Stock Photos of San Diego

Home   >   Blog   >   Search   >    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. Image ID: 02304   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, 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   Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Image ID: 01006   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, 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. Image ID: 22253   Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 3415 x 14649   A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Image ID: 02286   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, 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   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. 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. Image ID: 22288   Location: San Diego, 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. 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. Image ID: 22290   Location: San Diego, California, USA   Marriott Hotel towers, rising above the Embarcadero Marine Park and yacht marina. 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. 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. Image ID: 22295   Location: San Diego, California, USA   Downtown San Diego and Petco Park, viewed from the southeast. Image ID: 22300   Location: San Diego, California, USA   Pacific white sided dolphin carrying drift kelp. Image ID: 00043   Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue shark searching drift kelp for food, open ocean. Image ID: 02288   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA   Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean. Image ID: 03325   Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA   Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean near San Diego. Image ID: 03562   Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA   North Pacific Yellowtail brushing against blue shark. Image ID: 01000   Species: North Pacific Yellowtail, Seriola lalandi, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. Image ID: 01078   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Image ID: 01081   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA   San Diego city skyline at dusk, viewed from Harbor Island, the Star of India at right. Image ID: 14533   Location: San Diego, California, USA   San Diego city skyline at night, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego reflected in the still waters of San Diego Harbor, viewed from Coronado Island. A panoramic photograph, composite of seven separate images. Image ID: 22254   Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5219 x 13486   Blue shark showing ampullae of Lorenzini, eye and small portion of nictitating membrane. Image ID: 01076   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue shark, open ocean. Image ID: 02290   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. Image ID: 01077   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. Image ID: 01082   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue shark underneath offshore drift kelp, open ocean. Image ID: 01153   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA   Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 22435   Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, 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: 22311   Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

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Updated: November 20, 2009