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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. California Photo. Image ID: 14355 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. California Picture. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. Stock Photography of California. Image ID: 02114 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

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. Photograph of California. Image ID: 02304 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA	Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. California Photos. Image ID: 22744 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. California Image. Image ID: 17679 Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, October 20, 2006 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA

Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Professional stock photos of California. Image ID: 15122 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Pictures of California. Image ID: 10975 Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA	Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. California Photo. Image ID: 12634 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, 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. California Picture. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Breaking wave, early morning surf. Stock Photography of California. Image ID: 19404 Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, September 3, 2007 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA	Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Photograph of California. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a terrestrial forest. California Photos. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. California Image. Image ID: 07048 Location: Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	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. Professional stock photos of California. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Pictures of California. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Oceanside Pier at dusk, sunset, night. Oceanside. California Photo. Image ID: 14628 Location: Oceanside Pier, California, USA	Sand Dunes, California. Near Stovepipe Wells lies a region of sand dunes, some of them hundreds of feet tall. California Picture. Image ID: 15577 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. Stock Photography of California. Image ID: 17547 Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA	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. Photograph of California. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. California Photos. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. California Image. Image ID: 01611 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Professional stock photos of California. Image ID: 02158 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Pictures of California. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola

Clouds light up with blazing colors at sunset. California Photo. Image ID: 04819 Location: La Jolla, California, USA	2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006. California Picture. Image ID: 15299 Session: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, February 7, 2006 Location: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, USA	A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish. Stock Photography of California. Image ID: 01113 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Photograph of California. 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. California Photos. Image ID: 10237 Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Hotel del Coronado with holiday Christmas night lights, 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. California Image. Image ID: 27396 Location: San Diego, California, USA