"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" was photographed in August 2018 on Tybee Island, Georgia.
I titled this photo "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" after the children's lullaby which continues "How I wonder what you are". So, you might be wondering what the bright light in this photograph is. The bright "star" is actually the planet Mars. The second brightest "star" is actually another planet, Saturn. Due to the long twenty second exposures that I do for Milky Way photography, these planets appear much brighter in this photo than they do to the naked eye. Mars almost looks like the moon in this photo. The Milky Way can be seen above the smaller planet Saturn.
The poem, "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" was written by the English poet and novelist, Jane Taylor in the early 19th century. Most people only know the first stanza which is used for the lullaby. Here is the rest of the timeless poem:
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When this blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, through the night.
Then the traveller in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark;
He could not see where to go,
If you did not twinkle so.
In the dark blue sky you keep,
And often through my curtains peep,
For you never shut your eye
Till the sun is in the sky.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star."
I think this will make a great fine art piece for anyone who likes night photography, in particular, star photography. It would also make a great fine art piece for anyone who loves the beach art of Coastal Georgia or Tybee Island, Georgia.