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

Lake Ohau is a glacial lake in the Mackenzie Basin of New Zealand's South Island. When I arrived at the lake, the last beams of sunlight shed across the mountain range and I had only minutes to take these photos. The strong winds in this area didn't really help. Would you like to see other New Zealand photos?

Adobe Photoshop CS, Lightroom CS and waterproof shoes.

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

Map: -44.2500, 169.8500

A soft pink hue kisses goodnight to the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco, California.

@DestinSparks

Phase One A/S IQ3 100MP.

Taken an early morning in Denmark.

I'm currently on Iceland and was quite disappointed the last time when I travelled here (drone crash, bad weather and almost no northern lights).

This time however, my return to Iceland was awarded with the most powerful northern lights I've ever seen!

Adobe Lightroom & Photoshop, Gloves, five layers of clothing & patience

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

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.

September is also a prime time to visit Alaska, beautiful colours clear skies and a nice landscape view.

Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Camera Raw, VSCO.

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

Photo Settings: 70mm, f/11, 1/160 second, ISO 100.

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.

Red and green aurora, Milky Way, and a passing meteor in a single composition. Taken Memorial Day weekend at Glacier National Park before Going To The Sun Road was even open. We drove the long way around in the middle of the night from Apgar to the east St. Mary entrance just to catch the Milky Way on St. Mary Lake. We were incredibly fortunate that evening.

Lightroom 6.10, Slik Mini II, Vello ShutterBoss II.

Canon EOS 6D, Samyang 14mm F2.8 IF ED MC Aspherical.

Photo Settings: 30 seconds, ISO 800.

Map: 48.6889, -113.5272

My surrealistic take on a cloudy afternoon at the Canadian Rockies.

Shot while heading north on Icefields Parkway to Jasper, in May 2014.

Samsung 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 OIS.

Samsung NX10.

Photo Settings: 42mm, f/8, 1/500 second, ISO 200.

Map: 52.8372, -118.0674