Sunrise at the Bachalpsee in Switzerland.

Adobe Lightroom.

Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM.

Photo Settings: 16mm, f/8, 1/20 second, ISO 100.

Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina.

Big stopper ND filter, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom CC.

Nikon D7100, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 16-35mm f/4G ED VR.

Photo Settings: 20mm, f/13, 213 seconds.

Haad Yao Beach, Koh Phangan, Thailand. April 2016.

Tripod, ND-filter, Adobe Lightroom.

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

Photo Settings: 17mm, f/8, 13 seconds, ISO 100.

Map: 9.7778, 99.9654

Waves crashing on the shore of Kauai, Hawaii.

Adobe Lightroom CC.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM.

The mountain Thaneller seen at sunset from the lake Plansee in Austria. Taken after a long hike around the lake in August 2016.

Canon EOS 6D, Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM.

Photo Settings: 24mm, f/9, 1/3 second, ISO 100.

Manhattan view on a cold night, after the New York City Blizzard of 2016.

Sony Alpha 7R, Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* 2,8/16-35 ZA.

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

Working with astronomical image processors at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., renowned astrophotographer Robert Gendler has taken science data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) archive and combined it with his own ground-based observations to assemble a photo illustration of the magnificent spiral galaxy M106.

Gendler retrieved archival Hubble images of M106 to assemble a mosaic of the center of the galaxy. He then used his own and fellow astrophotographer Jay GaBany's observations of M106 to combine with the Hubble data in areas where there was less coverage, and finally, to fill in the holes and gaps where no Hubble data existed.

The center of the galaxy is composed almost entirely of HST data taken by the Advanced Camera for Surveys, Wide Field Camera 3, and Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 detectors. The outer spiral arms are predominantly HST data colorized with ground-based data taken by Gendler's and GaBany's 12.5-inch and 20-inch telescopes, located at very dark remote sites in New Mexico. The image also reveals the optical component of the "anomalous arms" of M106, seen here as red, glowing hydrogen emission.

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and R. Gendler (for the Hubble Heritage Team)

Acknowledgment: J. GaBany

Three Douglas Fir trees in the midday sun along Maple Glade trail in the Quinault Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington.

The only thing missing is perspective - at least 6 feet in diameter, these trees are enormous.

Photo Settings: 29mm, f/8, 1/60 second, ISO 800.

Brisk January morning at Mather Point, Grand Canyon.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5, Adobe Photoshop CS6.

Nikon D7000, Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR.