Is it night or day? To capture these stunning photos of landscapes, illuminated only by the light of the full moon, British artist Darren Almond kept the shutter open for a quarter of an hour to soak up the moonlight and light up the landscapes as if it was daybreak. The long exposure time produces a haunting quality and a mild glow that reveals details such as star-lines across the sky, a misty froth-like blanket of water, and even a moonbow.

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Since the mid-1990s, Almond has been traveling the world taking beautiful photos of moonlit landscapes. Now, 260 of his photographs are collected in a new book,Fullmoon,out on TASCHEN. The series features natural wonders such as El Capitan in California's Yosemite National Park, the Cerro Terre in the Argentinian Andes,and Iguazu Falls in Brazil, all awashed in an otherworldly glow.

"With long exposures, you can never see what you are shooting," Almond told the Guardian. "But you are giving the landscape longer to express itself."

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With all his travels, Almond is increasingly driven by an awareness of the damage being done to the planet, according to the Financial Times.“These places are on the cusp of change. These landscapes are becoming more popular. I’m not a mountaineer, I’m not an explorer. These landscapes are disappearing. The landscape we think about is no longer there.”

Darren Almond's Fullmoon is available from TASCHEN.

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