Have you ever looked up into the sky at night? If you're in the right location and it's a clear night you might see something sort of special, vast and immeasurable. I live in a city and as such don't get to see the stars in their full glory due to the glow of the lights however I spend a lot of my time in the country and that means stars!
I don't know their names really, or the constellations either, but they're all familiar friends as I've spent many a dark night around a low-burning campfire gazing up counting shooting stars and fast-moving satellites. I can name a few of the stars though: Mars, the Southern Cross of course, and...The Moon! That's an easy one. I use an App called Sky Guide which is a cool app that shows the constellations and stars when you open it and point your phone to the sky. It plays relaxing music if you want it to but it's cool for just pointing out the constellations and stars. Click the link above if you want to check it out.
The photo in this post was taken in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. You can take a look at this website to learn more. Flinders Ranges. I took the photo in a place called Brachina Gorge which was formed some 850,000 years ago. What better place to star gaze could there be? Well, there's loads of better places like bloody anywhere! You see, you don't need to go somewhere special, just drive away from the city or town you live in on a clear night and look upwards. There'll be some stars there. If it's a clear dark night and you don't see any stars well...Maybe it's the end of the world. I'm almost certain you'll see them though :)
