Aurora Rising

A powerful aurora ignites the sky above the salt marshes of Porlock, its electric ribbons spilling color into the night. In stark silhouette, a dead tree stands rooted in the tidal flats—weathered, skeletal, and unmoving—its dark form cutting through the soft, shifting light. The scene balances fragility and force: ancient land and restless sky, silence and spectacle, the quiet endurance of the marsh beneath a moment of cosmic drama.