A thin crescent moon glows in the upper right of a starry night sky above a steep hillside that rises diagonally from the lower left. Orange and rust trees and shrubs seem lit from within along the ridge, while a line of tall dark spruces stands silhouetted against the sky and a few tiny deer walk the ridge as small, loosely painted details.

Misty indigo clouds and warm amber haze settle in the valley, and the dark sky meets the glowing slope in a strong tonal contrast. The foliage is built from short, dabbed impasto touches and the sky from soft palette-knife and bristle strokes, in the tradition of romantic nocturne landscape painting, with a matte, slightly dusty finish.