All those years looking up at a hazy area of the sky, just a little brighter than the rest of the sky. They said it was the Milky Way. And I know what galaxies look like, but somehow I didn't put 2 and 2 together... didn't realize that a set of 20-second exposures, taken overnight from the darkest sky in Texas, and pasted together, might show you...
http://vimeo.com/4505537