There are numerous stories to be told of the high-towers. In The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien describes a series of towers atop high peaks, serving as an alarm system for Gondor to warn of attacks or call for aid—the Beacons of Gondor. Then there are fire-towers that sits in the middle of the forest to detect wildfires likeWayah Bald in Nantahala National forest. Under the night sky, with the moon and stars as a backdrop, I see this as the Beacon of Nantahala. As the stars shine above, the forests breathes below. But it is named after the red wolves that once roamed this lands. In Cherokee, 'Wa Ya' means 'wolf.'

Multiple exposure image. The stars and milky way are 20 exposures stacked to reduce noise. Shots of meteors are blended from different images keeping their position in the sky intact.