Anushtup Roychoudhury, from Kolkata, India

Cygnus and the core region of the Milky Way grace the skies above the white sand dunes of Ladahk, India’s first dark-sky reserve. This mosaic is 7 vertical panels of five 15-second subframes each, taken with a Sony a7 II mirrorless camera at ISO 10000 on a 14mm f/2.8 lens. You can view the imager’s annotated version by clicking here.