Here's a shot of the dark site for the Rocky Mountain Star Stare last week - an area called Lost Park, about 10 miles from Kenosha Pass in Park County, CO. Great views with the 9800' elevation, but temps were in the high 30s after midnight - in July! Brrr!
"The evolution of the universe can be likened to a display of fireworks that has just ended: some few wisps, ashes and smoke. Standing on a well-cooled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origins of the worlds." - Georges Lemaitre