Not long before sunset at Monument Valley (AZ) the sun came out and opened this atonishing view.

Adobe Lightroom.

Nikon D90, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR.

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/3, 1/800 second, ISO 200.

Discovered this beach while camping at El Capitan State Beach in Santa Barbara, California. I recently upgraded my camera system to the Sony A7 and I was testing all types of scenarios.

Adobe Bridge RAW processing to Photoshop CC: unsharp mask filter on the sky.

Sony Alpha 7, Samyang 14mm F2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical.

Photo Settings: 50mm, 1/2 second.

Map: 34.4315, -119.9169

This composite image combines a near-infrared view from the Hubble Space Telescope, an infrared view from the Spitzer Space Telescope, and an X-ray view from the Chandra X-ray Observatory into one multi-wavelength picture.

It features the spectacle of stellar evolution: from vibrant regions of star birth, to young hot stars, to old cool stars, to seething remnants of stellar death called black holes. This activity occurs against a fiery backdrop in the crowded, hostile environment of the galaxy's core, the center of which is dominated by a supermassive black hole nearly four million times more massive than our Sun. Permeating the region is a diffuse blue haze of X-ray light from gas that has been heated to millions of degrees by outflows from the supermassive black hole as well as by winds from massive stars and by stellar explosions. Infrared light reveals more than a hundred thousand stars along with glowing dust clouds that create complex structures including compact globules, long filaments, and finger-like "pillars of creation," where newborn stars are just beginning to break out of their dark, dusty cocoons.

Credit: NASA, ESA, SSC, CXC, and STScI

Iceland's Ring Road is a national road in Iceland that runs around the island and connects most of the inhabited parts of the country. The total length of the road is 1,332 kilometres (828 miles). Some of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland, such as the waterfalls Seljalandsfoss and Skógafoss, and Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon, are also on or near the Ring Road.

Sony RX 100 M2 @ 28mm equivalent focal length.

Map: 65.4338, -20.5922

I took this picture in Yellowstone National Park, at around 6am. The mist had subsided partially as the Sun came up but was reluctant to leave, lingering on the surface.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Nikon D600, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR.

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/22, 1/8 second, ISO 50.

The St Johns Bridge of Portland, Oregon, with Mt Hood in the background.

Shot with a Sony a7rii, and an Olympus Zuiko 200mm f5.

Metabones v, Mefoto tripod.

Adobe Lightroom Classic, Adobe Photoshop CC.

A glass building near downtown Seattle on a predictably cloudy day. The abstract beauty of it caught my eye.

After fours hours on trains and buses and a hay fever-intensive hike, we got to our destination. Sunsets in Bavaria are always a special experience and alpine sunsets are truly magical. If you ever plan to hike in Bavaria, I would highly recommend checking out the Allgäuer Alpen in the west.

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Nikon D600, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR.

Photo Settings: 20mm, f/11, 1/10 second, ISO 100.

Map: 47.4386, 10.4652

The lack of clouds had me expecting a pretty boring sunset, but I was pleasantly surprised when the one decent cloud in the sky seemed to be perfectly placed in front of the sun. A Maui local pointed out that the tops of these mountains are rarely seen at sunset, usually buried in clouds, so I was capturing something unique. It was a lovely evening!

Shot with a Sony a7rii, and a Canon 24-70mm f2.8L ii. Metabones V.

Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop CC.

, Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L II USM.

Auroras are bombing the sky in Blue Lagoon, Iceland.

Pentax K-30, Samyang 14mm F2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical.

Photo Settings: 10 seconds, ISO 1600.

Map: 63.8801, -22.4494