Looking inward towards the core of the Milky Way, a small part of the Scutum Star Cloud, one of the densest areas of stars in the night sky.
Is there life on Mars? ... This is a series of shots of the Christmas Valley Sand Dunes in Central Oregon. A gust of wind blows over these in-land dunes, hundreds of miles from the ocean, as the dying light casts all sorts of fun shadows.
