A tent pitched beneath a starry sky and surrounded by frailejones, a unique plant of the paramo, Boyaca, Colombia

South Celestial Pole over Lyttelton Harbour Whakaraupo Canterbury, New Zealand

Nikau palms and star trails, Heaphy Hut, Heaphy Track

The Milky Way above the snow covered cone of Mount Ngauruhoe, Tongariro National Park, bright moon light has revealed some forground detail

Thr Milky Way and galactic core glowing above Mount Ruapehu, Tongariro National Park

Hooker Bridge light painted with the Milky Way brightly above. Aoraki Mount Cook National Park

The Milky Way bright in the June sky above a tent camp on the Mount Cook Range, New Zealand

Star trails above Mount Sefton and Main Divide, Southern Alps, New Zealand

An epic Milky Way, shot in the chill of a winter's night high above the Tasman and Hooker Valleys from the tarns below Sebastopol. Cook Range in foreground, Burnett Mountains and Nuns Veil in background. Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

Camping among rock formations and under the night sky at Arbol de Piedra, Bolivia

Camping under the Milky Way on the salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.

Camping under the Milky Way on the salt flats of the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia.