This image is my favorite for 2017 because I had the startlingly good fortune to have the valley entirely to myself. Sweet solitude with these ancient formations under the stars.

Aurora dancing over downtown Seattle. Kp 6 was expected until 8pm, and air clarity was super clear in Northwest on the 27th of September. I knew we might be able to capture northern light by going north such as Mt. Baker, but based on the air clarity, I decided to challenge capturing the northern lights with Seattle downtown. The northern lights exploded while I was capturing a time-lapse around 11pm. Thanks to my photo god.

This is probably my favorite night image from this year because it is one that I planned out, waited for, and then made the photo that was in my mind. I had never been to this location before but I knew the wreck existed, having seen pictures of it during the day time. There are probably images out there of this wreck at night but I have never seen one and I wanted to make one. Fortunately, I was in the area for a while because it took 3 weeks before I had a night without extensive cloud coverage. I got lucky being photo bombed by a meteor, but I'll take it.

It was a difficult choice, but this was my favorite image from 2017, which was taken in May at Toroweap, a remote area of the Grand Canyon. I like the way the Milky Way lies over the canyon, where the walls are 3,000 feet to the Colorado River below.

Wonderful camp on the Alvord. This is one of my favorites from 2017 because of the comradery of like minded photographers gathering under very dark skies. Continue to learn more about shooting the fisheyes at night.

This image brings on a peaceful feeling. The effect of compositing land in the twilight and sky in the early evening with a longer exposure to bring out the milky way in the lake enhances the mood.

Here is my favorite night-sky image of 2017. This image was taken at Little Molas Lake, CO during our honeymoon return from Ketchum, ID where Doug and I experienced the total solar eclipse and got married on Aug 21, 2017. What a day!

I was mesmerized by the flow and movement from this November evening in Lhonak, Nepal. Beneath me I could see the dirt- and rock-covered glacier, slowly retreating down the mountainside. Sleeping at 15,600 ft, the evening clouds greeted us at eye level and eventually dissipated to reveal the Milky Way.