This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

Angel Moroni trumpeting atop the San Diego California Temple, the Mormon Temple in La Jolla, California.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38206  

Gray wolf howling.
Species: Gray wolf, Canis lupus
Image ID: 12432  

American black bear, male cub.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Image ID: 12273  

Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk.
Location: Ponytail Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon
Image ID: 19344  

Graybar Grunt, Haemulon sexfasciatum, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33635  

Skeins of snow geese fly in classic chevron formation.
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico
Image ID: 22059  

Stephanocystis dioica (lighter yellow), southern sea palm (darker yellow) and surfgrass (green), shallow water, San Clemente Island.
Species: Southern palm kelp, Surfgrass, Eisenia arborea, Phyllospadix, Stephanocystis dioica
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 30948  

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

Tabletop.
Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California
Image ID: 15039  

Cathedral Rocks at sunrise, reflected in a spring meadow flooded by the Merced River.
Location: Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 34546  

Garibaldi and kelp forest.
Species: Garibaldi, Giant Kelp, Hypsypops rubicundus, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02510  

Yellowtail rockfish are found the eastern Aleutian island as far south as southern California, and can live over 60 years.
Species: Yellowtail rockfish, Sebastes flavidus
Image ID: 16959  

Brown bear mother and cub.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 17110  

Green sea turtle, West Maui.
Species: Green Sea Turtle, Humpback Whale, Chelonia mydas, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 02849  

Kelp bed. Giant macrocystis kelp is anchored on the ocean floor and grows to reach the ocean surface.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02502  

Undine Falls, between Mammoth and Tower in Yellowstone National Park, marks where Lava Creek drops 110 feet in two sections.
Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13306  

Percula clownfish anemonefish.
Species: Percula clownfish, Amphiprion percula
Image ID: 13678  

Grunt sculpin. Grunt sculpin have evolved into its strange shape to fit within a giant barnacle shell perfectly, using the shell to protect its eggs and itself.
Species: Grunt sculpin, Rhamphocottus richardsoni
Image ID: 13728  

Steller sea lions (Northern sea lions) gather on rocks. Steller sea lions are the largest members of the Otariid (eared seal) family. Males can weigh up to 2400 lb., females up to 770 lb.
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Chiswell Islands, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 16977  

Clouds.
Image ID: 05651  

Rissos dolphin. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are usually almost entirely white.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 12793  

Bobcat. Bobcats are found throughout North America from southern Canada to southern Mexico. In the United States population densities are much higher in the southeastern region than in the western states. Bobcats can be found in a variety of habitats, including forests, semi-deserts, mountains, and brushland. They sleep in hidden dens, often in hollow trees, thickets, or rocky crevices.
Species: Bobcat, Lynx rufus
Image ID: 12127  

Roman emperor Diadumenian (217-218 A.D.), depicted on ancient Roman coin (bronze, denom/type: AE25) (AE 25 of Nicopolis in Moesia. Obverse: Draped and cuirassed bust right. Reverse: Tyche standing left, holds rudder and cornucopia. VG.).
Image ID: 06585  

Copper rockfish.
Species: Copper rockfish, Sebastes caurinus
Image ID: 09020  

Sheephead.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: California
Image ID: 05182  

A group of juvenile and female Guadalupe fur seals rest and socialize over a shallow, kelp-covered reef. During the summer mating season, a single adjult male will form a harem of females and continually patrol the underwater boundary of his territory, keeping the females near and intimidating other males from approaching.
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09695  

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  

Polyp, strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph).
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Scripps Canyon, La Jolla, California
Image ID: 04740  

Brittle stars covering sponge and rocky reef.
Species: Brittle sea star, Ophiothrix spiculata
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California
Image ID: 04716  

Isabella Island.
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 05579