Polar Bear Crossing Salt Marsh Under Starlight

A polar bear moves across a frozen salt marsh where the ground glows faintly beneath a perfectly clear night sky. The animal is captured in a tight close-up, its thick white fur catching the faint starlight as a side wind lifts soft dust from the icy surface. Reed stems cross the foreground, slightly blurred by the shallow depth of field, while the bear's heavy paws press into the crust of the thawing marsh. The scene sits above a glacial stream in Quebec, with the raw elemental energy of the early spring thaw visible in the texture of the ice and the bear's determined stride. The bear's head is turned slightly, revealing the curve of its snout against the dark horizon.