The core of the Milky Way rises above the historic Frank Schott Stone Barn in far western Minnesota on an early May morning.
Backed by the Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, Valley Grove Church sits in one of the darkest parts of southern Minnesota, creating the perfect foreground for a night of Milky Way astrophotography.
A pair of cattle head to the barn as the afternoon light begins to fade in front of Devil's Tower National Monument.
