23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
The Forgotten Cable Car Station Beneath the Milky Way

In the deep mountains, an abandoned cable car station glows softly in the faint light. Overhead, the Milky Way stretches across the ridges, and a shooting star slices through the silent night sky, as if carrying echoes of past laughter back to this terminus left behind by time.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Ren'ai Township, Nantou County, Taiwan
Camera: ILCE-7RM3
Copyright: © TENG-FENG CHANG