Night Bucket List

See a comet in the night sky
Watch a bright comet pass through the sky

Experience bioluminescent waves
Witness ocean waters glowing at night due to bioluminescent plankton.

See a meteor shower
Watch the Perseids (August) or Geminids (December) shooting stars from a dark location
See a blood moon
Witness a total lunar eclipse turning the moon red due to Earth's atmosphere

See the Milky Way galaxy
View our galaxy's core from dark sky locations like Chile's Atacama Desert or Hawaii's Mauna Kea
Visit a zero light pollution zone
Experience the night sky in a zero light pollution zone, where stars and the Milky Way are clearly visible
See a supermoon
Witness the moon at its closest approach to Earth

Experience a polar night
Experience 24-hour darkness during winter in locations above the Arctic Circle or below the Antarctic Circle

Sleep in the desert
Experience the tranquility of sleeping under the stars in a desert

Watch the Northern Lights in Poland
Witness the aurora borealis natural light display in Poland

See noctilucent clouds
Observe night-shining clouds at twilight in polar regions during summer
See Starlink satellite train
Observe the Starlink satellite train, a line of satellites launched by SpaceX visible from Earth shortly after deployment
See NEOWISE comet
Observe the NEOWISE comet, a rare celestial event visible from Earth
See a moonbow / lunar rainbow
Witness rainbow created by moonlight, visible on clear nights with bright moon and water spray

See Halley's Comet
Witness Halley's Comet, a periodic comet visible from Earth every 75-76 years, with the next appearance expected in 2061.
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