SCENICS
From skies TO Seagulls
The blood worm moon darkens during a total lunar eclipse over central Wisconsin on Friday, March 14, 2025.
Captured while on assignment for USA Today-Wisconsin's Wausau Daily Herald; published in TIME 100 Best Photos of 2025.
Frozen leaves of a magnolia tree glimmer in the light from a streetlamp on Park Street in Bowling Green, Ky., on Tuesday evening, Jan. 27, 2026. The southern Kentucky town was coated in ice for over a week after a large snow storm blew through town.
The 149th Kentucky Derby begins and ends in only a few hundred seconds in Louisville, Ky., on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Verifying (2) pulled ahead out of the starting gate, but Mage won against 15-1 odds.
The night lights of Granite Peak Ski Resort shine on the mountain over downtown Wausau, Wis., on Thursday evening, Dec. 19, 2024.
The variegating shades of sunrise peak over Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Montrose County, Colo. on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. Shot on 35 mm film.
The solar eclipse reaches its height over Colorado Springs, Colo. on Saturday morning, Oct. 14, 2023. Eclipse viewing glasses used to show the eclipse in this image, are the clearest and safest way to view the interstellar event.
White-cheeked gibbon Debbie swings around her habitat holding a sliver of a green pepper in her jaws at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.
Fireworks bloom over Colorado Springs, Colo., on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Breaking the usual tradition of only one firework show over Prospect Lake, the city spread their efforts, helping coordinate ten spectacular shows across the area.
Eldorado Canyon State Park in Eldorado Springs, Colo. on Tuesday evening, Oct. 3, 2023.
Ski patrol rides the Comet Express lift at Granite Peak Ski Resort in Rib Mountain, Wis. in early 2025.
The moon rises through the orange sunset over Aarhus, Denmark, on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022.
The seagulls of South Haven enjoy some leftover food from the packed beach where friends and family gather to have some fun in the sun on the longest day of the year in South Haven, Mi., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
Shore of Green Lake in Interlochen, Mi., in July, 2022. Shot on 35mm film.
The sunrise silhouettes an attendee as they stake their claim on a spot to watch the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado Springs, Co., on Sunday, June 25, 2023.
Cru Oberly, 14, of Wilmington, Del. takes a deep breath of mountain air after spending the afternoon fishing with his father John Oberly on the edge of Crystal Lake as clouds crowd the white peaks of Pikes Peak Mountain on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Pikes Peak Highway was only open to mile 16 due to low visibility and ice from rain the previous evening. Although the duo were unable to summit the mountain today, the Oberlys enjoyed casting lines at just past mile 6.
The Manitou Springs Running Club enjoys the moonrise of the Super Blue Moon in Manitou Springs, Colo. on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. The members brought up snacks, drinks and chairs to enjoy the moonrise in comfort.
The last full moon of 2022 over the apartments in Brabrand, Aarhus, Denmark, on Wednesday, December 7.