This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

Cute young California Sea Lion playing with its own tail, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 36474  

San Diego Bay and City Skyline at Sunrise, Mount San Miguel, viewed from Point Loma.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 37617  

Milky Way over Mount Kilimanjaro, viewed from Amboseli National Park.
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29558  

Saint Peter's Basilica interior, Vatican City.
Location: Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Image ID: 35552  

The Bellagio Hotel fountains light up the reflection pool as the half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas rises above them, at night.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Image ID: 20559  

Aerial Photo of Avalon and Catalina Island.
Location: Avalon, California
Image ID: 38088  

San Diego downtown city skyline and waterfront, sunrise, dawn, viewed from Coronado Island.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27090  

California sea lions at La Jolla Cove, San Diego.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38662  

Beagle Channel from Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina.
Location: Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia, Argentina
Image ID: 23608  

Moorea rises above its lagoon and barrier reef, French Polynesia, aerial view. Cooks Bay lies in the distance.
Location: Moorea, French Polynesia, France
Image ID: 40672  

The General Sherman Sequoia tree is the largest (most massive) living thing on earth, standing over 275 feet tall with a 36 diameter and 102 circumference at its base. Its volume is over 53,000 cubic feet. It is estimated to be 2300 to 2700 years old.
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Giant Forest, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
Image ID: 09872  

Magnificent frigatebird (note blue eye ring), juvenile.
Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02271  

Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females.
Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16725  

Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03325  

Blue-head fairy wrasse.
Species: Blue-head fairy wrasse, Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Image ID: 08875  

Pacific harbor seal swims in the protected waters of Childrens Pool in La Jolla, California. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03018  

Yosemite Valley Tunnel View, Storm clouds at sunset, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 34542  
Panorama dimensions: 7653 x 12541

Tunnel view with El Capitan and Bridalveil Falls, in spring, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36373  

A great white shark swims toward the photographer. Perhaps the shark is considering him as possible prey? The photographer, a "shark diver" is safely situated in a sturdy metal cage. The best location in the world to "shark dive" to view great white sharks is Mexico's Guadalupe Island.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 19457  

The Night Watch, Rembrandt. Militia Company of District II under the Command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq, Known as the Night Watch, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, 1642.
Location: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
Image ID: 29474  

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.
Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva
Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California
Image ID: 17475  

Laguna Beach Coastline including Views South to Three Arch Bay, Aerial Photo.
Location: Laguna Beach, California
Image ID: 38082  

Bright red sea fan gorgonian and yellow sarcophyton leather coral on pristine coral reef, Fiji.
Species: Gorgonian, Sarcophyton soft coral, Sea fan, Gorgonacea, Plexauridae, Sarcophyton
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 31611  

Turtle Cowrie.
Species: Turtle cowrie, Cypraea testudinaria
Image ID: 08310  

Enormous Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03491  

Humpback whale performing a peduncle throw.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Molokai, Hawaii
Image ID: 03988  

Jasmine Restaurant and Caesar's Palace Hotel are reflected in the Bellagio Hotel fountain pool at night.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Image ID: 20561  

Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California.
Species: Mountain lion, Puma concolor
Image ID: 15791  

Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina.
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Image ID: 34635  

Small plants have adapted to the arid condition in the Galapagos. Bartolome Island.
Location: Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16651