There have been two times when I have felt such amazement and smallness. They both occurred when I saw the Milky Way. Once camping out in the woods. The other happened at sea. Seeing so many stars in that band bunched up that you can no longer make out individual ones is simply amazing. The time at sea was especially so when it hits you, Here I am miles from land at the mercy of the ocean. Then to look up an see that is to realize how small and precious life can be.