This photo was more than 2 years in the making. Back in 2016 I decided to shoot star trails with my Nikon FE 35 mm film camera. I liked the option of the getting a clean star trail image in a single exposure plus I didn't have to worry about the camera running out of power especially in extreme cold weather. I wanted to use that entire roll of film just for star trails. I captured this 30+ minute exposure right at the start and was very excited to see the results. However it took me a long time to finish that roll of film. I was tempted many times to just shoot a bunch of shots and get it developed but I stuck with the initial plan and kept shooting star trails with it. It took me more than a year to finish that roll of film. After developing the film I was really pleased with how this photo turned out but not so happy with the quality of the scans. I tried a bunch of labs, scanned it myself but the results were not good enough. After another year I fwas finally able to get a good scan. I spent some more time on the post processing to get this version that I am really happy with. Whenever people see a printed version of this photo, they get mesmerized by the tones and detail.