Photo of the Mill Mountain Star by Nancy Brauer

From Wikipedia:  "The Roanoke Star, also known as the Mill Mountain Star, is the world's largest freestanding illuminated man-made star, constructed in 1949 at the top of Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia  ...[T]he Mill Mountain Star still holds the claim to world's largest illuminated man-made free-standing star...  It's visible for 60 miles from the air and it sits 1,045 feet above the city of Roanoke."

A geologist turned programmer turned writer and graphic artist, Nancy Brauer divides her time between freelance web and graphic design, writing novels and screenplays, and photography.