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71443803 - Early fog just before sunrise in the Crete Senesi, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

71439329 - Dramatic mood lighting on the saline Laguna Amarga before sunrise, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, Patagonia

71436504 - Valencia , Plaza de la Reina before reconstruction , 2018, Spain ,

This is a portrait of the October 14,2023 annular eclipse of the Sun,captured in a sequence of images taken from the rim of Bryce Canyon,Utah,from sunrise until nearly the end of the eclipse before noon local time.

13999700 - This is a portrait of the October 14,2023 annular eclipse of the Sun,captured in a sequence of images taken from the rim of Bryce Canyon,Utah,from sunrise until nearly the end of the eclipse before noon local time.

13990681 - Mature couple in elaborate costumes for the Carnival of Venice,an annual festival before the start of Lent,Venice,Veneto,Italy

Putting on decorative wooden tusks 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,tradi

13981818 - Putting on decorative wooden tusks 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,tradi

13899857 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills and Factory Butte before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

A pass of the International Space Station with Canadian astronaut David St. Jacques on board, on the evening of January 26, 2019. I started the sequence just before 7 pm MST. The ISS is moving from right to left, southwest to southeast.

13899619 - A pass of the International Space Station with Canadian astronaut David St. Jacques on board, on the evening of January 26, 2019. I started the sequence just before 7 pm MST. The ISS is moving from right to left, southwest to southeast.

13899250 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

The constellations of Cygnus and Lyra in the northern summer Milky Way, shot from Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 27, 2019. Dew intervened before I could shoot more frames or ones through the Softon filter.

13899158 - The constellations of Cygnus and Lyra in the northern summer Milky Way, shot from Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, August 27, 2019. Dew intervened before I could shoot more frames or ones through the Softon filter.

13898694 - Aerial view of the colorful Bentonite Hills before dawn, near Hanksville, Utah.

A fish-eye lens / all-sky view of the STEVE aurora arc across the sky and in clouds on May 6, 2018, from home in southern Alberta, with a diffuse aurora to the north casting streaks of purple up the sky, and a green glow along the horizon. This night the aurora was very active to the north and east with a terrific display in Churchill, Manitoba about an hour before this, matching the usual STEVE characteristic of him appearing as a major storm subsides.

13898158 - A fish-eye lens / all-sky view of the STEVE aurora arc across the sky and in clouds on May 6, 2018, from home in southern Alberta, with a diffuse aurora to the north casting streaks of purple up the sky, and a green glow along the horizon. This night the aurora was very active to the north and east with a terrific display in Churchill, Manitoba about an hour before this, matching the usual STEVE characteristic of him appearing as a major storm subsides.

The International Space Station (ISS) flying away to the east over the moonlit badlands formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on July 12, 2022, just before local midnight. The image frames the stars of Cassiopeia (upper left), Perseus (at left), Andromeda (centre) and Pegasus (at right). A couple of other fainter satellites are also in the image. Light from the almost Full Moon illuminates the sky blue and foreground a warm colour.

13898054 - The International Space Station (ISS) flying away to the east over the moonlit badlands formations at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, on July 12, 2022, just before local midnight. The image frames the stars of Cassiopeia (upper left), Perseus (at left), Andromeda (centre) and Pegasus (at right). A couple of other fainter satellites are also in the image. Light from the almost Full Moon illuminates the sky blue and foreground a warm colour.

The Interislander Ferry Between Picton, South Island and Wellington, North Island, New Zealand. Picton is a small town in the north of South Island where you catch the interislander ferry from Picton Harbour, South Island to Wellington, North Island. It is a busy little harbour town with endless water based activities and the opportunity for a stunning cruise up the Queen Charlotte Sound. Time your ferry departure from Picton to Wellington right, however, and you won't need to do a tourist cruise as the ferry spends the first 45 minutes winding its way out of the Queen Charlotte Sound, before

13846336 - The Interislander Ferry Between Picton, South Island and Wellington, North Island, New Zealand. Picton is a small town in the north of South Island where you catch the interislander ferry from Picton Harbour, South Island to Wellington, North Island. It is a busy little harbour town with endless water based activities and the opportunity for a stunning cruise up the Queen Charlotte Sound. Time your ferry departure from Picton to Wellington right, however, and you won't need to do a tourist cruise as the ferry spends the first 45 minutes winding its way out of the Queen Charlotte Sound, before

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

13846112 - 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

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.

13845894 - 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.

13844725 - Vietnamese mother and daughter holding Lanterns before droping them into the River in Hoi An Vietnam

The Temple of the Inscriptions with the moon before dawn in the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque, Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

13844717 - The Temple of the Inscriptions with the moon before dawn in the ruins of the Mayan city of Palenque, Palenque National Park, Chiapas, Mexico. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Lucha Libre. Benita la Intocable acclaimed by the public before starting the combat, cholitas females wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

13823937 - Lucha Libre. Benita la Intocable acclaimed by the public before starting the combat, cholitas females wrestlers ,Sports center La Ceja, El Alto, La Paz, Bolivia

The morning blessing on the beach before the 21st Annual Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard World Championships on Sunday, July 30, 2017, Kepuhi Beach; Kaluakoi, Molokai, Hawaii, United States of America

13776332 - The morning blessing on the beach before the 21st Annual Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard World Championships on Sunday, July 30, 2017, Kepuhi Beach; Kaluakoi, Molokai, Hawaii, United States of America

71445875 - Stone coast on the Baltic Sea shortly before sunrise, bizarre clouds, dawn on the horizon, Mön Island, Denmark

71442941 - Norway, evening atmosphere at the Gaulosenfjord near Buvika, just before Trondheim

71427349 - USA, Washington State, Woodinville. Red wine pouring into is captured in mid-air before it touches wine glass.

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've framed the scene between some lone trees on a prairie hill near home in southern Alberta.

13998809 - 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've framed the scene between some lone trees on a prairie hill near home in southern Alberta.

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.

13900476 - 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.

Orion and the stars of the winter sky trailing as they set behind and through Turret Arch, in Arches National Park, Utah. I shot this April 6, 2015 after twilight but before the waning Moon rose, so the sky was dark. Illumination is from stars and the sky – no artificial light provided, and the Moon was not up.

13900394 - Orion and the stars of the winter sky trailing as they set behind and through Turret Arch, in Arches National Park, Utah. I shot this April 6, 2015 after twilight but before the waning Moon rose, so the sky was dark. Illumination is from stars and the sky – no artificial light provided, and the Moon was not up.

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

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

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.

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.

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.