Pictured here are the North America and Pelican Nebulae in the Cygnus region of the night sky, shining above the Two Sisters (Ch’ich’iyúy Elxwíkn, in the Squamish language), a pair of iconic mountain peaks just north of my home city of Vancouver, Canada (‘The Lions’). This is one of the most ambitious photographs I’ve attempted. This is a real alignment, captured with the help of a lot of planning, long exposure stacking techniques, and a camera modified to see further into the red light spectrum. This image involved lots of planning, which began by running virtual simulations on my computer. While doing so, I was astonished to see that the North America Nebula, a huge cloud of gas over 2200 light years from Earth, would align perfectly with the peaks, if I was in the right place at the right time. However, I would have to photograph from a heavily light polluted area (Bortle 7). So, I wasn’t convinced the image I was seeking would even be possible. Being located in Vancouver presented another issue: this is a rainforest, and clear skies can be very rare in winter. After a few months of waiting for optimal conditions, a fully clear sky was finally forecasted. I would be battling a 62% illuminated moon, but given the rarity of the clear night, I decided to attempt the image. I waited in the cold for 3.5 hours, gathering long exposure data on the nebula as it moved across the sky, until it was sitting directly above ‘The Lions.’ This final image includes 2 hours of stacked exposure time, captured using a specially modified camera, a star tracking device, and a few different optical filters to target different wavelengths of light and cut through the light pollution and moonlight.