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| Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Image ID: 17679 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Gray whales, two males both with extended penis during courtship socialization, Laguna San Ignacio. Image ID: 06431 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico | Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Since this blue whale was approximately 80-90' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. Image ID: 27299 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA |
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| Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 31596 Species: Crinoid Feather Star, Crinoidea Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | 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 | Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles. Image ID: 22681 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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| A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California, sunrise light just touching clouds and the Sierra Nevada. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. Image ID: 26979 Location: Bishop, California, USA | Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, situated on the Silver Strand between San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean, is the West Coast focal point for special and expeditionary warfare training and operations. The famous "swastika building" is seen on the southern (left) side of the base. Image ID: 22298 Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| 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 | Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean. Image ID: 03325 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16725 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Spanish shawl nudibranch. Image ID: 01063 Species: Spanish Shawl, Purple Aeolis, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Flabellina iodinea Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Joshua tree, sunrise, infrared. Image ID: 22888 Species: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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| Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California. Image ID: 15791 Species: Mountain lion, Puma concolor | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21347 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Boulders and sunset in Joshua Tree National Park. The warm sunlight gently lights unusual boulder formations at Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, California. Image ID: 26726 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA |
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| A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, 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 | A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Image ID: 01135 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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| Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles. Image ID: 22588 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 33433 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 03018 Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Ceiling art detail. Image ID: 28069 Location: Chateau de Versailles, Paris, France Pano dimensions: 5392 x 6250 | Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. Image ID: 25950 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola |
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| Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. Image ID: 17031 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Greater roadrunner. Image ID: 22980 Species: Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Grandview Beach, Aerial Photo, Encinitas and Carlsbad. Image ID: 33980 Location: Encinitas, California, USA |
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