Chrysanthemum Pots Under Starlight Before Dawn

Rows of terracotta pots hold dense chrysanthemum bushes with pale yellow and cream blooms against the pre-dawn darkness. The harbor beside the market glows faintly from ground-level illumination, casting soft highlights on the wet pavement and the rim of the flower containers. Above, a perfectly clear sky displays scattered stars without cloud cover, their light mixing with the faint glow from the harbor. The dry season air leaves the leaves crisp and the soil in the pots dark and settled. Wooden crates stack neatly behind the flower arrangements, while paper lanterns hang in a rhythmic line along the distant quay. The scene rests on the stillness of the early morning, with at the edge being the sharp reflection of a single star on the damp stone edge of the harbor wall.