Its Full of Stars!

We got some good sleep after our ferry ride and then headed out to see some of the sights of St. John.

The weather cleared up completely and we had a perfect day to explore. We got to signal hill and were amazed at the beauty of this the most eastern coast of Canada. My pictures in the gallery do not do it justice but they are a good start! We climbed a lot of steps and rocks and were really tired but we saw a lot of amazing things. The ocean was really beautiful.

We left St. Johns and headed for Terra Nova national park. This place is way out in the middle of nowhere but it is still connected to the sea by a few inlets. We got a camp site and then explored some trails.
That night I took the rare opportunity to do some stargazing in truly dark skies with almost no lights around anywhere.

It was amazing.

I have never been far enough from city lights before to be able to see the Milky Way. All I can say is WOW. I have never seen so many stars before. I even got to see a shooting star which I have never gotten a chance to see before.
Even more amazing was the sheer number of low earth orbiting satellites I was able to spot. If you ever see a star moving slowly through the sky that may be a satellite. Planes will have a flashing strobe but if it's a steady light or a slow blink then that is a satellite.

I saw 13 0f them over the course of an hour.

I would be looking at a star when I would notice a neighbor would be slowly gliding past. I have seen several of them before but never so many in one night.
of course more and more of them are being launched every day so it's not too surprising but a lot of them were quite dim so they could only have been seen in a place like this.

I just wish there had been a meteor shower. Well the trip is still young and there will be more chances later.