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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. Image ID: 15122 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Clouds light up with blazing colors at sunset. Image ID: 04819 Location: La Jolla, California, USA	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. Image ID: 22285 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 28333 Location: La Jolla, 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. Image ID: 28328 Location: La Jolla, 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. Image ID: 22142 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, 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. Image ID: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA	Pacific harbor seal, an sand at the edge of the sea. Image ID: 26315 Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water. Image ID: 26340 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

Brown pelican in flight, pink predawn sky. Image ID: 28346 Location: La Jolla, California, USA	California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Image ID: 28347 Location: La Jolla, 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. Image ID: 28356 Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, panoramic photographic, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise. Image ID: 28397 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4332 x 11344

Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. Image ID: 21248 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. Image ID: 21250 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Image ID: 27116 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, 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. Image ID: 15371 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Sunset falls upon Torrey Pines State Reserve, viewed from the Torrey Pines glider port. La Jolla, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Scripps Pier are seen in the distance. Image ID: 26436 Location: La Jolla, 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. Image ID: 22294 Location: San Diego, California, USA

California brown pelican, portrait in pink-purple predawn light, rests on sandstone seabluff. The characteristic mating plumage of the California race of brown pelican is shown, with red gular throat pouch and dark brown hindneck colors. Image ID: 23646 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Double-crested cormorant drys its wings in the sun following a morning of foraging in the ocean, La Jolla cliffs, near San Diego. Image ID: 26529 Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Broken Hill with the Pacific Ocean in the distance. Broken Hill is an ancient, compacted sand dune that was uplifted to its present location and is now eroding. Image ID: 14758 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts. Image ID: 15784 Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Western gulls, courtship behaviour. Image ID: 18397 Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. Image ID: 20257 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape. Image ID: 21251 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape. Image ID: 21252 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance. Image ID: 27142 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Del Mar, California, USA

Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. Image ID: 28332 Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Western gull, early morning pink sky. Image ID: 18394 Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA