Pretty hard to sleep when views like this only come out at night! And this was certainly a late night. I knew the moon would be up on this night until fairly late, and I also knew that the milky way wouldn’t be in position until just before the moon set. I was, however, wrong on exactly what time that was going to happen, resulting in me standing around quite a while until conditions were right. In fact, by the time I was finished taking the photo, I could literally hear the lake freezing. What a surreal experience.
Full disclosure – I did not camp as pictured here: that would have been dangerous and inappropriate. I actually set up the tent for the photo and then took it down and camped in a more appropriate location.