What started as a Milky Way photo quickly turned into so much more.

This was the first time I had been to Rhyolite, NV, and I was absolutely in love with the ruins of this long-forgotten mining town. The building in the lower right of the frame was going to be my subject for my nightscape photo. As such, I was spending time during sunset figuring out my composition. Until I looked down the road.

I saw this perfect crescent Moon sitting in this beautiful gradient sky. Quickly, as the light on the horizon was fading, I swung my tripod around and captured this one-of-a-kind image.