This is my take on the most beautiful view of New York City.

This picture was taken during sunset from the Top Of The Rock!

Adobe Photoshop CS6, Camera Raw, VSCO.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f2.8L II USM.

Photo Settings: 24mm, f/2, 1/60 second, ISO 400.

Map: 40.7587, -73.9784

Planetary nebulae like the Helix are sculpted late in a Sun-like star's life by a torrential gush of gases escaping from the dying star. They have nothing to do with planet formation, but got their name because they look like planetary disks when viewed through a small telescope. With higher magnification, the classic "donut-hole" in the middle of a planetary nebula can be resolved. Based on the nebula's distance of 650 light-years, its angular size corresponds to a huge ring with a diameter of nearly 3 light-years. That's approximately three-quarters of the distance between our Sun and the nearest star.

The Helix Nebula is a popular target of amateur astronomers and can be seen with binoculars as a ghostly, greenish cloud in the constellation Aquarius. Larger amateur telescopes can resolve the ring-shaped nebula, but only the largest ground-based telescopes can resolve the radial streaks. After careful analysis, astronomers concluded the nebula really isn't a bubble, but is a cylinder that happens to be pointed toward Earth.

Credit: NASA, NOAO, ESA, the Hubble Helix Nebula Team, M. Meixner (STScI), and T.A. Rector (NRAO).

On a cool May evening, the Moon rose over the Yosemite valley. With a 6-second exposure at ISO 100, the bright moon illuminated the valley. Taken from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park.

Photoshop for RAW processing.

Nikon D800, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/2, 6 seconds, ISO 100.

Map: 37.7307, -119.5736

Down in the South of Utah, not far from Arizona is a place called the Kodachrome basin state park. It is an other little magic place with its own unique rock formation. My friend Marc and I wandered for a couple miles in the park to find this "round about" which that day, was posing with a majestic sky.

Lightroom 5, Color Efex Pro 4.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM.

Map: 37.5175, -111.9750

The sun rises behind Mount Hood. Taken from Rocky Butte in Portland, Oregon.

Adobe Lightroom 5, Lee Big Stopper.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM.

Copyright © Sebastian Köhling. Picture taken near the beach in La Pared.

Camera RAW

Sony Alpha 7, Samyang 16mm f/2.0 ED AS UMC CS.

Taken during my secluded walk around Sandy Cay Island, British Virgin Islands.

Adobe Lightroom 4, Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM.

"To older Navajos, entering a place like Antelope Canyon was like entering a cathedral. They would probably pause before going in, to be in the right frame of mind and prepare for protection and respect. This would also allow them to leave with an uplifted feeling of what Mother Nature has to offer, and to be in harmony with something greater than themselves. It was, and is, a spiritual experience." --The Navajo Nation Parks.

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM.

Map: 36.9035, -111.4137

Lone Seagull sitting on the interesting rocky headlands on the Oregon Coast. Was hoping for a nice sunset but it did not occur this particular night. After some adjustments in Lightroom, used Nik software to bring out some detail and increase contrast. The image may be overly sharp but I liked it this way. This new 16-35mm lens is great.

Oben tripod, LEE 0.9 hard GND filter, handheld.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM.

Burrard Inlet and downtown Vancouver, shot from Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver, in March 2014.

Hoya ProND1000 filter.

Samsung NX10.

Photo Settings: 18mm, f/6, 72 seconds, ISO 100.