I think this is a cool shot. Something funny about how some people frame their criticism of night images though. The vast majority of milky way images done with full frame DSLR cameras are showing something that can't be seen with the naked eye. Even in the darkest places with the clearest skies, we can't see the galaxy like a camera can at 20+ seconds of exposure at high ISO and wide apertures. They are all "fake" in terms of being something we can't perceive without the help of technology and artistic interpretation.
I consider myself to have a fairly open mind when it comes to the artistic vision of others and I find this particular image to show a heavily-shot location in a new way. It's also impressive that is it not a creation from just pure imagination, but has something anchored to what the place might seem like if humans had gigantic eyes with long exposure and star tracking. I see no difference to this compared to the common use of polarizing filters which also present the world in a way that real to the camera but can't be seen as such with bare human vision.
