about because its gorgeous, but I just wanted to know more about it.

It was amazing just to gaze at the sky. It made me think why I didn't have this back home, but then duh I live in pollution. I started to think how people back then saw the sky. Back then when they didn't have all these cars and chemical plants farting dirt in air and sky. They must have been even more amazing, clear, and just probably felt closer. I bet the stars were so much more clear and brighter back then, people would get annoyed at how much light there was. This experience really changed my perspective. I would love to see stars like the ones I saw in Michigan anywhere and everywhere. I'm sure I'm still missing out, because there is probably a much better view some where else. We should really stop polluting, because I would love for my great grandchildren to at least see one star. It's very important to protect the night sky from pollution. If we keep at this rate, people from hundred years from now won't even know what a star is. Plus its just not healthy to inhale all this muggy air. Back then people used stars for directions, navigation, and time. Since we rely on technology too much we don't pay attention to stars. We take them for granted. What if one day everything crashes and there is no more technology. People did it back then, we could do it now but only with the help of people who know the stars. Or would we even be able to see stars clear in some places where it's more polluted than others. It sounds cheesy saying taking the stars for granted, but it's really cruel that most of us do this. Stars are a beautiful thing and can help us if we choose to actually use them.