Astrophotography remains a passion and I continue to learn more every time I stand under the night skies and point my camera towards the stars.
Algonquin Park has an abandoned airstrip that dates back to the days when large portions of the park were actively logged. This area remains clear today through the use of prescribed burns that kill the trees that would slowly take over the area if left unattended.
The result is a unique landscape scattered with dark burnt trees that makes for an interesting foreground in this Milky Way photograph. This 5 minute long exposure was taken at about 1:00 in the morning. The air was still and patches of ground fog wafted slowly through the area, while Mars peaked through the branches of the dead tree.