In this article, National Park Service scientist Dan Duriscoe said of watching the stars that the "'[y]oung people are inundated with sound bites,'... 'and the process of looking at the night sky is not a quick, dramatic one. To get to know the sky takes time and patience'....'You're face to face with the universe,' he says. 'You can look up there, and you don't see any way that humanity can make a difference. I don't know if I've come to terms with it, with all my time out there.'"