(9388) Wreck of the WWII German battleship Turpitz
(6957) Kangaroo Balls!
(5850) At Langford Hot Springs, Big Bend National Park, Texas. (Behind the pool is the Rio Grande; the far bank is Mexico.)
(4291) Mule Ears Peaks, Big Bend National Park, Texas
(4208) Statue atop the Oregon State Capitol building, Salem, OR
(4162) McWay Falls at sunset, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
(3980) Tromsø, Norway at midnight (HDR)
(3848) Inside the Hagia Sophia
Just hours after photographing the Transit of Venus, I took another photo that became one of this year's favorites. This photo shows the expansive interior of one of the world's most historic buildings - the "Hagia Sophia", in Istanbul, Turkey. Completed in 537 AD, this was the largest Christian cathedral in the world for almost 1000 years. After the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, it became a mosque. It is now a museum. (June 6, 2012. Nikon D5000, exposure blending from a 3-shot bracketed exposure @ f/7.1, 13mm, ISO 200.)
(3831) Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico (exposure blending)
(3744) Iguazu Falls, Brazil
This panorama (made by combining 4 separate photographs) begins to illustrate the breadth of the magnificent Iguazu Falls, on the border of Brazil and Argentina. (Brazil is in the foreground; Argentina is in the background.) Even this panorama, in fact, shows only a portion of the falls; the largest cataract lies beyond the left edge. (January 18, 2009. Olympus C-750 Ultra Zoom ('point-and-shoot'), panorama.)
(3641) Darwin Falls, Death Valley National Park (HDR)
(3617) Joshua Tree National Park, California
(3564) Rainbow Bridge National Monument, Utah
One of the world's largest natural arches. To reach it, you take a 2 hour (each way) boat trip across Lake Powell from Page, Arizona.
(3556) Vigeland Sculpture Park, Oslo, Norway
(3471) Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park (HDR)