Alpine larches (Larix lyallii) in fall color grow precariously on the cliffs in front of the towering 9,199' peak of Goode Mountain

A young man sits reading in a bright window of the New York Public Library

The setting sun turns the peaks of the Stiletto Peak ridge in North Cascades National Park a fiery red

A male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) stretches and flashes its iridescent facial feathers

Aulostomus chinensis swims amidst a school of Acanthurus triostegus over a field of Acropora sp., Temae, Moorea, French Polynesia

The galactic center of the Milky Way "erupts" from a moonlit Banner Peak and Mount Ritter - Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, California - Single exposure

The 1 approaches 122nd and Broadway during the first snow of 2017

The geometric and colorful underside of the William P. Fahey Bridge in Chicago, Il

A mangy, wounded coyote (Canis latrans ochropus) on its last legs gives me a soulful glare

Mountains of the northern Cascades Range tower over farms and ranches in the surrounding cleared grasslands

Looking up at the vaulted ceilings of the Hearst Memorial Mining building on the UC Berkeley campus

The beautiful skyline of San Francisco beneath a late winter setting sun

A young red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) perches right above heavy traffic and crowds of people at Columbus Circle in New York City

The ceiling of the extravagantly gothic Sterling Memorial Library at Yale University glows in the afternoon sun

A male northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) sits on a low-hanging branch in the Ramble of Central Park, New York

Crosses atop a church in Berkeley are silhouetted against tumultuous clouds after a storm

The bright fall colors of the North Cascades glow in the foreground in front of Storm King and part of Mount Logan

Milky Way at the Angelo Coast Range Reserve, California

A short 5-minute walk from the road is a hidden gem within Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio: Blue Hen Falls.

A ghostly white snag of a massive pine that died decades ago but still stands tall

The god of the sea shows his power at Garrapata State Park in California

A dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) sings at the top of a tree on the UC Berkeley campus

On a cloudy day the window of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Berkeley looks like the lair of a villain

An osprey, Pandion haliaetus, scans the Malibu Lagoon for fish from a low branch

The moon and clouds hide the galactic center of the Milky Way during 2015's UC Forestry Camp alumni weekend

An American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonata) feeds its chick at the Martinez Regional Shoreline

The late winter sun sets on Channing Way in Berkeley, California

A shot from the roadside of the North Cascades Highway looking northwest towards Hinkhouse Peak

A spiral aloe (Aloe polyphylla) at the UC Botanical Garden shows the beauty of numbers in nature

Large fields of Acropora sp. and associated Chromis sp. at the Temae reef in Moorea, French Polynesia

The Duckabush River Trail leads into the misty forests of Olympic National Park

A white-breasted nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) scurries up and down a branch  looking for insects

My brother walks across a wooden walkway at Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve in Northern California

A Q&A session with divers at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco

A male western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) perches atop a fence post during a light spring rain in San Ramon, California

A red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is visible through a gap in a valley oak's (Quercus lobata) foliage

My best bud Skippy living it up at the Gump Station in Moorea, French Polynesia

Poison oak and redwood needles reclaim an abandoned portion of Highway 101 in California

The last light of a March day hits the pristine, snowy slopes of the Tatoosh Range in Mt. Rainier National Park

Just kidding. A sailing cruise ship departing Moorea, French Polynesia

A fireman of Berkeley FD responds to a fire on Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, California

Amphiprion chrysopterus in its anemone, Temae, Moorea, French Polynesia

Storm clouds move into the North Cascades immediately after my brother and I finished our backpacking trip

A motu in Tetiaroa, Society Islands, French Polynesia

A rough ocean at Garrapata State Park turned calm by means of a long exposure

Early Winters Spire rises above the North Cascades Highway

Remnants of cliff faces sit at the water's edge at Garrapata State Park in California

Looking up at a suspended lamp and the ceiling at the Getty Villa in Malibu, California

Beautiful waves race to shore at Avila Beach, California

A barista serves a customer at the Starbucks Reserve Roastery on Pike St. in Seattle

Cook's Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia

A creek along the Duckabush River Trail in Olympic National Park, Washington

A young adult Odocoileus hemionus stands silhouetted against the setting sun

Glassblowers in Seattle work on a piece that will go up for sale