"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night...more alive and more richly colored than the day...I know nothing with any certainty but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” – Vincent Van Gogh

I have a lot of concepts in my mind of dramatic imagery I dream to create, so when the call of the wild propelled me to join my photography peers one January Winter night to photograph the stars during the New Moon, I knew instantly the kind of image I wanted to compose. Of course finding the right Sonoran desert setting was going to take some patience, and persistence. Finally after miles of meandering dirt road and negotiation with my associates, we finally settled on this scene.