Tonight's view

This was the view a few minutes ago, looking south from our deck. From the cover of the little icebox I used in lieu of a tripod, perched on the deck rail. The apple and dogberry trees were lit by stray light from the kitchen. But the Milky Way didn't need any of our light to show off.

My camera, the decade-old X100, only does thirty-second exposure easily, so after fifteen seconds I covered the lens. Thus the exif says 30 seconds while it was only fifteen.