Purchase a print | Barack Obama delivers his inauguration address after being sworn in as president on Jan. 20. Full post
Purchase a print | A crowd is gathered on the National Mall on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. Full post
Purchase a print | Seen from Palm Shores, shuttle Discovery lifts off after sunset on March 15. Full post
Purchase a print | A crowd is gathered on the National Mall on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. Full post
Purchase a print | Seen from Palm Shores, shuttle Discovery lifts off after sunset on March 15. Full post
Purchase a print | A tree casts its shadow onto an outside wall at my apartment complex on April 29. Full post
Purchase a print | Venus and the moon rendezvous for a close conjunction on April 22. Full post
Purchase a print | Traffic moves across Pineda Causeway in Brevard County as Venus and the moon rendezvous for a close conjunction on April 22. Full post
A boy, impersonating a soldier, laughs next to his father at a "tea party" protest against government spending at Wickham Park in Melbourne on April 19. Full post
Purchase a print | An Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral with a military communications satellite on April 4, as viewed from Melbourne. Full post
Purchase a print | An osprey chows down on a fish at Viera's Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands on April 30. Full post
Purchase a print | A palamedes swallowtail spreads its wings on top of a fern deep in Melbourne's Wickham Park on May 2. Full post
Seen through palm fronds, a cardinal carries a bug as it hops along on a house fence on May 4. Full post
Purchase a print | The sun breaks through a cloud over Space View Park in Titusville just before the liftoff of shuttle Atlantis on May 11. Full post
Purchase a print | A strong thunderstorm moves over the Indian River in Palm Shores and brings needed rain on May 18. Full post
Purchase a print | Lightning strikes in the Atlantic off south Cocoa Beach on May 19. Full post
Purchase a print | A killdeer scurries away from oncoming traffic at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge on June 1. Full post
Purchase a print | The sun sets over the Indian River in Titusville on June 1. Full post
Purchase a print | Shuttle Atlantis rides on a 747 as the cargo transport flies along Patrick Air Force Base beach on June 2. Full post
Purchase a print | The underside of a shelf cloud over Sebastian appears wind-torn on May 26. Full post
Purchase a print | A thunderstorm moves over U.S. 1 near FLORIDA TODAY headquarters on June 5. Full post
Purchase a print | A spiraling tail cloud is lit at sunset on June 5. Full post
Purchase a print | Ducks stand by the water at Wells Park in Melbourne on June 11. Full post
A thunderstorm, which had brought funnel clouds earlier to Central Florida, moves off Patrick Air Force Base on June 13. Full post
Purchase a print | An egret grabs a fish in the Indian River in Titusville on June 15. Full post
Purchase a print | Clouds light up with color at sunset over launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on June 17. Full post
Purchase a print | A trio of lights - the moon, the shuttle's launch pad and Jupiter - highlight a rib of clouds over launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on June 17. Full post
Purchase a print | A thunderstorm moves over a house on Harlock Road in Melbourne on June 18. Full post
Lightning strikes offshore near the Cocoa Beach Pier on June 22. Full post
Purchase a print | The skies get stormy over a deserted part of Palm Bay on June 23. Full post
Purchase a print | A Delta IV rocket lifts off through layers of blue, as seen from Palm Shores on June 27. Full post
Purchase a print | A gust front moves over Lake Washington in Melbourne on June 29. Full post
Purchase a print | The sky over Melbourne produces a rare display of mammatus clouds at sunset on July 3. Full post
A storm moves over Patrick Air Force Base Beach on July 4. Click for full panorama. Full post
Purchase a print | Fireworks explode during a show off Cocoa Beach's Shepard Park on July 4. Full post
Purchase a print | A small alligator lurks in Crane Creek off Promenade Park in Melbourne on July 6. Full post
Purchase a print | The sun rises over a flooded church parking lot near Wickham Park in Melbourne on July 9. Full post
A few details of the International Space Station can be seen during a flyover on July 9. Full post
A nearly full moon is seen on July 9, as the Apollo 11 anniversary nears. Full post
Purchase a print | A shelf cloud moves over Cape Canaveral beach, scrubbing a shuttle launch attempt on July 13. Full post
Purchase a print | Lightning strikes near the parking lot of FLORIDA TODAY on July 24. Full post
Purchase a print | Toy cows with parachutes are dropped from a helicopter during a promotion for a new Chick-fil-A location in Viera. Full post
Seen from Space View Park in Titusville, shuttle Endeavour lands on July 31. Full post
Purchase a print | A Delta II rocket streaks into the pre-sunrise sky at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral on Aug. 17. Full post
Purchase a print | Contrails from a Delta II rocket are lit in a pre-sunrise sky at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral on Aug. 17. Full post
Purchase a print | Contrails from a Delta II rocket are lit in a pre-sunrise sky at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral on Aug. 17. Full post
Purchase a print | A shelf cloud moves over Pineda Causeway on Aug. 20. Full post
A surfer crashes into a wave as Hurricane Bill sends swells toward Cocoa Beach on Aug. 22. Full post
Purchase a print | A wave from Hurricane Bill nears me as I swim off Patrick Air Force Base on Aug. 22. Full post
Purchase a print | Lightning flashes inside storm clouds over the Indian River in northern Melbourne on Aug. 23. Full post
Purchase a print | Lightning, seen from Titusville, scrubs a shuttle launch attempt on Aug. 25. Full post
Purchase a print | Shuttle Discovery streaks into space in this time-lapse image with a police cruiser's lights in the foreground on Aug. 28 and 29. Full post
Purchase a print | Lightning crawls near Trinity Towers in downtown Melbourne on Aug. 31. Full post
Purchase a print | The Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay is seen under a haloed full moon on Sept. 4. Full post
Purchase a print | Lightning strikes along Interstate 75 in South Florida on Sept. 4. Full post
Purchase a print | A storm hangs low over Interstate 75 in South Florida on Sept. 4. Full post
Purchase a print | Key West and Disney's Magic are seen from the top of an old lighthouse on Sept. 6. Full post
Purchase a print | A prairie warbler browses for bugs in a pine tree on Smathers Beach in Key West on Sept. 6. Full post
Purchase a print | Fish swim under the pier at Smathers Beach in Key West on Sept. 6. Full post
Purchase a print | The International Space Station passes by a thunderstorm over the Gulf of Mexico and into the lights of Marathon on the other side of Seven-Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys on Sept. 6. Full post
Purchase a print | A fisherman watches the sun set over Lake Washington in Melbourne on Sept. 9. Full post
Purchase a print | A great blue heron is caught snoozing at my workplace on Sept. 14. Full post
Purchase a print | A rainbow arcs over Pineda Causeway on Sept. 23. Full post
A Delta II rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral, as seen from Jetty Park, on Sept. 25. Full post
The solid rocket boosters separate from a Delta II on Sept. 25. Full post
Anticrepuscular rays appear in the sky opposite the setting sun in Rockledge on Sept. 25. Full post
Purchase a print | The International Space Station makes a pass of the moon over Pineda Causeway on Sept. 28. Full post
Purchase a print | Pilot Jason Newburg's Oakley-sponsored Viper biplane is seen through beach grass during the Cocoa Beach Air Show on Oct. 4. Full post
Purchase a print | A rainbow appears over the Penobscot River in Lincoln, Maine, on Oct. 5. Full post
Purchase a print | Storm clouds move over Stump Pond in Lincoln, Maine, on Oct. 5. Full post
Purchase a print | Clouds float over the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge on Oct. 6. Full post
Purchase a print | Fall turns blueberry fields red in Meddybemps, Maine, on Oct. 8. Full post
Purchase a print | A photographer shoots a moose in Stump Pond at Maine's Baxter State Park on Oct. 9. Full post
Photographers wait for moose to appear in Sandy Stream Pond at the foot of Mount Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park on Oct. 9. Full post
An amateur photographer from New York City takes exposures of the low-level cloud cover over Maine's Mount Katahdin on Oct. 9. Full post
Dark clouds move over a house along a backwoods road off Route 6 in Washington County, Maine, on Oct. 10. Full post
Purchase a print | A lone red maple leaf sticks out in a sea of gold in Princeton, Maine, on Oct. 11. Full post
Purchase a print | Stars of the Milky Way shine brightly above the treetops in Princeton, Maine, on Oct. 11. Full post
Purchase a print | Pileus - the horizontal, wispy clouds that often form over cumulonimbus clouds during strong updrafts - also appear over plumes from forest fires, such as this controlled burn at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 21. Full post
A child reacts after hearing that the Ares I-X test launch was scrubbed because of cloud cover on Oct. 27. Full post
A shock wave forms around the Ares I-X rocket in a test flight for NASA's next generation of spacecraft on Oct. 28. Full post
Purchase a print | Shuttle Atlantis lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A, as seen from the NASA press site on Nov. 17. Full post
Purchase a print | An Atlas V rocket carrying several communications satellites blasts off from Cape Canaveral on Nov. 23. Full post
My new Harley-Davidson Sportster is seen in the setting sun and wildfire smoke on Nov. 30. Full post
Purchase a print | The launch of a Delta IV rocket lights up the Indian River in Palm Shores on Dec. 5. Full post
Purchase a print | A roll cloud moves swiftly over Cocoa Beach on Dec. 14. Full post
A meteor appears during the Geminids shower on Dec. 14. Full post
Purchase a print | A floodlight is filtered through a tree and shines on fog in Melbourne on Dec. 16. Full post
Purchase a print | Comet pops his head through the railings in a live reindeer exhibit in Viera on Dec. 19. Full post
Purchase a print | Traffic moves across Pineda Causeway in Brevard County as Venus and the moon rendezvous for a close conjunction on April 22. Full post
A boy, impersonating a soldier, laughs next to his father at a "tea party" protest against government spending at Wickham Park in Melbourne on April 19. Full post
Purchase a print | An Atlas V rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral with a military communications satellite on April 4, as viewed from Melbourne. Full post
Purchase a print | An osprey chows down on a fish at Viera's Ritch Grissom Memorial Wetlands on April 30. Full post
Purchase a print | A palamedes swallowtail spreads its wings on top of a fern deep in Melbourne's Wickham Park on May 2. Full post
Seen through palm fronds, a cardinal carries a bug as it hops along on a house fence on May 4. Full post
Purchase a print | The sun breaks through a cloud over Space View Park in Titusville just before the liftoff of shuttle Atlantis on May 11. Full post
Purchase a print | A strong thunderstorm moves over the Indian River in Palm Shores and brings needed rain on May 18. Full post
Purchase a print | Lightning strikes in the Atlantic off south Cocoa Beach on May 19. Full post
Purchase a print | The underside of a shelf cloud over Sebastian appears wind-torn on May 26. Full post
Purchase a print | Ducks stand by the water at Wells Park in Melbourne on June 11. Full post
Purchase a print | An egret grabs a fish in the Indian River in Titusville on June 15. Full post
Purchase a print | Clouds light up with color at sunset over launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on June 17. Full post
Purchase a print | A thunderstorm moves over a house on Harlock Road in Melbourne on June 18. Full post
Lightning strikes offshore near the Cocoa Beach Pier on June 22. Full post
Purchase a print | The skies get stormy over a deserted part of Palm Bay on June 23. Full post
Purchase a print | A Delta IV rocket lifts off through layers of blue, as seen from Palm Shores on June 27. Full post
Purchase a print | A gust front moves over Lake Washington in Melbourne on June 29. Full post
Purchase a print | The sky over Melbourne produces a rare display of mammatus clouds at sunset on July 3. Full post
Purchase a print | Fireworks explode during a show off Cocoa Beach's Shepard Park on July 4. Full post
Seen from Space View Park in Titusville, shuttle Endeavour lands on July 31. Full post
Purchase a print | A Delta II rocket streaks into the pre-sunrise sky at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral on Aug. 17. Full post
Purchase a print | Contrails from a Delta II rocket are lit in a pre-sunrise sky at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral on Aug. 17. Full post
Purchase a print | Contrails from a Delta II rocket are lit in a pre-sunrise sky at Jetty Park in Cape Canaveral on Aug. 17. Full post
Purchase a print | A storm hangs low over Interstate 75 in South Florida on Sept. 4. Full post
Purchase a print | A fisherman watches the sun set over Lake Washington in Melbourne on Sept. 9. Full post
Purchase a print | An egret sticks its head under the water in search of fish while flying along at full speed at the wetlands in Viera on Dec. 29. Full post
