Young and bright stars that currently pass through interstellar cosmic dust. It will take them several tens of thousands of years to move past this dust.
Cygnus was full of stars, like glowing diamonds in a black dessert. I couldn't resist and I turned my camera to Deneb and Sadr and took one single photograph.
Drive half an hour or so away from the towns in Greece and you will be rewarded with places full of pristine dark skies. A beach at Iria in Greece is one of them.