The largest stars I saw in my life (they really feel closer and larger) were above an empty campsite half a day west of Uluru on the Great Central Road, August 2003. The dust clouds in front of the Milky Way had a 3D feeling, a presence on their own and not a lack of whiteness. I had to take off my glasses to find the brightest stars and constellations because all of them seemed to have the same brightness (was I overexposed?) and there were too many stars anyway.

And the shadows cast by Venus and Jupiter on a boat and their lines of light on the water. That was close to the Withsundays.