Happy 2025!
Fire in the Hole, Grand Canyon Lightning
Evening Glory, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand
New Zealand Night, Milky Way Over Tasman Lake
Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS and Mt. Whitney, Alabama Hills, California
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks compiling my favorite images from 2024. It’s an exercise I always look forward to as the year winds down—of course for the opportunity to revisit special moments past, but just as much for the reminder that more special moments await me in the coming year.
As I assemble these highlights, I resist ranking them, or labeling any single image as “favorite.” There are just too many criteria I could use: should it be the one I like most today (always a moving target), the one everyone else likes most (rarely the same thing), or should it be the one that carries the best memories?
I hope you take the time to browse and enjoy my gallery of 2024 highlights below, and that you can see why I’m especially thrilled by the variety of scenes I found in 2024, from expansive landscapes to intimate portraits, from serene reflections to explosive lightning, from brilliant sunbursts to inky night. And even though I can’t choose a favorite, I love hearing the favorites others choose.
2024 Highlights (ordered randomly)
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Moonrise, Half Dome, Yosemite
Bent, Grand Canyon Lightning
Dance of the Veils, Tunnel View, Yosemite
Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS and Mt. Whitney, Alabama Hills, California
Sunrise, Laupahoehoe Point Sunstar, Hawaii
Dancing Aspen, North Lake, Eastern Sierra
Evening Glory, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand
Winter Twilight, Vestrahorn, Iceland
Through the Clouds, Tunnel View Moonrise, Yosemite
Silent Night, Milky Way Above Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand
Autumn On the Rocks, Bridalveil Creek, Yosemite
Vivid Dawn, Mono Lake
Heaven Sent, Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS Above the Sierra Crest, Alabama Hills
Autumn Symmetry, North Lake, Eastern Sierra
Sunset Sentinel, Half Dome, Yosemite Glacier Point
Milky Way Reflection, Puna Coast, Hawaii
Sunset Mirror, Lake Manly (Badwater), Death Valley
Blur, Diamond Beach, Iceland
Sunrise Moonset, Mt. Williamson, Alabama Hills (California)
Fire in the Hole, Grand Canyon Lightning
New Zealand Rocks, Lake Pukaki
Star Spangled Night, Milky Way and Tasman Lake, New Zealand
Sky on Fire, Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand
Sunbeams, Lóndrangar, Iceland
Night Moves, Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS and Mt. Whitney, Alabama Hills
Grand View, Sunrise at Grandview Point, Grand Canyon
Rim Shot, Grand Canyon Lightning
Valley Fog, Tunnel View, Yosemite
Icewater, Kvernufoss, Iceland
Frosted, Cathedral Rocks from El Capitan Bridge, Yosemite
Twilight on Ice, Glacier Lagoon, Iceland
Two Strikes, Grand Canyon Lightning
Northern Lights and Big Dipper, Vik, Iceland
New Zealand Night, Milky Way Over Tasman Lake
Sunrise Gem, Diamond Beach, Iceland
Eloquent Images by Gary Hart 
Thanks for sharing. These are just tremendous. You inspire us all.
Sorry, the above note about inspiring us all is from me.
Larry Caine
Thank you for sharing your fantastic images and expertise. Have a creative new year, Gary!
Happy 2025 and thank you for so many amazing images you shared with us in 2024 ✨
What a wonderful collection of memories and lovely photos! Thanks for sharing! May the New Year bring you good health, happiness, and more great adventures!
I always look forward to seeing your photos because to me they are absolutely stunning. I am an beginner when it comes to photography but I am totally aware of great photographic art when I see it. Please keep up the good work and posting it for us to enjoy!!!
Thanks so much for your kind words. Keep shooting!