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November 5, 2021
A sundog over the Russell Glacier, near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.
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January 4, 2019
A storm system over the Gulf of Mexico, aptly captured from Captiva Island, Florida, US.
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September 14, 2018
An atmospheric effect called a Fata Morgana, makes the icebergs in the distance appear to hover above the horizon. Spotted off the coast of Greenland south of Ilulissat.
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December 29, 2015
A cap cloud, banner cloud and lenticularis cloud over Mount Erebus in Antarctica. Helen photographed the formation from Cape Evans, outside the historic Terra Nova Hut, built in 1911 for the 1910-13 expedition led by British explorer Robert F. Scott.
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