Another resplendent sunset while we were drilling sediments in the Mahandi Basin in the Bay of Bengal.

On one of the days out in the Bay of Bengal, close to the Visakhapatnam Coast, a small fishing boat came out to greet us aboard the JOIDES Resolution.

I spent two months at sea in the Bay of Bengal in the winter of 2014-15 as part of IODP Expedition 353. This was a shot on one of those gloriously cool evenings.

The active stratovolcano Kolombangara in the western Province is surrounded by small islands such as this one in a lagoon that hosts several scleractinian corals.

Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, is located on Guadalcanal Island. Climatically, the Solomon Islands are situated under the South Pacific Convergence Zone, one of the largest bands of rainfall on the planet. The convection processes that are at play in the region set up wonderful cloud-laden sunsets such as this one.

Flying over the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands as we were about to land in the capital, Honiara.

Shot at Tulagi, Florida Islands.

The northern Gulf of Mexico is an interesting offshore location due to the large numbers of oil rigs in the area. At night, you almost feel like you're in the middle of a city!

For a change, we had tranquil seas during the wintertime in the Bay of Bengal.