I remember once in high school there was a super long and cool meteor shower at like 2 or 3 am. on a school night. My parents let me skip school the next day, and my friend stayed over, and we stayed up all night to see it. Core memory unlocked that night.

About 5 years ago my wife and I went to Bryce Canyon. The area around there is fairly secluded with few people living there, thus there’s little light pollution. As a result, the area is well known for it’s night sky, as you can see more stars there than just about anywhere else in the continental US. Anyway, guess what we saw when we were there.