This image was actually originally part of a time-lapse that I had set up to capture the setting of the Milky Way core over this beautiful lone tree in a lake. I liked the simple composition so much that I decided to stack 20 or so of these images together, to reduce noise reduction, and create a low noise still image (but I will also use the original video and mint it as an NFT in a future collection of time-lapses). I used some low-level lighting to light up the tree and this image was captured at just after 3am on a crisp July night here in Western Australia. The light pollution you can see to the right of the tree is from a local mine site. Astrophotographers go to great lengths to avoid light polluted skies but I believe sometimes, in an astrolandscape image, that light pollution can really add some contrast to the night sky and in this case even some colour, which then in turn adds to the image. Combining this with some beautiful green airglow that you can see just below the Milky Way core, plus some clouds that were building up on the horizon, and the image manages to pop even though the scene is relatively simple.