• Painter on the Golden Gate Bridge Painter on the Golden Gate Bridge A painter kneels above a fog bank on one of the high cables holding up the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
  • Radio Telescope Dishes at Night Radio Telescope Dishes at Night Moonlight illuminates the radio telescope dishes of the Very Large Array in New Mexico.
  • The Clash on First U.S. Visit The Clash on First U.S. Visit From left to right: Joe Strummer, Topper Headon, Paul Simonon, and Mick Jones. 1979
  • New Style Space Suit New Style Space Suit Multiple-exposure image of scientist Vic Vykukal in the AX-5, a new type of space suit.
  • Quake-Damaged Apartment House Quake-Damaged Apartment House A Marina District apartment building damaged in the 1989 San Francisco earthquake.
  • Grand Prismatic Hot Springs Grand Prismatic Hot Springs Grand Prismatic Spring, a hydrothermal vent in Yellowstone National Park.
  • Solar Eclipse With "Diamond Ring" Feature Solar Eclipse With "Diamond Ring" Feature A digitally composited image gives a sense of the true colors seen during an eclipse.
  • Nurse in Radiation Therapy Helmet Nurse in Radiation Therapy Helmet A nurse demonstrates the Gamma Knife Radiosurgery helmet.
  • Ares I First Stage Test Ares I First Stage Test NASA and ATK successfully tested, for the first time, the Ares I First Stage.
  • Comet Hale-Bopp Over Cannon Beach Oregon Comet Hale-Bopp Over Cannon Beach Oregon
  • Mare Imbrium Mare Imbrium Ringed by mountains, the Moon’s “Sea of Showers” was formed by molten lava following the impact of a small asteroid.
  • Model Rocket Firing Shot for Canon Ad in PDN Magazine Model Rocket Firing Shot for Canon Ad in PDN Magazine
  • Low Tide at Coupeville, Washington Low Tide at Coupeville, Washington
  • Stonehenge at Sunset Stonehenge at Sunset Photographed for the Space Places book project.
  • Starfire Adaptive Optics Telescope Starfire Adaptive Optics Telescope A copper vapor laser emits a column of green light above the Starfire Telescope in New Mexico.
  • Revolving Radio Telescope Revolving Radio Telescope The radio telescope at Parkes, Australia revolves at night during routine maintenance.
  • Jet Shadow on a Desert Jet Shadow on a Desert The shadow of a plane crosses the red earth of the Australian outback, while descending into the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs.
  • Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery The space shuttle Discovery lifts off its launching pad at the Kennedy Space Center, causing a large flock of birds to erupt into flight.
  • Thunderstorm Over Chicago Thunderstorm Over Chicago Photographed for National Geographic Magazine.
  • Domes of Moscow's Cathedralof St. Basil Domes of Moscow's Cathedralof St. Basil Full moon behind the domes of the Cathedral of St. Basil in Moscow, Russia.
  • School Bus Buried by Lava School Bus Buried by Lava A partly buried school bus is one of the remnants of Kalapana on the Big Island of Hawaii.
  • Lava Flowing from Mount Etna Lava Flowing from Mount Etna A river of lava pours from Mount Etna above the Valle del Bove.
  • Southern Cross and Eta Carinae Nebula Southern Cross and Eta Carinae Nebula The Eta Carinae Nebula appears as a red glow amid stars visible primarily from the southern hemisphere, along the band of light created by our Milky Way Galaxy.
  • Laser-Induced NuclearFusion Reaction Laser-Induced NuclearFusion Reaction A fuel pellet undergoes a fusion reaction while being bombarded by the light from 24 lasers in Rochester, New York.
  • End of Totality’s “Diamond Ring” End of Totality’s “Diamond Ring” The sun's red chromosphere glows around the edge of the moon. Prominences, exploding jets of solar material, can be seen against the dark sky.

  Roger Ressmeyer Director & Producer of the VISIONS OF TOMORROW film project and CEO, Filmmaker and Photographer at Ressmeyer Productions, Inc.