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I would recommend anyone who has the means to, to go to Raja Ampat near Papua, specifically by boat. You're in the middle of open water in Indonesian seas with nothing around you for quite a while, and the amount of stars you can see in the night sky is simply mindblowing. We didn't even need lights turned on to navigate around the ship/islands, it was crazy to witness

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My dad said the stars in Raja Ampat were incredible — he was on a dive trip there, and was really out in the middle of nowhere at night on a boat.

My girlfriend and I had a similar experience at Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii. We went to see some of the active lava flows a couple years ago. The park is open 24/7, so one night around midnight we took a walk on the side of the caldera where all you can see is the lava glow (and had no people) and the view of the sky was absolutely spectacular. The Milky Way just smacks you in the face. There’s a reason why they built telescopes on Mouna Kea!

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