Quote Originally Posted by kid908 View Post
ancient people used to see it like that before all the city folks and their lights. After all, it's called the MILKYWAY by them for a reason.
I'm not quite sure it was so vibrant as in these pictures. I've been in areas where there is no light, and I mean none. You can clearly see the milky way, but you can't see it with as much color and detail as these photos have captured.