As a geoscientist, climate researcher, and landscape photographer, I’ve spent over 30 years exploring the inner workings of our planet. My goal is to communicate how everything is interconnected—and how fragile those connections are—in ways that are both...
The SPIEGEL-Bestseller book Wunderwerk Erde is a love poem to our planet What makes Earth so unique? How did our planet come into being, how has it changed over the eons of time—and how does it function, both inside and out? Wunderwerk Erde (Wonderwork Earth),...
At Artist Point, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone reveals its spectacular natural painting of pastel-colored canyon walls and the impressive Lower Falls. The Yellowstone River originates in the Absaroka Range in southeastern Yellowstone, flows through Yellowstone...
At new moon, the Milky Way rises above Shell Geyser in the Biscuit Basin of Yellowstone. The geyser expels boiling water and hot gases into the cold air. The rising steam cloud merges with the Milky Way, as if the geyser were exhaling into space. The geyser erupts at...
Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone is located in the Midway Geyser Basin and teems with the microbial life of thermophilic bacteria. These photosynthetically active microorganisms produce the vivid colors of this hot spring, whose temperature reaches up to 70°C...
