This is a composite of two photos shot at the same location, In fact it won't be wrong in saying this an exposure stack of two photos which were combined in post processing. The exposure time for the light painting was 10 seconds whereas the exposure time for the milky way was 20 seconds. The ring is and the sparks are created by lighting the steel wool.
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