My assistant and I recently braced -24°c in the United States. We drove 4516km (2806mi), hit 10 National Parks and crossed 4 States in just 8 days.

In preparation for my trip I closed my eyes, bowed my head and prayed for just one awe-inspiring photograph… and truly this is it - Yosemite National Park

No Photoshop, search @DestinSparks for more.

Phase One IQ3 100MP medium-format camera.

Photo Settings: 45mm, f/16, 1/2 second, ISO 50.

Taken at the beautiful Moraine Lake, just outside of Banff, Canada. This lake is also close to Lake Louise, but is often missed since the hype to see Lake Louise is stronger. Moraine is far more beautiful in my opinion. Turquoise water and cascading mountains all around.

Adobe Lightroom 5.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Sigma 12-24mm F4.5-5.6 II DG HSM.

Photo Settings: 13mm, f/22, 1/30 second, ISO 100.

Map: 51.3276, -116.1800

Credit: NASA,ESA, M. Robberto (Space Telescope Science Institute/ESA) and the Hubble Space Telescope Orion Treasury Project Team

This is a desert scene created in Vue Infinite 2014..Easy on the eyes..:)

Vue Infinite 2014 & Photoshop CC.

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

Shot at sunset from the roof of a Nido Tower in London. A breathtaking view. It was a bit of a mission, seen as heights are not my comfort zone, to balance a camera over a glass barrier, whilst looking down at the view below, was a little nerve wracking but definitely worth it. Due to lack of a tripod I had to go higher with ISO but the end result was not bad at all.

Circular polariser filter, Adobe Lightroom CC.

Sony Alpha 7R.

Photo Settings: 35mm, f/5, 1/2 second, ISO 100.

Map: 51.5175, -0.0770

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.

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.

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

I discovered this palm at the wonderful place called Punta Cana.

Adobe Photoshop.

Sony Alpha 7.

Photo Settings: 50mm, f/22, 2 seconds, ISO 100.