Milky Way over a Mountain Lake
MidjourneyMilky Way over a Mountain Lake is a Midjourney v7 prompt for a 16:9 astrophotography scene. The mirrored sky is what earns the wide crop, and it only survives if the water is specified as glassy and motionless.
Last tested: July 2026 with Midjourney v7
Part of the Midjourney prompt library · see more cinematic prompts .
Prompt
The Milky Way core arching over a still alpine lake, the galactic band dense with dark dust lanes running diagonally from the upper left, a jagged granite ridge on the far shore in full silhouette, the entire sky mirrored almost perfectly in glassy motionless water, a faint airglow band low on the horizon, no moon, a few foreground shoreline rocks just catching starlight, deep blue-black sky, fine detail held in the star field, astrophotography, no text --ar 16:9 --stylize 250
Settings
- Model
- Midjourney v7
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9
- Stylize
- 250
How to use this prompt
A reflection is the only thing that justifies giving half a 16:9 frame to water, and it collapses the moment there is any ripple — Midjourney scatters the stars into noise and the lower half goes dead. "Glassy motionless water" is therefore not scene-setting but a structural requirement. "Dust lanes" is the term that gives the galactic band real internal structure instead of a smear of glitter across the sky. Rule the moon out by name: Midjourney adds one unprompted, and a moon would wash out the very star field the rest of the prompt works to build.
Variations to try
- Add a lit tent on the shoreline as a warm focal point against the cold sky and its reflection
- Swap to a sea-stack coastline with long-exposure smooth water instead of a mirror-still lake
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What to do next
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Open this prompt in the Midjourney builder, pre-filled, and change one layer at a time.
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON
{
"title": "Milky Way over a Mountain Lake",
"prompt": "The Milky Way core arching over a still alpine lake, the galactic band dense with dark dust lanes running diagonally from the upper left, a jagged granite ridge on the far shore in full silhouette, the entire sky mirrored almost perfectly in glassy motionless water, a faint airglow band low on the horizon, no moon, a few foreground shoreline rocks just catching starlight, deep blue-black sky, fine detail held in the star field, astrophotography, no text --ar 16:9 --stylize 250",
"model": "Midjourney",
"model_version": "v7",
"settings": {
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"stylize": 250
},
"style_tags": [
"cinematic",
"moody"
],
"use_case_tags": [
"wallpaper",
"wall-art"
],
"source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/midjourney/milky-way-over-a-mountain-lake/"
}The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.
