Colorado High

If you ever wonder why I love living in Colorado, well, maybe this'll help. That video was shot by Daniel Lowe as he drove through western Colorado and eastern Utah. Where I live there's substantial light pollution, but out by Gunnison the skies get dark (one of the many reasons my wife and I held a Science Getaways there), and the stars are magnificent. And the geology! Some of it is lifted up, some of it eroded down, but there's a billion years of history tucked away in the American Southwest....