Once when I was sailing merchant marine, we were somewhere in the equatorial Pacific. I was on watch and stepped out onto the bridge wing, outside. We were far from any land. Looking up at the night sky, with the deep sky so black, and the stars so bright. Then all of a sudden it seemed like the stars and the sky were so dam CLOSE, like a dome pressing down, and about to get closer. I swear I got a shiver like claustrophobic, and man I had to go back inside!
Once when I was sailing merchant marine, we were somewhere in the equatorial Pacific. I was on watch and stepped out onto the bridge wing, outside. We were far from any land. Looking up at the night sky, with the deep sky so black, and the stars so bright. Then all of a sudden it seemed like the stars and the sky were so dam CLOSE, like a dome pressing down, and about to get closer. I swear I got a shiver like claustrophobic, and man I had to go back inside!