This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

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San Diego Bay and City Skyline at Sunrise, Mount San Miguel, viewed from Point Loma
San Diego Bay and City Skyline at Sunrise, Mount San Miguel, viewed from Point Loma.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 37617  
Cute young California Sea Lion playing with its own tail, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico, Zalophus californianus, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
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  
Milky Way over Mount Kilimanjaro, viewed from Amboseli National Park
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, Rome, Italy
Saint Peter's Basilica interior, Vatican City.
Location: Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Image ID: 35552  
Spectacular Sunrise over San Diego Bay and Downtown San Diego. Mount San Miguel and Mount Lyons in the distance. Shelter Island in the foreground. Viewed from Point Loma
Spectacular Sunrise over San Diego Bay and Downtown San Diego. Mount San Miguel and Mount Lyons in the distance. Shelter Island in the foreground. Viewed from Point Loma.
Image ID: 38892  
Panorama dimensions: 8187 x 15600
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, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Giant Forest, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
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  
Trocadero. The Trocadero, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower
Trocadero. The Trocadero, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
Location: Trocadero, Paris, France
Image ID: 28259  
Aerial Photo of Avalon and Catalina Island
Aerial Photo of Avalon and Catalina Island.
Location: Avalon, California
Image ID: 38088  
Ocean sunfish and videographer, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish and videographer, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02058  
Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California, Puma concolor
Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California.
Species: Mountain lion, Puma concolor
Image ID: 15791  
Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03325  
Moorea rises above its lagoon and barrier reef, French Polynesia, aerial view. Cooks Bay lies in the distance
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 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
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  
San Diego downtown city skyline and waterfront, sunrise, dawn, viewed from Coronado Island
San Diego downtown city skyline and waterfront, sunrise, dawn, viewed from Coronado Island.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27090  
Tunnel view with El Capitan and Bridalveil Falls, in spring, Yosemite National Park
Tunnel view with El Capitan and Bridalveil Falls, in spring, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36373  
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, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
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.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02304  
Elk graze and rest among wildflowers blooming in the Gibbon Meadow, summer, Cervus canadensis, Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Elk graze and rest among wildflowers blooming in the Gibbon Meadow, summer.
Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis
Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13159  
Egyptian mummies in sarcophagi in the British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Egyptian mummies in sarcophagi in the British Museum.
Location: British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Image ID: 28307  
Amsterdam canals and quaint city scenery
Amsterdam canals and quaint city scenery.
Location: Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
Image ID: 29435  
Beagle Channel from Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina, Ushuaia
Beagle Channel from Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina.
Location: Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia, Argentina
Image ID: 23608  
Downtown San Diego Skyline and Waterfront at Sunrise. Panoramic photo of San Diego embarcadero, showing the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina (center) and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left)
Downtown San Diego Skyline and Waterfront at Sunrise. Panoramic photo of San Diego embarcadero, showing the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina (center) and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left).
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 40047  
Panorama dimensions: 5585 x 15076
Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by, Opuntia bigelovii, Joshua Tree National Park, California
Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by.
Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 11983  
Sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, Stenotomus chrysops
Sheepshead.
Species: Sheepshead, Archosargus probatocephalus, Stenotomus chrysops
Image ID: 11046  
Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish hovers near drift kelp to recruite juvenile fish to remove parasites, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 10001  
Land visit and sunset, skiff and tourists, Floreana Island
Land visit and sunset, skiff and tourists.
Location: Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 03474  
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, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
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  
Black skimmer forages by flying over shallow water with its lower mandible dipping below the surface for small fish, Rynchops niger, San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Black skimmer forages by flying over shallow water with its lower mandible dipping below the surface for small fish.
Species: Black skimmer, Rynchops niger
Location: San Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge, California
Image ID: 17428  
Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 02796  
Madonna Enthroned with Saints Catherine and Rose of Alexandria and two angels, Pietro Perugino, 1489 - 1492, Musee du Louvre, Paris
Madonna Enthroned with Saints Catherine and Rose of Alexandria and two angels, Pietro Perugino, 1489 - 1492, Musee du Louvre, Paris.
Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France
Image ID: 35611  
Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear, Diomedea exulans
Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear.
Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
Location: Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24133  
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