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| Galapagos sea lion pup. Image ID: 16506 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16755 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. Image ID: 01611 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean. Image ID: 03325 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA | Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California. 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: 27000 Location: Bishop, California, USA | 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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| Balanced Rock and Milky Way stars at night. Image ID: 27835 Location: Balanced Rock, Arches National Park, Utah, USA | Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Image ID: 16240 Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | 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 |
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| Magnificent frigatebird (note blue eye ring), juvenile. Image ID: 02271 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Enormous Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean. Image ID: 03491 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 |
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| Moonlight Beach at sunset. Image ID: 21794 Location: Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, California, USA | A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Magnificent frigatebird, adult female on nest. Image ID: 16763 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Tabular iceberg in the Antarctic Sound. Image ID: 24783 Location: Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Ocean sunfish and photographer, open ocean. Image ID: 03324 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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| Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola | Ocean sunfish schooling near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California. Image ID: 06304 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola | 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 |
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| Kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering stands of giant kelp, underwater. Image ID: 23456 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | 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 | Blue whale 80-feet long, full body photograph of an enormous blue whale showing rostrom head to fluke tail, taken at close range with very wide lens. Image ID: 27967 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Image ID: 29001 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Clemente, California, USA | Tiger shark. Image ID: 31883 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Galapagos sea lion playing with puffer fish. Image ID: 02254 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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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 | Green sea turtle, West Maui. Image ID: 02851 Species: Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas Location: Maui, Hawaii, 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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