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Century Plant Under the Milky Way

A tall, dried century plant stalk stands on a rocky desert ridge at night beneath a vibrant Milky Way galaxy, with moonlight illuminating the left side of the plant.

The dried flower stalk of a century plant standing six metres tall over its dead rosette on a ridge in Big Bend at night, its grey branched skeleton sharp under the arc of the Milky Way, a faint glow of moonlight from the left on the stalk, 20mm, a palette of stalk grey, star white and night blue See more

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