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

A beautiful starry sky at Porteau Cove, British Columbia.

Nikon D750, Nikon AF-S Nikkor 50mm f/1.8G.

Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Olympus PEN E-PM2, Panasonic Lumix G 14mm F2.5 ASPH.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/4, 1/250 second, ISO 200.

Had to wait until after dark for all the people to leave to get this view I wanted without having to do a ton of work editing people out.

Adobe Lightroom 5.3.

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

Photo Settings: 24mm, f/16, 13 seconds, ISO 400.

Taken from a recent cruise I took in the Western Caribbean.

I used a D600 with a 50mm @ 1/2500 f/8. ISO 250. Adobe Lightoom 4.

Photo Settings: 50mm, f/8, 1/2500 second, ISO 250.

Taken from the top deck on the 102nd floor. At sixteen floors above the 86th floor observatory of the Empire State Building, it gives the most spectacular views of the city and beyond.

Clouds were gathering and slowly casting over the city which gave a very intense atmosphere. Enjoy!

Adobe Photoshop CS, NIK Color Efex.

We almost missed this sunset due to snow and clouds rolling in and creating a complete blanket of gray skies. However, we decided to wait, standing in the cold wind and snow flurries, just in case. After a couple hours of waiting, we were treated to one of the more vivid sunsets I have seen in quite some time. The sky exploded with a fiery glow as the winds calmed and the snow stopped.

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom.

Nikon D810, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 19mm, f/16, 4 seconds, ISO 64.

A break from the rain at the Cliffs of Kerry.

Moraine Lake, in the Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.

This shot is from my first trip to North America since getting a Nikon D4. Taken July 25th, 2012.

Adobe Lightroom 4.1.

Nikon D4, Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/2.8G ED.

Photo Settings: 14mm, f/9, 1/400 second, ISO 100.

Map: 51.3278, -116.1806

Summer 2014, a general view.

A cooler day between two summer rains which resulted in a clear shot with no one on it (location usually frequented by tourists, especially this time of year)

Tripod, ND filter, Adobe Camera Raw, Photomatix.

Canon EOS Rebel T2i, Tamron SP AF 17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di II LD Aspherical (IF).

Map: 42.9058, 2.3285