Chasing astrophotography on a cloudy night can be a frustrating endeavor, but sometimes, fortune favors the patient. Arriving at Aireys Inlet Lighthouse just after sunset, the sky was thick with clouds, threatening to obscure any hope of seeing the stars, let alone the Milky Way. However, as I waited, observing the interplay of the last vestiges of twilight and the rolling clouds, a miraculous thing happened. For a brief, breathtaking window, the clouds parted just enough, revealing a stunning glimpse of the Milky Way, stretching across the heavens directly above the iconic Split Point Lighthouse. The light from the lighthouse cut through the ethereal clouds, adding to the dramatic atmosphere. It was a fleeting, almost surreal moment – a dance between light and shadow, earth and sky. Soon after, the clouds thickened again, completely obscuring the stars. This photograph, "Aireys' Celestial Glimmer," is a capture of that fortunate convergence of perseverance and celestial magic, a unique testament to the ever-changing, unpredictable beauty of the Victorian coast under a starlit, yet cloudy, sky.