On a weekend trip to Utah, I visited Arches National Park a couple of evenings to shoot the stars. Timing was perfect, with no moon, and the weather cooperated as well. This shot is of Balanced Rock, with the Milky Way rising out of the low cloud bank behind. The additional light on the rock comes from a flashlight "painted" on the rocks during the long exposure.
The night sky in Fraser, near Winter Park, Colorado. You can see the glare of the Denver/Boulder city lights washing out the view in the lower right corner of the sky.