On clear August nights, the Milky Way extends brilliantly from our southern horizon, creating a beautiful vision of stars, reflected light, nebulae, gas and dust. As darkness falls, and you step outside, it first appears as a band of clouds reaching across the sky. These "clouds" are actually stars that cannot be distinguished from one another with the unaided eye. In the southern portion you will be able to pick out constellations like Sagittarius, the Archer, more commonly known as “the teapot”, and Scorpius, the scorpion, pinchers reaching upward, tail trailing.
