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.

The Golden Gate Bridge viewed from Baker Beach in twilight.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, Adobe Photoshop CC.

Nikon D600, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 42mm, f/16, 10 seconds, ISO 50.

I took this photo from the top of "Siegessäule", facing the skyline of Berlin, Germany.

Adobe Photoshop CC.

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

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

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands - UTAH This location is truly a spectacle to be behold. No Photoshop. No manipulation. Follow @DestinSparks for more

Phase One IQ3 100MP, RRS Tripod, Singh Ray ND Grad.

Photo Settings: 45mm, f/22, 1/2 second, ISO 50.

Taken in Czech Rebublic, near Pec Pod Snezku.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM.

Photo Settings: 17mm, f/14, 1 second, ISO 100.

Adobe Photoshop CS6, Hoya HD2 Circular Polarizer 82mm filter, MeFOTO A1350.

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

Photo Settings: 35mm, f/9, 30 seconds, ISO 200.

Multiple exposure shot of downtown Vancouver at dusk, taken from Stanley Park in May 2014.

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

Photo Settings: 12mm, f/5, 30 seconds, ISO 100.

Shot near Jasper, Canada in May 2014.

Those of you interested in the post-processing performed on this image can check out this short video: http://youtu.be/kDCDXZOUFOI

Samsung NX10.

Photo Settings: 55mm, f/7, 1/160 second, ISO 200.

Adobe Photoshop CS6.