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North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf with remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Arch Photo. Image ID: 00140 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	North Pacific humpback whale, breach. Arch Picture. Image ID: 00205 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. Stock Photography of Arch. Image ID: 18036 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Photograph of Arch. Image ID: 18159 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA	A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. Arch Photos. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Arch Image. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Professional stock photos of Arch. Image ID: 16240 Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Pictures of Arch. Image ID: 16246 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Arch Photo. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

A humpback whale hovers motionless underwater in the ocean, inverted with head down and long pectoral fins held wide, near the Hawaiian island of Maui as it sings the famous "Song of the Humpback Whale". Scientists have strong evidence that only male humpback whales sing. Arch Picture. Image ID: 02796 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface. Stock Photography of Arch. Image ID: 03854 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Tiger shark. Photograph of Arch. Image ID: 10648 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas

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. Arch Photos. Image ID: 17475 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA	Sunrise light on Turret Arch viewed through North Window, winter. Arch Image. Image ID: 18119 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA	A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Professional stock photos of Arch. Image ID: 21347 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Pictures of Arch. Image ID: 01006 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA	A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Arch Photo. Image ID: 02286 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA	Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout. Arch Picture. Image ID: 10550 Species: Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi Location: Bahamas

Scalloped hammerhead shark swims underwater at Cocos Island. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Stock Photography of Arch. Image ID: 03192 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica	A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Photograph of Arch. Image ID: 21348 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Archangel Falls in autumn, near the Subway in North Creek Canyon, with maples and cottonwoods turning fall colors. Arch Photos. Image ID: 26097 Location: Zion National Park, Utah, 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. Arch Image. Image ID: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA	Mobius Arch at sunrise, with Mount Whitney (the tallest peak in the continental United States), Lone Pine Peak and snow-covered Sierra Nevada Range framed within the arch. Mobius Arch is a 17-foot-wide natural rock arch in the scenic Alabama Hills Recreational Area near Lone Pine, California. Professional stock photos of Arch. Image ID: 21729 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA	The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. Pictures of Arch. Image ID: 26792 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Arch Photo. Image ID: 21349 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	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. Arch Picture. Image ID: 22290 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Two mature brown bears fight to establish hierarchy and fishing rights. Stock Photography of Arch. Image ID: 17036 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

Delicate Arch, dusted with snow, at sunset, with the snow-covered La Sal mountains in the distance. Delicate Arch stands 45 feet high, with a span of 33 feet, atop of bowl of slickrock sandstone. Photograph of Arch. Image ID: 18104 Location: Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, USA	Turret Arch through North Window, winter, sunrise. Arch Photos. Image ID: 18120 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA

Multnomah Falls. Plummeting 620 feet from its origins on Larch Mountain, Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the United States. Nearly two million visitors a year come to see this ancient waterfall making it Oregon's number one public destination. Arch Image. Image ID: 19313 Location: Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon, USA Pano dimensions: 12453 x 4705