Happy International Dark Sky week! While we should celebrate the clear night skies all year, I’m happy that there’s a week dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of clear skies and reducing light

Alaska is huge. The northernmost state of the U.S stretches to a size comparable to a third of the size of the continental U.S, and is only home to seven hundred thousand residents. Nearly half live in

Kiribati (pronounced Kee-ra-bas) is an island nation comprised of 33 atolls and reef islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Not known as a surf destination, its most well-known for the fact that it is the

Danakil, a caravan returning from the Salt Plain. A portrait of Berhe Micheal, age 24. The Danakil is the home of the Afar people. These nomads, who are mainly devoted to the extraction of minerals, live

The shamans assured us that we would be fine. Before we descended onto the cliff to shoot TheLastHoneyHunter assignment, sweaty and nervous in our bee suits, we drank milky alcohol and called out the names

The beauty and complexity of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. On our flight in we saw hundreds of caribou traversing these hills. Please follow me @beumeuhase for more images from around the world.

Last night near Vik in southern Iceland, low aurora activity allowed the Milky Way to remain visible in the dark sky. What a magnificent view over a frozen river. It was as cold as it looks like! Vega

As a photographer who travels the world capturing different cultures, I am inspired by other strong women who challenge our perception. This Bajau sea gypsy woman is fishing for her family in the warm

Dallol volcano is located in the Danakil Depression in NE Ethiopia, in a remote area subject to the highest average temperatures on the planet. Dallol It’s hard to define. It’s a kind of interaction between

As my good friend @caesaria once wrote, “The Faroes still feel ancient, deep, and untouched by the outside world.” In 2007, National Geographic declared them as the “most unspoiled islands in the world.”

A tabular Iceberg in front of the Greenlandic settlement of Tasiilaq on south eastern Greenland. Settlements on Greenland exist around the coastline because the interior is an ice sheet of thick ice. Few

Warm sunset light illuminates wind whipped clouds from the summit of the Grand Teton creating the appearance of a fiery plume. Follow me @beumeuhase for more beautiful scenery from our national parks and

As the blizzard cleared in Sam Ford Fjord on Baffin Island, an Inuit named Jason appeared with his dog sled and rode into our base camp. He shared his local knowledge with us and taught us things like

Today is #WorldWildlifeDay and the theme is big cats, which are under threat worldwide. My focus is the Florida panther, the puma in the eastern United States, and an endangered species that was nearly

A zodiac is hoisted back up via a crane to the top deck on the Ocean Nova ship as operations are wrapped up for the day. Long summer days on the Antarctic Peninsula are beginning to become shorter and

The fiery sky over the volcano Erta Ale. The Erta Ale is the most active volcano in Ethiopia. Its ever-present lava lake is one of fewer than a dozen in the world. The Danakil region of Ethiopia is one

Last rays of light on the 17th Century masterpiece of Aït Ben Haddou in Morocco, a UNESCO World Heritage site that has been restored and used in Hollywood movies such as Lawrence of Arabia and The Gladiator.

Under the amazingly clear starry skies of Erg Chebbi in the dunes of the Moroccan Sahara. I wandered out from our desert camp with my tripod to shoot this in the very cold and dark desert night for a 9

The Henry Mountains rise above the eroded desert around South Caineville Mesa, near Hanksville, Utah. The remote Henry Mountains were the last to be surveyed in the lower 48 by the USGS. At 11,527', Mt.

In silhouette, Dr. Marc Luetscher assesses the potential for finding the illusive cryogenic calcite crystals (CCC’s) hiding inside this giant ice formation inside Eisriesenwelt Eishöhle, Werfen (South