The World's Most Beautiful Places
The towering 400 West skyscraper in Louisville, Kentucky with an illuminated dome rises against the night sky in a dramatic black and white composition. The geometric patterns of the dome are highlighted by the lighting, emphasizing the architectural details.
A view of exploding fireworks, in Fairbanks, Alaska on the Winter Solstice. Fairbanks, is medium sized community in the interior of Alaska, in sub-Arctic region of the northern hemisphere. As result it experiences long, cold winters with a maximum amount of daylight on the winter solstice of 3 hours and 30 minutes. And despite the cold weather, winter is the best time of year for fireworks in Alaska because during the summer there is a tremendous amount of daylight, so much so, that people often put black out curtains on their windows to help them sleep at night.
On this particular night, temperatures were around -30 Fahrenheit.
A view of downtown Salt Lake City at sunset, with the prominent snow-covered Wasatch mountains rising above some of the city’s largest skyscrapers. At the center of the picture is Temple Square, and one of the Mormon Churches first temples built over a 40 year period, and opened in 1893. Also visible is the Mormon Tabernacle completed in 1867, and home to the famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
The last rays of the sun reflect off skyscraper buildings, even the first light of evening appear in the temple’s spires.