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| Northern cardinal, male. Image ID: 22891 Species: Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Fletcher Peak (11407') rises above Fletcher Lake (10174'), near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. Image ID: 23208 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This crane is one of over 5000 present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. Image ID: 21797 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave. Image ID: 23293 Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA | Blue whale underwater photo showing entire whale head (rostrum) to tail (fluke). This picture of a blue whale shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Specialized underwater camera gear, including an extremely wide lens, was used to capture the entire enormous whale in a single photograph. Image ID: 27300 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA | The Virgin River flows by autumn cottonwood trees, part of the Virgin River Narrows. This is a fantastic hike in fall with the comfortable temperatures, beautiful fall colors and light crowds. Image ID: 26096 Location: Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Downtown Los Angeles at night, street lights, buildings light up the night. Image ID: 27725 Location: Los Angeles, California, USA | Approaching sunrise and star trails over the San Diego Downtown City Skyline. In this 60 minute exposure, stars create trails through the night sky over downtown San Diego. Image ID: 28386 Location: San Diego, California, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Image ID: 17680 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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| A green wave breaking, with sunset light filtering through. Image ID: 19395 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Milky Way galaxy rises above the Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28428 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA | Elephant arch and stars at night, moonlight, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28435 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA |
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| 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 | Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Image ID: 14354 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA | Aspen trees cover Bishop Creek Canyon above Aspendel. Image ID: 17528 Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA |
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| 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 thirteen separate images. Image ID: 22255 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4759 x 15430 | ||
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| Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Image ID: 28333 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 26792 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Bryozoan grows on a red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 25395 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Aerial photo of Catalina Island, West End. Image ID: 25978 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Archangel Falls in autumn, near the Subway in North Creek Canyon, with maples and cottonwoods turning fall colors. Image ID: 26097 Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. Image ID: 27986 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA |
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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: 28328 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | ||
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| Half Dome and nighttime stars, viewed from Glacier Point. Image ID: 27951 Location: Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4761 x 10519 | ||
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| Waves rush in at sunset, Carlsbad beach sunset and ocean waves, seascape, dusk, summer. Image ID: 27974 Location: 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. 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 |
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| 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 | Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunset, reflected in a small creek near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. Image ID: 23202 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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