Echoing what others have said in their replies, it is remarkable, the difference when you get somewhere that really has substantially less light pollution. Not just 10 or 20 miles away -- hundreds.

Also, there is nothing between you and it. This is something a picture doesn't fully convey: You are a part of it, in the midst of it, right now -- and every moment of your life, if you could only see it.

It seems trite to say it, these days, but there is a very fundamental component of perspective.