My first trip to Yosemite, and there was a wildfire in the national park. The sun set through the smoke, illuminating Half Dome with this fiery orange glow.

Adobe Lightroom CC.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 185mm, f/2, 1/250 second, ISO 160.

The locally famous "Face Rock" in Bandon, Oregon, USA. Lots of photographers flock to this small coastal town these days. You see ads for tours to Bandon in magazines such as Outdoor Photographer. This small town has changed much from the 1980s when I went to high school there.

Adobe Lightroom 5.2, LEE 0.9 ND Hard Grad, Manfrotto tripod.

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

Photo Settings: 27mm, f/16, 1/8 second, ISO 200.

Map: 43.1068, -124.4368

Reflection of Mount Cook and the surrounding peaks on Lake Pukaki. The mountain was touched with the last sunrays of that day. Endless tranquility.

New Zealand, November 2014.

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

Burleigh Heads - QLD, Australia.

Sunrise at one of Queensland's favourite surf destinations. There's always a fine line between getting the shot and keeping dry. As usual, I crossed that line and went home drenched. No regrets.

Manfrotto & Lee Grad Filters. No post-processing.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM.

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/11, 1/40 second, ISO 100.

Shot near Barriere, British Columbia. Our holiday getaway last year.

Samsung NX1, NX 16-50mm F2-2.8 S, Adobe Photoshop.

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/9, 1/640 second, ISO 320.

Taken on a trip through Iceland in 2014. Skógafoss is a waterfall situated on the Skógá River in the south of Iceland at the cliffs of the former coastline.

Adobe Photoshop.

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

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/10, 1/400 second, ISO 800.

Copyright © Sven Müller. Permission only to use as personal screen wallpaper.

Nikon D810.

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/7, 1/30 second, ISO 64.

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/

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

Riomaggiore (Rimazùu in the local Ligurian language) is a village situated in a small valley in the Liguria region of Italy.

Adobe Photoshop.

Nikon D3200, Tokina AT-X Pro 11-16mm f/2.8 DX.

Photo Settings: 13mm, f/11, 20 seconds, ISO 100.