The Milky Way rises above a huge wall of stone, stars fill the night sky and soar over the distant lights of campers.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 27898
Alpine meadow in Yosemite's High Sierra, on approach on the John Muir Trail to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, looking south.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23209
Alpine meadow and John Muir Trail, in Yosemite's high country on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23212
Alpine meadow and John Muir Trail, in Yosemite's high country on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23243
Alpine meadow and John Muir Trail, in Yosemite's high country on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23246
Zodiacal light and Milky Way over Death Valley. Zodiacal light is a faint diffuse light seen along the plane of the ecliptic in the vicinity of the setting or rising sun, caused by sunlight scattered off space dust in the zodiacal cloud.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27693
Hiker traversing the John Muir Trail to Fletcher Peak and Vogelsang Peak through alpine meadow in Yosemite's high country, trail on approach to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23204
Typical grasslands of the Falkland Islands, a pastoral setting with old wooden fence and rolling fields, icebreaker ship M/V Polar Star at anchor just offshore.
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23804
The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 26796
Panorama dimensions: 5381 x 7597
Racetrack sailing stone and stars at night. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27636
Racetrack sailing stone and stars at night. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27637
Racetrack sailing stone and Milky Way, at night. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27638
Racetrack sailing stone and Milky Way, at night. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27639
Racetrack sailing stone and Milky Way, at night. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27641
Racetrack sailing stone and stars at night. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter.
Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 27669
Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, seen here at night with swirling star trails formed in the sky above due to a long time exposure.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 27675