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13900352 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills and Factory Butte before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

The Sun setting into a pall of forest fire smoke over Alberta from fires in B.C. and elsewhere, on August 17, 2018. This shows the dimming and reddening of the Sun as it set, with it disappearing from view long before it reached the horizon.

13899674 - The Sun setting into a pall of forest fire smoke over Alberta from fires in B.C. and elsewhere, on August 17, 2018. This shows the dimming and reddening of the Sun as it set, with it disappearing from view long before it reached the horizon.

The rising of the nearly Full Moon on October 8, 2022, the Hunter's Moon. This was the evening before the official day of Full Moon. Jupiter is just at upper right.

13899443 - The rising of the nearly Full Moon on October 8, 2022, the Hunter's Moon. This was the evening before the official day of Full Moon. Jupiter is just at upper right.

13899163 - The Sun setting into a pall of forest fire smoke over Alberta from fires in B.C. and elsewhere, on August 17, 2018. This shows the dimming and reddening of the Sun as it set, with it disappearing from view long before it reached the horizon.

The nearly Full Moon (0ne day before Full) rising at the end of Bow Lake, with purple flowers (Purple Saxifrage?) in the foreground. Taken August 9, 2014. This is an HDR High Dynamic Range stack of 5 exposures at 2/3rds stop intervals, with the Canon 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 400.

13899024 - The nearly Full Moon (0ne day before Full) rising at the end of Bow Lake, with purple flowers (Purple Saxifrage?) in the foreground. Taken August 9, 2014. This is an HDR High Dynamic Range stack of 5 exposures at 2/3rds stop intervals, with the Canon 16-35mm lens and Canon 6D at ISO 400.

13898863 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

A panorama of noctilucent clouds to the northwest just before midnight on the evening of July 10-11, 2022, over a hill and red farm road in southern Alberta, Canada.

13898662 - A panorama of noctilucent clouds to the northwest just before midnight on the evening of July 10-11, 2022, over a hill and red farm road in southern Alberta, Canada.

A panorama of an early-season appearance of noctilucent clouds on the night of June 1-2, 2022. This is from home in southern Alberta, Canada at latitude 51° N, and taken at midnight, MDT. This was my earliest sighting of NLCs, three weeks before solstice.

13898567 - A panorama of an early-season appearance of noctilucent clouds on the night of June 1-2, 2022. This is from home in southern Alberta, Canada at latitude 51° N, and taken at midnight, MDT. This was my earliest sighting of NLCs, three weeks before solstice.

The rising of the almost Full Moon (1 day before full) on September 12, 2019, taken from home in a quick shot, looking over the old rake I often use for a foreground prop. The dark blue in the sky near the horizon is the shadow of the Earth rising.

13897786 - The rising of the almost Full Moon (1 day before full) on September 12, 2019, taken from home in a quick shot, looking over the old rake I often use for a foreground prop. The dark blue in the sky near the horizon is the shadow of the Earth rising.

The waning gibbous Moon approaches the star Aldebaran at an occultation on the morning of September 12, 2017. This is a multiple exposure composite of the ingress phase that occurred before sunrise, with the Moon from the final exposure and the star from exposures taken at 4-minute intervals prior to that last exposure. For the actual ingress I switched to HD movie to shoot a video of the event.

13897573 - The waning gibbous Moon approaches the star Aldebaran at an occultation on the morning of September 12, 2017. This is a multiple exposure composite of the ingress phase that occurred before sunrise, with the Moon from the final exposure and the star from exposures taken at 4-minute intervals prior to that last exposure. For the actual ingress I switched to HD movie to shoot a video of the event.

Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous scramble up 3

13848468 - Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous scramble up 3

Pink skies before sunrise over the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park near El Calafate, Argentina. A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Patagonia region of South America.

13847529 - Pink skies before sunrise over the Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park near El Calafate, Argentina. A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Patagonia region of South America.

13846545 - Chihuahua Pacific Railroad train "Chepe" at the train station in El Fuerte before departing to Copper Canyon, Mexico.

13821480 - Woman working the line to clean off fish by hand before going to be canned, Fish canning factory (USISA), Isla Cristina, Spain

13821418 - Local fishermen during the previous moments before the daily fishing, Jiquilillo, Chinandega, Nicaragua

71446490 - Lake Braies before sunrise, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy

Panoramic view of the Cordillera de los Andes before sunrise along a gravel road with spectacular clouds, Argentina, Patagonia, South America

71437993 - Panoramic view of the Cordillera de los Andes before sunrise along a gravel road with spectacular clouds, Argentina, Patagonia, South America

71426760 - Habanero chillies before sorting on the market in Tamale in the Northern Region of north Ghana in West Africa

The rising of the Full Moon just before Easter weekend,on Wednesday,April 5,2023,with Good Friday two days later on April 7. The Moon appears quite pink and in a bright blue sky,as moonrise this night was a few minutes before sunset. However,the Sun was in clouds to the northwest and not lighting the foreground.

13999483 - The rising of the Full Moon just before Easter weekend,on Wednesday,April 5,2023,with Good Friday two days later on April 7. The Moon appears quite pink and in a bright blue sky,as moonrise this night was a few minutes before sunset. However,the Sun was in clouds to the northwest and not lighting the foreground.

This was the nearly Full Moon on August 29,2023,on the night before the official "Super Blue Full Moon" of August 30. I shot it here when it was still low in the sky and yellowed by smoke and dust,and set in the deep blue twilight sky.

13998433 - This was the nearly Full Moon on August 29,2023,on the night before the official "Super Blue Full Moon" of August 30. I shot it here when it was still low in the sky and yellowed by smoke and dust,and set in the deep blue twilight sky.

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on the night of January 22/23,2023 when it was in Draco,with it near the reddish star Edasich (aka Iota Draconis) at top,and the edge-on galaxy NGC 5907 below the comet. To the right of that galaxy is NGC 5866,aka M102. The dust tail of the comet was showing a strong anti-tail spike ahead of the comet's greenish coma,as this was two days before we crossed the plane of the comet's orbit when we would see its dust tail "edge-on." The coma of the comet is strongly cyan or green from glowing diatomic carbon molecules,common for comets. There was little sign of the blue ion ta

13998387 - Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on the night of January 22/23,2023 when it was in Draco,with it near the reddish star Edasich (aka Iota Draconis) at top,and the edge-on galaxy NGC 5907 below the comet. To the right of that galaxy is NGC 5866,aka M102. The dust tail of the comet was showing a strong anti-tail spike ahead of the comet's greenish coma,as this was two days before we crossed the plane of the comet's orbit when we would see its dust tail "edge-on." The coma of the comet is strongly cyan or green from glowing diatomic carbon molecules,common for comets. There was little sign of the blue ion ta

An arc of modest aurora borealis (Northern Lights) across the northern horizon, above a prairie meadow in the light of a bright waxing gibbous Moon, a day before Full. This was just after midnight on July 11/12, 2022 when the sky was also still lit by summer twilight colours, and with a weak display of noctilucent clouds also visible low in the northwest at left. The auroral curtains exhibit the usual green band and rays, but also upper altitude reds and purples and a faint blue tint at the very tops where the aurora is lit by the Sun. The aurora was never bright this night (Kp Index was 3 or

13900496 - An arc of modest aurora borealis (Northern Lights) across the northern horizon, above a prairie meadow in the light of a bright waxing gibbous Moon, a day before Full. This was just after midnight on July 11/12, 2022 when the sky was also still lit by summer twilight colours, and with a weak display of noctilucent clouds also visible low in the northwest at left. The auroral curtains exhibit the usual green band and rays, but also upper altitude reds and purples and a faint blue tint at the very tops where the aurora is lit by the Sun. The aurora was never bright this night (Kp Index was 3 or

A subtle and pastel aurora borealis (Northern Lights) in the northeast, above a prairie meadow at "Lone Tree Hill". The foreground and sky are lit by a bright waxing gibbous Moon, a day before Full, shining in the south. This was just after midnight on July 11/12, 2022. The auroral curtains exhibit the usual green band and rays, though with shades of green visible, perhaps from hydrogen-beta proton emission as well as oxygen electron emission, but also upper altitude reds and purples and a faint blue tint at the very tops where the aurora is lit by the Sun. The aurora was never bright this nig

13900221 - A subtle and pastel aurora borealis (Northern Lights) in the northeast, above a prairie meadow at "Lone Tree Hill". The foreground and sky are lit by a bright waxing gibbous Moon, a day before Full, shining in the south. This was just after midnight on July 11/12, 2022. The auroral curtains exhibit the usual green band and rays, though with shades of green visible, perhaps from hydrogen-beta proton emission as well as oxygen electron emission, but also upper altitude reds and purples and a faint blue tint at the very tops where the aurora is lit by the Sun. The aurora was never bright this nig

The Milky Way over Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Sept 14, 2014 on a very clear night before moonrise. The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius is setting in the southwest behind the Icefields. The foreground light on the moraines is wash from lights on the Glacier View Inn and Icefields Centre. Other ground illumination on the peaks is from starlight though the tops of the peaks are just being lit by light from the rising waning Moon which is also beginning to light the sky a deep blue. Mt. Andromeda is at left. The Summer Triangle stars are at centr

13899985 - The Milky Way over Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Sept 14, 2014 on a very clear night before moonrise. The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius is setting in the southwest behind the Icefields. The foreground light on the moraines is wash from lights on the Glacier View Inn and Icefields Centre. Other ground illumination on the peaks is from starlight though the tops of the peaks are just being lit by light from the rising waning Moon which is also beginning to light the sky a deep blue. Mt. Andromeda is at left. The Summer Triangle stars are at centr

The Southern Cross, Crux, and the Pointer Stars, Alpha and Beta Centauri, above in the moonlight of the waning gibbous Moon before dawn, from the Smoky Cape Lighthouse looking southwest, on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The Cape was named by James Cook in 1770 for the fires he saw on shore here.

13899506 - The Southern Cross, Crux, and the Pointer Stars, Alpha and Beta Centauri, above in the moonlight of the waning gibbous Moon before dawn, from the Smoky Cape Lighthouse looking southwest, on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. The Cape was named by James Cook in 1770 for the fires he saw on shore here.

A selfie of me operating the Celestron C8 GoTo system to find targets, for a book illustration. Taken July 21, 2019 from the backyard on a very clear night just before moonrise.,

13898275 - A selfie of me operating the Celestron C8 GoTo system to find targets, for a book illustration. Taken July 21, 2019 from the backyard on a very clear night just before moonrise.,

The Columbia Icefields and Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park, just before the waning Moon rose over the mountains to light the foreground, but as it was already lighting the peaks around the Icefields. The Milky Way is fading into the blue sky of a moonlit night. The Moon is rising just left of centre below the Pleiades cluster. The Big Dipper is at far left to the north.

13898062 - The Columbia Icefields and Athabasca Glacier in Jasper National Park, just before the waning Moon rose over the mountains to light the foreground, but as it was already lighting the peaks around the Icefields. The Milky Way is fading into the blue sky of a moonlit night. The Moon is rising just left of centre below the Pleiades cluster. The Big Dipper is at far left to the north.

13897938 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

At Elephant Festival, Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan, India. Annual event held at Chaughan Stadium within the Old Walled centre of Jaipur. Popular event for tourists it is held the day before Indian festival of Holi, traditionally when India celebrated the

13877348 - At Elephant Festival, Jaipur, capital of Rajasthan, India. Annual event held at Chaughan Stadium within the Old Walled centre of Jaipur. Popular event for tourists it is held the day before Indian festival of Holi, traditionally when India celebrated the

Sulphur Miner Working at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous scramb

13849318 - Sulphur Miner Working at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous scramb

Black and White Portrait of a Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and ext

13848560 - Black and White Portrait of a Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and ext

13821478 - Woman working the line to clean off fish by hand before going to be canned, Fish canning factory (USISA), Isla Cristina, Spain

Divers pictured hanging at 15 feet for a decompression stop before surfacing. The diver in the lead has released a safety float to mark their position to boats above; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

13776756 - Divers pictured hanging at 15 feet for a decompression stop before surfacing. The diver in the lead has released a safety float to mark their position to boats above; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

71444183 - Before sunrise in the government district of Berlin, Germany.

71442940 - Norway, fishermen on the Gaulosenfjord near Buvika, just before Trondheim

71427342 - USA, Washington State, Walla Walla. Clusters of Cabernet Sauvignon gather sunlight hours before harvest.

A close passage of Venus by the Pleiades star cluster (M45) on April 9,2023. Venus was closer to the Pleiades the next night,but clouds prevented a shot on April 10. But the night before closest approach was clear enough for long enough to get this shot of the bright planet and stars set in the deep blue twilight.

13999322 - A close passage of Venus by the Pleiades star cluster (M45) on April 9,2023. Venus was closer to the Pleiades the next night,but clouds prevented a shot on April 10. But the night before closest approach was clear enough for long enough to get this shot of the bright planet and stars set in the deep blue twilight.

The rising gibbous Moon 2 nights before the total lunar eclipse at pre-dawn Oct 8, 2014. This was off the back deck as the setting Sun lit the clouds.

13899561 - The rising gibbous Moon 2 nights before the total lunar eclipse at pre-dawn Oct 8, 2014. This was off the back deck as the setting Sun lit the clouds.

Southern Milky Way from Atacama Lodge, Chile (latitude 23° S) taken March 14/15, 2010. Taken witn Canon 5D MkII (modified) and Canon 15mm lens at f/4 for stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 800. Horizon retained from just one image to retain detail and minimize blurring from tracking. But sky is Mean stack. Taken before dawn with zodiacal light becoming promiment in east.

13899480 - Southern Milky Way from Atacama Lodge, Chile (latitude 23° S) taken March 14/15, 2010. Taken witn Canon 5D MkII (modified) and Canon 15mm lens at f/4 for stack of 4 x 6 minute exposures at ISO 800. Horizon retained from just one image to retain detail and minimize blurring from tracking. But sky is Mean stack. Taken before dawn with zodiacal light becoming promiment in east.

Moonrise 1 day before Full Moon, over Vermilion Lakes in Banff, Alberta. Moon rising between Mt Rundle and Sulphur Mountain. 16-35mm Zoom at 18mm with Canon 7D. Part of a 700-frame time-lapse sequence.

13898874 - Moonrise 1 day before Full Moon, over Vermilion Lakes in Banff, Alberta. Moon rising between Mt Rundle and Sulphur Mountain. 16-35mm Zoom at 18mm with Canon 7D. Part of a 700-frame time-lapse sequence.

$Total eclipse of the Moon, December 20/21, 2010, taken from home with 130mm AP apo refractor at f/6 and Canon 7D at ISO 400. An HDR composite of 9 images from 1/125 second to 2 seconds, composited in Photoshop CS5. Vibrancy increased to show bring out the colour variations across the shadow and at the edge of the shadow. Taken at about 12:21 am MST on Dec 21, about 20 minutes before totality began, during the partial phase.$

13898648 - Total eclipse of the Moon, December 20/21, 2010, taken from home with 130mm AP apo refractor at f/6 and Canon 7D at ISO 400. An HDR composite of 9 images from 1/125 second to 2 seconds, composited in Photoshop CS5. Vibrancy increased to show bring out the colour variations across the shadow and at the edge of the shadow. Taken at about 12:21 am MST on Dec 21, about 20 minutes before totality began, during the partial phase.

The Full Moon at the equinox, on March 20, 2019, reaching full phase only fours hours after the moment of the vernal equinox, and here captured rising very shortly before the moment of the Full Moon. I shot this while the Moon was still rising and in a deep blue sky, and tinted yellow from atmospheric absorption. Even so, this is a blend of short (for the Moon) and long (for the sky) exposures to capture the dynamic range.

13898578 - The Full Moon at the equinox, on March 20, 2019, reaching full phase only fours hours after the moment of the vernal equinox, and here captured rising very shortly before the moment of the Full Moon. I shot this while the Moon was still rising and in a deep blue sky, and tinted yellow from atmospheric absorption. Even so, this is a blend of short (for the Moon) and long (for the sky) exposures to capture the dynamic range.

Venus above the Pleiades star cluster, M45, on April 4, 2020, in the twilight and moonlight. Light from the gibbous Moon illuminated the sky, so no long exposure would reveal much detail in and around the Pleiades. Venus passes close to the Pleiades only every 8 years. It was closer the night before, but alas, there were clouds! Some light cloud this night added the glow.

13898569 - Venus above the Pleiades star cluster, M45, on April 4, 2020, in the twilight and moonlight. Light from the gibbous Moon illuminated the sky, so no long exposure would reveal much detail in and around the Pleiades. Venus passes close to the Pleiades only every 8 years. It was closer the night before, but alas, there were clouds! Some light cloud this night added the glow.

A low rainbow over the Atlantic Ocean just prior to the total eclipse of the Sun, Nov 3, 2013, from at sea on the Star Flyer sailing ship. This was about 20 minutes before second contact so the sunlight was from a narrow slit of a Sun.

13898509 - A low rainbow over the Atlantic Ocean just prior to the total eclipse of the Sun, Nov 3, 2013, from at sea on the Star Flyer sailing ship. This was about 20 minutes before second contact so the sunlight was from a narrow slit of a Sun.

The 13.7-day-old Moon (a day before Full) with the south polar region tipped toward us in a favourable libration for viewing the southern regions and features. This was April 6, 2020. The large crater, Bailly, is on the southern limb, better seen here than at most similar phases, due to the favourable southern libration.

13897656 - The 13.7-day-old Moon (a day before Full) with the south polar region tipped toward us in a favourable libration for viewing the southern regions and features. This was April 6, 2020. The large crater, Bailly, is on the southern limb, better seen here than at most similar phases, due to the favourable southern libration.

A true bug nymph on a wild flower, Its camouflage is makes it very dificult to spot. True bug nymphs go through a lot different stages before becoming an adult

13848849 - A true bug nymph on a wild flower, Its camouflage is makes it very dificult to spot. True bug nymphs go through a lot different stages before becoming an adult

Pineapple Selling Boat at Can Tho Floating Market, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Can Tho floating market is a hive of activity. Fruit piled high on the boats and market traders selling to each other as well as the passing tourists. Their are endless floating markets in the Mekong Delta, but Can Tho is one of the largest with hundreds of boats squeezing past each other every morning, before preparing for market again the next day. Each boat hangs an example of what they sell off the top of the boat so passers by know what they are selling.

13846770 - Pineapple Selling Boat at Can Tho Floating Market, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Can Tho floating market is a hive of activity. Fruit piled high on the boats and market traders selling to each other as well as the passing tourists. Their are endless floating markets in the Mekong Delta, but Can Tho is one of the largest with hundreds of boats squeezing past each other every morning, before preparing for market again the next day. Each boat hangs an example of what they sell off the top of the boat so passers by know what they are selling.

Portrait of a Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous

13846164 - Portrait of a Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous

Gandhi Smriti Museum, the home of Mahatma Gandhi for last 144 days of his life, before he was shot on January 30th 1948. The Footsteps Represent His Last Walk Before his Death, Delhi, India.

13824545 - Gandhi Smriti Museum, the home of Mahatma Gandhi for last 144 days of his life, before he was shot on January 30th 1948. The Footsteps Represent His Last Walk Before his Death, Delhi, India.

13821477 - Woman working the line to clean off fish by hand before going to be canned, Fish canning factory (USISA), Isla Cristina, Spain

13821476 - Woman working the line to clean off fish by hand before going to be canned, Fish canning factory (USISA), Isla Cristina, Spain

The current church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción dates from the 17th century. In the previous Gothic church, Columbus received his blessing in 1492 before setting off for America, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain

71448333 - The current church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción dates from the 17th century. In the previous Gothic church, Columbus received his blessing in 1492 before setting off for America, La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain

71442939 - Norway, boat on the Gaulosenfjord near Buvika, just before Trondheim

71430670 - Yellow daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) just before they start to bloom, Jena, Thuringia, Germany

71427683 - Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral before the fire, Paris capital, Ile-de-France, France

$The conjunction of the waxing 4-day-old crescent Moon below the Pleiades,and set in a slightly hazy sky on March 25,2023. The haze adds the colourful "lunar corona" halo around the bright crescent of the Moon from diffraction effects in the high icy clouds. Shot before the sky got dark,the remaining twilight adds the blue to the background sky. Earthshine is visible on the dark side of the Moon.$

13998604 - The conjunction of the waxing 4-day-old crescent Moon below the Pleiades,and set in a slightly hazy sky on March 25,2023. The haze adds the colourful "lunar corona" halo around the bright crescent of the Moon from diffraction effects in the high icy clouds. Shot before the sky got dark,the remaining twilight adds the blue to the background sky. Earthshine is visible on the dark side of the Moon.

A photographer using a bright light to illuminate Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, on a dark night before moonrise provided natural illumination. Using bright lights to paint landscapes at night is common but often produces an artificial style of illumination.

13900125 - A photographer using a bright light to illuminate Double Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, on a dark night before moonrise provided natural illumination. Using bright lights to paint landscapes at night is common but often produces an artificial style of illumination.

13899918 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills and Factory Butte before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

13899456 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

13899410 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

Mars (bottom) and Saturn in conjunction at right, and the Milky Way at left, in deep blue twilight before the sky got filly dark, over the old corral of the 76 Ranch, in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 27/28, 2014. Antares and Scorpius are just behind the corral gate at right, Sagittarius is at left in the Milky Way. M6 and M7 open cluster are visible at left.

13898781 - Mars (bottom) and Saturn in conjunction at right, and the Milky Way at left, in deep blue twilight before the sky got filly dark, over the old corral of the 76 Ranch, in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 27/28, 2014. Antares and Scorpius are just behind the corral gate at right, Sagittarius is at left in the Milky Way. M6 and M7 open cluster are visible at left.

13897767 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

13848472 - Pineapple Selling Boat at Can Tho Floating Market, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Can Tho floating market is a hive of activity. Fruit piled high on the boats and market traders selling to each other as well as the passing tourists. Their are endless floating markets in the Mekong Delta, but Can Tho is one of the largest with hundreds of boats squeezing past each other every morning, before preparing for market again the next day. Each boat hangs an example of what they sell off the top of the boat so passers by know what they are selling.

Queen Elizabeth Park, Coolangatta Beach, Gold Coast, Australia. Queen Elizabeth park is a perfect place to have a bbq and watch the sunset, as all the facilities are provided. Do not try sleeping here in your campervan overnight, however, or you will wake up to a threat of a $400 fine! Coolangatta beach is a stunning, long, white sandy beach and the sea is a great temperature for swimming. There are also a number of local points which are great for surfing for people who have done it before, and for those who havn't, you can easily get lessons at one of the various Coolangatta surf schools.

13846441 - Queen Elizabeth Park, Coolangatta Beach, Gold Coast, Australia. Queen Elizabeth park is a perfect place to have a bbq and watch the sunset, as all the facilities are provided. Do not try sleeping here in your campervan overnight, however, or you will wake up to a threat of a $400 fine! Coolangatta beach is a stunning, long, white sandy beach and the sea is a great temperature for swimming. There are also a number of local points which are great for surfing for people who have done it before, and for those who havn't, you can easily get lessons at one of the various Coolangatta surf schools.

13845148 - Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous scramble up 3

13821519 - Woman working the line to clean off fish by hand before going to be canned, Fish canning factory (USISA), Isla Cristina, Spain

13821479 - Woman working the line to clean off fish by hand before going to be canned, Fish canning factory (USISA), Isla Cristina, Spain

A group of dolphins (Delphinus delphis) create a network of air bubbles to trap a small group of sardines before launching the attack. Photo taken during south african sardine run, an event taking place yearly between May and July, when millions of sardines lay their eggs in the cold waters of the Agulhas shoal and then move north along the eastern coast of South Africa, being chased and hunted by dolphins, sharks, whales and birds.

13821199 - A group of dolphins (Delphinus delphis) create a network of air bubbles to trap a small group of sardines before launching the attack. Photo taken during south african sardine run, an event taking place yearly between May and July, when millions of sardines lay their eggs in the cold waters of the Agulhas shoal and then move north along the eastern coast of South Africa, being chased and hunted by dolphins, sharks, whales and birds.

13821061 - A couple before dinner in Bangkok during sunset with buddhist temples behind them

13791713 - Silhouette Of The Front Of The Jokhang Temple Shortly Before Dawn

71438000 - Spectacular view of the well-known Mount Fitz Roy before sunrise from the village of El Chalten, Argentina, Patagonia

Venus below dimmer Saturn in the evening twilight on January 21,2023,the evening before their close conjuncton. The magnitude 2.8 star Deneb Algiedi,aka Delta Capricorni,is below and to the left of Venus. Venus was magnitude -3.9 while Saturn was magnitude 0.8.

13999522 - Venus below dimmer Saturn in the evening twilight on January 21,2023,the evening before their close conjuncton. The magnitude 2.8 star Deneb Algiedi,aka Delta Capricorni,is below and to the left of Venus. Venus was magnitude -3.9 while Saturn was magnitude 0.8.

Venus (at top) and Jupiter in a close conjunction on the evening of March 2,2023,the day after their closest approach. They were one degree apart this night but were 1/2° apart the night before. I shot this on a hill near home in southern Alberta.

13999236 - Venus (at top) and Jupiter in a close conjunction on the evening of March 2,2023,the day after their closest approach. They were one degree apart this night but were 1/2° apart the night before. I shot this on a hill near home in southern Alberta.

Colombia's flag and Venezuela's flag moments before a joint declaration on cooperation in the search for persons reported missing on the Venezuelan border, in Bogota, Colombia on June 30, 2023.

13899738 - Colombia's flag and Venezuela's flag moments before a joint declaration on cooperation in the search for persons reported missing on the Venezuelan border, in Bogota, Colombia on June 30, 2023.

The summer Milky Way to the southwest over Victoria Glacier and Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta on a moonless night, August 29, 2016. This was about midnight at the start of the night, and before a time-lapse sequence. A low-level aurora and likely airglow this night to the north added a general green cast to the sky, minimized to some extent here.

13899568 - The summer Milky Way to the southwest over Victoria Glacier and Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Alberta on a moonless night, August 29, 2016. This was about midnight at the start of the night, and before a time-lapse sequence. A low-level aurora and likely airglow this night to the north added a general green cast to the sky, minimized to some extent here.

$Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004, from Luxor, Egypt. A composite image (layered in Photoshop) of individual multiple shots taken from just after 2nd contact to just before 3rd contact. Taken with a Sony DSC-V1 digital camera shooting afocally through a 40mm eyepiece and on a 90mm apochromatic refractor, equatorially mounted and driven. Shot thru a Baader solar filter, which gives a white Sun. Yellow coloration added in Photoshop.$

13899427 - Transit of Venus, June 8, 2004, from Luxor, Egypt. A composite image (layered in Photoshop) of individual multiple shots taken from just after 2nd contact to just before 3rd contact. Taken with a Sony DSC-V1 digital camera shooting afocally through a 40mm eyepiece and on a 90mm apochromatic refractor, equatorially mounted and driven. Shot thru a Baader solar filter, which gives a white Sun. Yellow coloration added in Photoshop.

13898841 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

The quarter Moon reflected in the waters of Reesor Lake, Alberta in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. Taken on July 5, 2014. This is with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D at ISO800. This is a high dynamic range stack of 6 exposures from 1/15 to 0.6 seconds taken just before using the camera to take a motion control time-lapse. The Moon was in conjunction with Mars (right of Moon) and Spica (left of Moon) but in the bright twilight they are not showing up here.

13898528 - The quarter Moon reflected in the waters of Reesor Lake, Alberta in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park. Taken on July 5, 2014. This is with the 14mm Rokinon lens and Canon 6D at ISO800. This is a high dynamic range stack of 6 exposures from 1/15 to 0.6 seconds taken just before using the camera to take a motion control time-lapse. The Moon was in conjunction with Mars (right of Moon) and Spica (left of Moon) but in the bright twilight they are not showing up here.

The red planet Mars in the winter sky lit by the waxing gibbous Moon, off frame at right. Mars is at centre, and nearly at its brightest for the year with it 4 days before its December 2022 opposition. It appears in Taurus, east of the Hyades and below the Pleiades, and above Orion. Sirius is rising at bottom just above the horizon. Procyon and Canis Minor is at lower left, with Castor and Pollux in Gemini above. At upper left is Capella in Auriga. The stars of Perseus at at top.

13898334 - The red planet Mars in the winter sky lit by the waxing gibbous Moon, off frame at right. Mars is at centre, and nearly at its brightest for the year with it 4 days before its December 2022 opposition. It appears in Taurus, east of the Hyades and below the Pleiades, and above Orion. Sirius is rising at bottom just above the horizon. Procyon and Canis Minor is at lower left, with Castor and Pollux in Gemini above. At upper left is Capella in Auriga. The stars of Perseus at at top.

13898020 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills and Factory Butte before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

13897931 - The 13-day-old Moon, a day before Full, rising over the prairie fields on August 6, 2017.

This is the line-up of planets across the southwestern sky on December 6, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, with the 2.5-day-old waxing crescent Moon in conjunction below Venus. The Moon had eclipsed the Sun two days before on December 4, when it was on the ecliptic. Two days later it was below the ecliptic line. Jupiter and Saturn are in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here in the evening twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible.

13897791 - This is the line-up of planets across the southwestern sky on December 6, 2021, consisting of (L to R): Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, with the 2.5-day-old waxing crescent Moon in conjunction below Venus. The Moon had eclipsed the Sun two days before on December 4, when it was on the ecliptic. Two days later it was below the ecliptic line. Jupiter and Saturn are in Capricornus, with its stars all visible here in the evening twilight. The three planets are nicely equally spaced. Such an array makes the ecliptic line visible.

13848780 - Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous scramble up 3

13848697 - Sulphur Worker at Kawah Ijen, Java, Indonesia. Kawah Ijen is a volcano with an active crater and acid lake in East Java, Indonesia. It is an unbelievable and unmissable destination for anyone visiting Java or Bali. Not only is the view on the 4km walk up to the craters edge impressive, but what goes on there is mind boggling. Walking down to the bottom of Kwah Ijen (Ijen Crater), hundreds of Indonesian men, many in flipflops, are mining sulphur from the heart of the volcano. They load their baskets up with up to 80kg of sulphur, before starting the arduous and extremely dangerous scramble up 3

13846458 - Vietnamese couple holding lanterns before droping them into the river in Hoi An ,Vietnam during the Hoi An Full Moon Lantern Festival

Blatta orientalis, also known as black beetle or oriental cockroach; before was very common in Spain but is being displaced by the stronger Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)

13844335 - Blatta orientalis, also known as black beetle or oriental cockroach; before was very common in Spain but is being displaced by the stronger Periplaneta americana (American cockroach)

Rare amelanistic zebra (Equus quagga) in the Hidden Valley, Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania. An extremely rare image of a “blonde” zebra. Before this picture, zebra with partial albinism has only been confirmed to exist in captivity. This image provide confirmation that animals with this condition can survive in the wild and that they are accepted by other zebras. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

13837534 - Rare amelanistic zebra (Equus quagga) in the Hidden Valley, Ndutu, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania. An extremely rare image of a “blonde” zebra. Before this picture, zebra with partial albinism has only been confirmed to exist in captivity. This image provide confirmation that animals with this condition can survive in the wild and that they are accepted by other zebras. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.

13824546 - Gandhi Smriti Museum, the home of Mahatma Gandhi for last 144 days of his life, before he was shot on January 30th 1948. The Footsteps Represent His Last Walk Before his Death, Delhi, India.

13821520 - Woman working the line to clean off fish by hand before going to be canned, Fish canning factory (USISA), Isla Cristina, Spain

Ocean bright Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) on their spawning migration in an Alaskan stream at the start of Autumn. Although they are in fresh water, their bright colouration suggests they have to wait some time before becoming fully mature and able to spawn; Alaska, United States of America

13776391 - Ocean bright Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) on their spawning migration in an Alaskan stream at the start of Autumn. Although they are in fresh water, their bright colouration suggests they have to wait some time before becoming fully mature and able to spawn; Alaska, United States of America

13883953 - Quiver trees (Aloidendron dichotomum) and the moon before dawn in the Quiver Tree Forest, near Keetmanshoop; ?Karas Region, Namibia

Temple Of Hadrian, One Of The Best Preserved And Most Beautiful Structures On Curetes Street, Built Before 138 A.d By P.quintilius And Dedicated To The Emperor Hadrian; Ephesus, Turkey

13773749 - Temple Of Hadrian, One Of The Best Preserved And Most Beautiful Structures On Curetes Street, Built Before 138 A.d By P.quintilius And Dedicated To The Emperor Hadrian; Ephesus, Turkey

The towers and building of The Church of Our Lady before Tyn in Prague's Old Town are illuminated at twilight.; Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic

13881709 - The towers and building of The Church of Our Lady before Tyn in Prague's Old Town are illuminated at twilight.; Old Town, Prague, Czech Republic

71418229 - Horses grazing before sunset, Philmont Scout Ranch, Cimarron, New Mexico

14140148 - Green pool at a Luxury hotel in Hotel el Colony before a storm, Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth), Cuba, West Indies, Central America

France, Cotes d'Armor, Pink Granite Coast, Pleumeur Bodou, Grande Island, Ornithological Station of the League of Protection of Birds (LPO), counting, weighing, census and ringing of Brown Gulls (Larus fuscus) and Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) before releasing larger ones

14102592 - France, Cotes d'Armor, Pink Granite Coast, Pleumeur Bodou, Grande Island, Ornithological Station of the League of Protection of Birds (LPO), counting, weighing, census and ringing of Brown Gulls (Larus fuscus) and Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) before releasing larger ones

14102408 - France, Cotes d'Armor, Pink Granite Coast, Pleumeur Bodou, Grande Island, Ornithological Station of the League of Protection of Birds (LPO), counting, weighing, census and ringing of Brown Gulls (Larus fuscus) and Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) before releasing larger ones

14102322 - France, Cotes d'Armor, Pink Granite Coast, Pleumeur Bodou, Grande Island, Ornithological Station of the League of Protection of Birds (LPO), counting, weighing, census and ringing of Brown Gulls (Larus fuscus) and Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) before releasing larger ones

14101827 - France, Cotes d'Armor, Pink Granite Coast, Pleumeur Bodou, Grande Island, Ornithological Station of the League of Protection of Birds (LPO), counting, weighing, census and ringing of Brown Gulls (Larus fuscus) and Herring Gulls (Larus argentatus) before releasing larger ones