Astronomer with Refractor Telescope Under Morning Planetary Arc

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Environmental night photography in a 4:3 aspect ratio formatted for a wide gallery print, set on a rocky ocean bluff in coastal Maine. In the lower left quadrant, a solitary amateur astronomer in a winter parka stands beside a vintage brass refractor telescope on a wooden tripod, both silhouetted against the dark Atlantic waters and distant lighthouse beam. The composition opens generously to the right, where the pre-dawn sky displays an Earth-observed apparent planetary alignment along the celestial ecliptic. Mercury, brilliant Venus, Mars, and Saturn form an elegant ascending line of sharp starlike points across the royal blue firmament. The horizontal framing unites human scientific wonder with the pristine, clockwork geometry of the cosmos.