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Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Above Photo. Image ID: 02304 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA	Brown booby flying over Rose Atoll at sunset, with dark colorful storm clouds and other birds in the background. Above Picture. Image ID: 00914 Species: Brown booby, Sula leucogaster Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA	A white tern, or fairy tern, alights on a branch at Rose Atoll in American Samoa. Stock Photography of Above. Image ID: 00871 Species: Fairy tern, Gygis alba Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA

Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Photograph of Above. Image ID: 09938 Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Surf grass on the rocky reef -- appearing blurred in this time exposure -- is tossed back and forth by powerful ocean waves passing by above. San Clemente Island. Above Photos. Image ID: 10237 Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Above Image. Image ID: 17475 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA

San Diego city skyline at sunset, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island. A panoramic photograph, composite of four separate images. Professional stock photos of Above. Image ID: 22253 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 3415 x 14649

Fletcher Peak (11407') rises above Fletcher Lake (10174'), near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. Pictures of Above. Image ID: 23208 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Above Photo. Image ID: 16725 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	Torrey Pines seacliffs, rising up to 300 feet above the ocean, stretch from Del Mar to La Jolla. On the mesa atop the bluffs are found Torrey pine trees, one of the rare species of pines in the world. Above Picture. Image ID: 22285 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

SIO Pier. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier is 1090 feet long and was built of reinforced concrete in 1988, replacing the original wooden pier built in 1915. The Scripps Pier is home to a variety of sensing equipment above and below water that collects various oceanographic data. The Scripps research diving facility is located at the foot of the pier. Fresh seawater is pumped from the pier to the many tanks and facilities of SIO, including the Birch Aquarium. The Scripps Pier is named in honor of Ellen Browning Scripps, the most significant donor and benefactor of the Institution. Stock Photography of Above. Image ID: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA	Hotel del Coronado, known affectionately as the Hotel Del. It was once the largest hotel in the world, and is one of the few remaining wooden Victorian beach resorts. It sits on the beach on Coronado Island, seen here with downtown San Diego in the distance. It is widely considered to be one of Americas most beautiful and classic hotels. Built in 1888, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Photograph of Above. Image ID: 22287 Location: San Diego, California, USA	San Diego Coronado Bridge, known locally as the Coronado Bridge, links San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge was completed in 1969 and was a toll bridge until 2002. It is 2.1 miles long and reaches a height of 200 feet above San Diego Bay. Coronado Island is to the left, and downtown San Diego is to the right in this view looking north. Above Photos. Image ID: 22288 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Magnificent frigatebird, adult female on nest. Above Image. Image ID: 16726 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. Professional stock photos of Above. Image ID: 21248 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Pictures of Above. Image ID: 21249 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Blue whale. The sleek hydrodynamic shape of the enormous blue whale allows it to swim swiftly through the ocean, at times over one hundred miles in a single day. Above Photo. Image ID: 21250 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Nazca booby in flight. Above Picture. Image ID: 16681 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, seen here at night with swirling star trails formed in the sky above due to a long time exposure. Stock Photography of Above. Image ID: 21730 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA

Downtown San Diego and USS Midway. The USS Midway was a US Navy aircraft carrier, launched in 1945 and active through the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm, as of 2008 a museum along the downtown waterfront in San Diego. Photograph of Above. Image ID: 22289 Location: San Diego, California, USA	San Diego Convention Center, located in the Marina District of downtown San Diego. Built in 1989, the San Diego Convention Center offers 525,700 square feet of exhibit space. It is noted for its distinctive "sails" made of Teflon-coated fiberglass suspended over the central exhibition hall, aptly named Sails Pavilion. Above Photos. Image ID: 22290 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Marriott Hotel towers, rising above the Embarcadero Marine Park and yacht marina. Above Image. Image ID: 22291 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Crystal Pier, 872 feet long and built in 1925, extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the town of Pacific Beach. Mission Bay and downtown San Diego are seen in the distance. Professional stock photos of Above. Image ID: 22294 Location: San Diego, California, USA	New Point Loma Lighthouse, situated on the tip of Point Loma Peninsula, marks the entrance to San Diego Bay. The lighthouse rises 70' and was built in 1891 to replace the "old" Point Loma Lighthouse which was often shrouded in fog. Pictures of Above. Image ID: 22295 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Downtown San Diego and Petco Park, viewed from the southeast. Above Photo. Image ID: 22300 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Mount Moran rises above the Snake River at Oxbow Bend. Above Picture. Image ID: 13026 Location: Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA	Mount Moran rises above the Snake River at Oxbow Bend. Stock Photography of Above. Image ID: 13027 Location: Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA	Mount Rainier rises above Reflection Lake, afternoon. Photograph of Above. Image ID: 13851 Location: Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA

Yosemite Falls rises above the Merced River, viewed from the Swinging Bridge. The 2425 falls is the tallest in North America. Yosemite Valley. Above Photos. Image ID: 16143 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Yosemite Falls by moonlight, reflected in a springtime pool in Cooks Meadow. A lunar rainbow (moonbow) can be seen above the lower section of Yosemite Falls. Star trails appear in the night sky. Yosemite Valley. Above Image. Image ID: 16093 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA