The space of night is infinite, The blackness and emptiness Crossed only by thin bright fences Of logic
— Kenneth Rexroth "Theory of Numbers"
I was busy in Michigan this week...didn't notice the big glow in the sky LOL...
But here's a several billion year old gamma burst that occured well before the Earth existed!
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/21mar_nakedeye.htm?list880574
Astrophotography equipment