An early morning just outside Madras, Oregon. A friend of mine has a ton of land here, and each time I go I discover another amazing view!

Sony a7rii, Canon 16-35mm f4L IS, Metabones v, Breakthrough Photography ND filter

Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop.

Photo Settings: f/16, 61 seconds, ISO 100.

Taken at Curl Curl Beach, Australia

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III.

Photo Settings: 27mm, f/10, 30 seconds, ISO 100.

NASA and ESA are celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope's silver anniversary of 25 years in space by unveiling some of nature's own fireworks — a giant cluster of about 3,000 stars called Westerlund 2. The cluster resides inside a vibrant stellar breeding ground known as Gum 29, located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina. The comparatively young, 2-million-year-old star cluster contains some of our galaxy's hottest, brightest, and most massive stars. The largest stars are unleashing a torrent of ultraviolet light and hurricane-force winds that etch away the enveloping hydrogen gas cloud. This creates a fantasy celestial landscape of pillars, ridges, and valleys.

Press release: hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2015/12/full/

A little bit of trespassing led me to the Rose Valley Reservoir in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada which is still largely frozen-over (though not traversable). Then it was just a matter of waiting for the Sun to set.

Fujifilm X-T1 and Fujifilm 10-24mm f/4 R OIS.

Adobe Lightroom 5.7.

Photo Settings: 10mm, f/4, 1/30 second, ISO 1600.

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).

A two piece panorama of Pyramid Lake in Alberta, Canada.

Like "Forbidden Road", I processed this to look dark and ominous, as the lighting that day was pretty dull.

Samsung NX10, Samsung NX 12-24mm F4-5.6 ED.

Map: 52.9245, -118.0970

This was taken on the south shore in Kauai near Poi'pu. The crew of this boat would sail people towards the sunset while providing diner to couples aboard. I wanted to capture and edit this photo in a way that would give it a feeling of a peaceful dream. Enjoy!

Adobe Lightroom 5, Sigma 17-50mm F/2.8 FLD HSM.

Sony SLT-A58.

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

Downtown Vancouver, as seen from Stanley Park. May 2014.

Samsung NX10, Samsung NX 12-24mm F4-5.6 ED.

Photo Settings: 12mm, f/10, 30 seconds, ISO 100.

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.