Student Walking Under Milky Way in Daylight

Wet red flagstones reflect the fading afternoon light as a student crosses the cloister of a brick lecture building in Bago. The sky above is a clear, deep blue, yet a dense, luminous band of the Milky Way stretches across it in broad daylight. The impossible galaxy arches over the brick arches and the student's head with the same clarity as the sun. Water pools in the stone cracks, mirroring the stars alongside the red brickwork. The student walks with head down, focused on the path. The contrast between the terrestrial wet stones and the celestial band creates a sharp visual divide. one drop of water hangs from the edge of a stone slab, catching the light.