The TempestA wild storm approaches kicking up waves along the shores of the Great Lakes in New York

Summer wildflowers sit beside a high alpine lake in Central Oregon

It's a grueling snowshoe trip to this vantage point during the winter months at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon

A wild storm approaches kicking up waves along the shores of the Great Lakes in New York

Frequent thunderstorms rage through the Great Plains of South Dakota

Smoke and fire pour into the sky from the Bardarbunga eruption in Iceland

a thick fog cleared just before dawn as the moonrise and milky way lined up over Halemaumau Crater in Hawaii

owner of the incredible Extreme Exposure Photography gallery

A fast shutter speed showcases the raw power of this Iceland waterfall

for good reason

Eons of erosion cause some wild scenes in a remote sandstone canyon of Utah

Helens in Washington

The large telescopes at the Mauna Kea observatory on Hawaii peer deep into space looking for the origins of the universe