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Having taken a few astrolandscape photos, I've learned that planning is key. I visited Acadia NP during the 2018 Acadia Night Sky Festival and wanted to avoid two things, the crowds celebrating on Mt Desert Island but mostly the light pollution from their passing headlights intruding on an otherwise dark unpolluted scene. The Schoodic Peninsula area of Acadia is remote & secluded enough for both. This scene taken during a new moon was so dark that the Milky Way's colors popped from the dark sky. The magic behind the colors is how the naked eye differs from the camera's ability to accumulate light over time. Keeping the shutter open for an extended period of time not only gives the continuous motion of the sea a surreal quality but brightens the Milky Way and brings out colors that can't be seen with the naked eye. Even binoculars or a telescope won't bring out the colors without a camera's long exposure time to act as a visual aid. Think of it as putting on a pair of 'time glasses'. The solitude & dark sky together with the stillness & silence broken only by the waves lapping against the rocky shore made for an unforgettable experience.