Milky Way Reflected on Frozen Russian Lake Ice in under a band of cold starlight in Russia

Milky Way Reflected on Frozen Russian Lake Ice

by Mateo Holden

Deep indigo starlight pours across a vast expanse of black ice, mirroring the dense band of the Milky Way with perfect symmetry. The surface of the lake is a sheet of obsidian glass, interrupted only by faint, milky fractures that hint at the early spring thaw. A dark silhouette of a tree branch frames the upper right corner, creating a natural window into the celestial display. The ice beneath shows subtle textures of cracked patterns and trapped air bubbles, glowing with a faint, ghostly luminescence from the stars above. Snow dusts the distant shoreline, blending into the dark horizon where the sky meets the frozen water. A sharp, jagged line of ice near the foreground catches the starlight, marking the boundary between the solid ground and the liquid reflection below.

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Milky Way frozen lake black ice Russian winter night sky star reflection early spring ice fractures
Camera Contax II*AI-imagined, not shot. For real Contax II photos, grab one online.
Lens Leitz Elmar 90mm f/4
Focal Length 90mm
Aperture f/4
Shutter Speed 1/30
ISO 50
Film Kodak Tri-X 400 contrast
Location under a band of cold starlight in Russia
Date 1986-07-08
Credit VEETER
License Free for any use
Coordinates 61.4068, 105.2332
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