July 22, 2013 the city of London (and the rest of the world) welcomed Prince George of Cambridge to the world. That same night the city was celebrating, a blood moon ominously hung over the city at dusk.
Built to celebrate the new millennium, the London Eye was the tallest ferris wheel in the world when it was competed. Now, the attraction provides visitors to the city panoramic views of the city from its Southbank location.
All is quiet as first lights illuminates the eastern sky in Port Mansfield, Texas, a small town way down the southern tip of the Texas coast.
In the foothills of the Chinati Mountains, a man named Milton Faver created an oasis in the heart of the rough west Texas terrain. Over 150 years later, Faver still looks out over El Fortin del Cibolo, the main of three forts he founded in the mid-1800s.
The manmade island of Brickell Key sits just off the mainland of Miami at the mouth of the Miami River.
At one point a thriving community in what could be considered inhospitable and hostile land, El Fortin del Cibolo was founded by Milton Faver in the mid-1800s. No one knows where he came from but Faver studied the land and spoke with natives to discover where natural springs flowed out of the desert terrain. He built three forts on this plot of land, with Cibolo being the largest. Now, the old fort is a luxury destination for those seeking refuge from the franticness of the city.
Built in a blisteringly fast 16 years under the direction of Filippo Brunelleschi, the dome of Cattedrale di S. Maria del Fiore stands century over Florence. Taken from across the Arno river on the way up to Piazzale Michelangelo while studying abroad in Florence in 2008.
These men, who appear to be a boating club, were readying their boat for a day of cruising the canals of Venice on a cold, foggy December day.
In the summer of 2008 artist Olafur Eliasson worked with the Public Art Fund to install four man-made waterfalls around the city. This one was under the Brooklyn Bridge.
Mount Rainier off in the distance. Seen from Point Defiance near Tacoma, Washington.
The San Francisco de Asis Catholic Church in Golden, New Mexico. The small town of Golden is along the Turquoise Trail, the old highway between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.
Built in the early 20th century, Chapel on the Rock was based on a biblical phrase Monsignor Joseph Bosetti thought of when he discovered the location south of Estes Park, Colorado.
The Ivy Chapel is where many students under the wing of Wyman Meinzer learned the art of light painting. About 30 minutes outside of Junction, Texas, the old church was built in 1917 and is still in use today.
A full moon rises behind the Blair Hill Inn near Greenville, Maine. Overlooking Moosehead Lake, the inn resides in a mansion built in the 1890s.
Northwest Whitewater guide Ashley Patterson prepares to take a group out in search of moose in northwestern Maine. In addition to being an expert guide through the Maine wilderness, Patterson trains sled dogs in the winter months.
The cliffs on the north side of the bridge (which spans across Lake Austin) offer scenic views of the Hill Country landscape just tot the west of Austin.
Sunset from Sandia Peak north of Albequerque, New Mexico.
The Sandia mountains, north of Albuquerque, get their name from the pinkish-orange color that happens at sunset. Sandia means watermelon in Spanish.
A summer storm begins to suddenly roll into the Rocky Mountains in July 2014. These storms often seem to come out of nowhere and can become fatal to those on the trail, especially above the tree line.
Sunrise at Dream Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Hallett Peak glows in the early light in the distance.
An early ascent up Trail Ridge Road, the "highway to the sky" that crosses through Rocky Mountain National Park, peaking at an elevation of 12,183 feet.
The Milky Way rises out of the Rocky Mountains, stretching across the star-filled sky.
Looking back toward La Mota from the trail to Cinco Tinajas in Big Bend Ranch State Park in the early morning.
A late-rising moon offered the opportunity to capture the Milky Way above a spring-fed pond on Cibolo Creek Ranch, south of Marfa, Texas.
The first rays of light cascade across the high desert grasslands in the Chinati Mountains, south of Marfa, Texas.
Low clouds hang over the Chinati Mountains one morning. Residual moisture from evening thunderstorms in the area created this rare scene in the desert region of Texas.
Fishermen stand on the side of a craggy outcropping along the Pacific Ocean at Cape Disappointment State Park in Washington.