
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge reflects against the low-lying clouds over Half Moon Bay before dawn.

San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge reflects against the low-lying clouds over Half Moon Bay before dawn.

The moon seems to rest on a peak as it rises over Yosemite Valley just before sunset.

An iconic scene in Venice, Italy: Gondolas bobbing in the canal.

The night sky comes to life in the darkness of Yosemite Valley.

The moon and sun set together over Yosemite Valley with El Capitan and Half Dome in the distance.

The Parliament Building in Budapest, Hungary is illuminated by the sun setting across the Danube River.

The San Francisco skyline rests behind the geometric patterns of the Golden Gate Bridge’s cables.

Yosemite’s most famous formation peaks over the valley floor illuminated by the setting sun.

Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps is the highest peak in Europe accessible by rail. An hour-long journey tunneled through the heart of the mountain emerges on top the nearly 13,000-foot peak.

August 2015 was unusually warm in southeastern Alaska. The typically-gray skies were sunny and blue, and rare light shown through the clouds and ice.