This is a photo that could be a painting. In the foreground is a camper with a hefty backpack. He or she is standing on a rocky outcropping. In mid-ground there is a lake and on the far side some gentle low hills. This is all done in black and green-blue. In the sky above night is falling. Behind the hills is a soft blue light turn to dark blue with a delicious hint of green undertones. You can see stars coming out to bless the camper's journey.

What a break!

It could have been anything up there–
whirlygigs,
carnival barkers,
animated mice.
Instead the universe
gave us the
infinite silence
of stars.

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