Sky

Cloud cover gathering over the shore of Lake Ontario before the eclipse.

Dawn over Þingvallavatn at Þingvellir, the lake where two continents part.

Dawn light on the mountains of Snæfellsnes.

On the way to Indonesia: a red sun behind a tail fin at the airport.

A paraglider above the cliff road.

A first clear view of the sun through a break in the cloud.

Alpenglow on the Snæfellsnes range, a raven overhead.

The sun sinking red over the terminal before take-off.

Paragliders over the reef and the beach.

The first glow of the eclipse gathering behind a dark ridge.

Mist over the peaks above Machu Picchu

A bottle of red and the moon over Geneva at night.

The moon taking its first bite from the sun.

A snow-capped mountain above the highland plateau near Gullfoss.

Pink morning light on the peaks of the south shore.

Sunset from the plane window, somewhere on the way to Bali.

The eclipsed sun hanging above the León horizon before totality.

Lake Geneva from the plane, the vineyards of Vaud below.

The thinning crescent just before totality.

The Channel from the clifftop.

A Semana Grande moment in Donostia.

The solar corona unfurling around the black disc of the moon.

The Costa Verde at dusk

The diamond ring at the edge of darkness.

The Icelandic flag at dusk on the Golden Circle.

Life along the Bay of La Concha.

The diamond ring: the last edge of sunlight before totality.

Totality over Belleville: corona, prominences and a black sun.

Rooftops and temple towers in the evening.

A Basque summer scene between rain and celebration.

A bright bead of sun breaks through the lunar edge.

A crimson prominence burning at the solar edge.

The northern lights curling over the bay at Reykjavík.

Pink frangipani against the sky.

The sky going gold over the sea.

Totality ending in a blaze of gold.

Daylight returning after the total eclipse.

An aurora arc above the lava rocks of the Reykjavík shore.

Farmhouses on the Snæfellsnes coast under a snow squall.

Terracotta roofs over the villa walls.

The corona and a red prominence during totality.

Cloud cover gathering over the shore of Lake Ontario before the eclipse.

Green light over the far shore of Faxaflói.

A pause among Madrid’s art, parks and bookstalls.

The dark sun ringed by a fine amber corona.

A first clear view of the sun through a break in the cloud.

The aurora spreading across the whole bay.

A thin orange crescent after the moon begins to pass.

The moon taking its first bite from the sun.

Bands of aurora above the lights of the coast.

A clean crescent of sun seen through eclipse glass.

The thinning crescent just before totality.

Driving west on the Ring Road into a four-o’clock sunset.

Sunset over the surf at Seminyak.

The sun returns as a deep orange crescent.

The diamond ring at the edge of darkness.

The low winter sun setting across the South Coast plain.

A mountain-road memory from Asturias.

The round sun, still bitten by the moon.

A tower of summer cloud over the hills.

Totality over Belleville: corona, prominences and a black sun.

A band of orange under the storm clouds.

The aurora directly overhead, past midnight.

A copper tree and the road through Hyde Park at dusk.

The eclipse easing into its final partial phase.

A crimson prominence burning at the solar edge.

The last light over the South Coast.

A curtain of green light over Reykjavík.

A roadside memory from Cantabria.

A final warm arc of sun over the León field.

Daylight returning after the total eclipse.

The aurora dancing over the sea wall.

Sunset over the Serpentine.

Palm fronds against the night sky.

A full black disc, corona and crimson prominences.

The Jet d'Eau, and a cloud trying to match it.

Cloud cover gathering over the shore of Lake Ontario before the eclipse.

Sunlight breaking across snow on the flanks of Snæfellsjökull.

A vivid red prominence at the edge of totality.

A first clear view of the sun through a break in the cloud.

The Gothic clock tower of St Pancras against a clear blue sky.

Bilbao between industrial memory and contemporary architecture.

A Basque summer scene between rain and celebration.

A rainbow caught in the spray of the Jet d'Eau.

Every phase of the eclipse over Lake Ontario, gathered on one sheet.

A Basque detail from Bilbao’s streets.

A Semana Grande moment in Donostia.

A mountain-road memory from Asturias.

A contact sheet of the eclipse’s changing phases.

The eclipse in nine frames, from first bite to totality and back.

Light touching a crater in Snæfellsjökull National Park.

A volcano rising over the jungle at dawn.

Pintxos-hour light in the old city.

Life along the Bay of La Concha.

The whole eclipse in one line: from full sun, through totality, back to full sun.

Bilbao between industrial memory and contemporary architecture.

Weather moving over northern Spain.

León’s eclipse in one line, from the first bite to the last.

A Basque detail from Bilbao’s streets.

A slit of sky between the walls.

The Alps in the blue hour, the city lights just coming on.

Mid-Autumn night: the full moon rising over the Alps.

A white Victorian corner building off Trafalgar Square.

日照金山: the last sun turning Mont Blanc gold.

The London Eye through the plane trees.

The moon hanging over the snow line at dusk.

Morning clouds over the harbour and Hong Kong Island, from Tsim Sha Tsui.

Gaudí’s Barcelona, where structure turns into ornament.

A Catalan summer detail between the old city and the sea.

A storm front over the city’s coloured houses.

Elizabeth Tower against a deepening blue.

Bilbao between industrial memory and contemporary architecture.

Gaudí’s Barcelona, where structure turns into ornament.

The Milky Way over the rainforest

The clock face of Big Ben, a contrail behind it.

The London Eye over the Thames.

The moon rising beside Tower Bridge.

Gaudí’s Barcelona, where structure turns into ornament.

Snow peaks in low sun from the flight out.

A last look at mountains and ice from the plane wing.

Taipei 101 in the winter overcast.

The spokes of the London Eye against a clear sky.

The London Eye above the plane trees of Jubilee Gardens.

The Gherkin among the towers of the City.

A paraglider over the Salève, Geneva spread out beneath.

A red paraglider drifting over the edge of the Salève.

A paraglider hanging in the blue above Geneva.

A rainbow in the Jet d'Eau's spray above the moored steamers.

The Mid-Autumn moon over Mont Blanc, the city settling below.

The Suzhou Museum’s white rooflines in late sun, against a deep blue sky.

The Suzhou Museum’s white geometry against a blue sky.

The Suzhou Museum's geometry glowing pink at dusk.

Museum rooflines stacked like a mountain painting.

Red lanterns scattered through the dark like embers.

One big red lantern among many small ones.

The Gate of the Orient across Jinji Lake, after dark.

Years written in tall red banners down a stairway.

Arriving over the Pacific, on film.

Terraces drowning in cloud.