This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

Giant Manta Ray at Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico.
Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris
Location: Socorro Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33297  

Tiger shark with closed nictating membrane.
Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 31910  

Southern giant petrel in flight, Macronectes giganteus, Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. This large seabird has a wingspan up to 80" from wing-tip to wing-tip. By permission of the Government of Argentina, Chubut, permit # 51 / 2025-SsCyA.
Species: Southern giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 41206  

Steel pompano.
Species: Steel pompano, Trachinotus stilbe
Location: Isla Enderby, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01831  

Seen at the American Museum of Natural History.
Location: American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Image ID: 11253  

Blue and gold snapper, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Blue and gold snapper, Lutjanus viridis
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27500  

Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands.
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 05541  

Emperor angelfish, juvenile coloration.
Species: Emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator
Image ID: 13743  

Young hikers are dwarfed by the trunk of an enormous Sequoia tree.
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Giant Forest, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
Image ID: 09879  

Eyestripe surgeonfish.
Species: Eyestripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus dussumieri
Image ID: 08717  

Half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower rises above Las Vegas Boulevard, the Strip, in front of the Paris Hotel.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Image ID: 20558  

Stars and the Milky Way over ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, some exceeding 4000 years in age.
Species: Bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva
Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California
Image ID: 29407  

Ocean sunfish and videographer, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02058  

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

Manhattan Beach Pier at sunset.
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Image ID: 29144  

Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico.
Species: Silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis
Location: Socorro Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33331  

Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 34568  

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

Isla Afuera eastern cliffs.
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 02390  

Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Image ID: 03267  

Dorsal and Caudal fins of the Ocean Sunfish Mola mola, as it Swims in the Open Ocean, near San Diego. The caudal fin is not a true tail but is a tail-like structure called a clavus that serves as a rudder. The dorsal (top) and anal (bottom) fins are used for propulsion.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 39407  

Saint Peter's Basilica interior, Vatican City.
Location: Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Image ID: 35551  

Hickman Bridge, Capitol Reef National Park. A natural bridge formed by water eroding it from below, Hickman Bridge is one of the most spectacular and easily accessible natural bridges in the United States.
Location: Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
Image ID: 37016  

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

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: 24071  

Twin-spotted rattlesnake, native to southern Arizona, is a small rattlesnake occupying talus slopes at high elevations and preying on lizards.
Species: Two-spotted rattlesnake, Crotalus pricei
Image ID: 12817  

Yosemite Falls reflected in Flooded Sentinel Meadow, when the Merced River floods Yosemite Valley following a winter of historic snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite National Park, May 2023.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 39380  

Juvenile bald eagle, second year coloration plumage, closeup of head and shoulders, looking directly at camera, snowflakes visible on feathers. Immature coloration showing white speckling on feathers.
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska
Image ID: 22589  

Mount Rainier rises above fields of wildflowers in Paradise Meadows, summer.
Location: Paradise Meadows, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13903  

Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 22435