This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

El Capitan, autumn.
Location: El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 02329  

UCSD Library glows at sunset (Geisel Library, UCSD Central Library).
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 14777  

European glass lizard. Without legs, the European glass lizard appears to be a snake, but in truth it is a species of lizard. It is native to southeastern Europe.
Species: European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus
Image ID: 12742  

European glass lizard. Without legs, the European glass lizard appears to be a snake, but in truth it is a species of lizard. It is native to southeastern Europe.
Species: European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus
Image ID: 12744  

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: 12818  

Juvenile Clarion angelfish.
Species: Clarion angelfish, Holacanthus clarionensis
Image ID: 12900  

Wildflowers on Shadow Mountain with the Teton Range visible in the distance.
Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13021  

Kalaloch Lodge sits atop bluffs overlooking the Kalaloch River and Pacific Ocean.
Location: Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13782  

Paradise Meadows, wildflowers and Mount Rainier, summer.
Location: Paradise Meadows, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13895  

African lungfish.
Species: African lungfish, Protopterus annectens
Image ID: 14680  

African gaboon viper camouflage blends into the leaves of the forest floor. This heavy-bodied snake is one of the largest vipers, reaching lengths of 4-6 feet (1.5-2m). It is nocturnal, living in rain forests in central Africa. Its fangs are nearly 2 inches (5cm) long.
Species: African gaboon viper, Bitis gabonica
Image ID: 12577  

Lionfish.
Species: Lionfish, Pterois miles
Image ID: 11821  

Roman emperor Antonius Pius (138-161 A.D.), depicted on ancient Roman coin (bronze, denom/type: Sestertius) (Sestertius Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIUS PP TR P COS III. Reverse: OPS AVG.).
Image ID: 06788  

A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 07704  

This Joshua tree exhibits live dagger-like leaves at its branch ends as well as dead leaves covering its bark.
Species: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 09152  

Flameback angelfish.
Species: Flameback angelfish, Centropyge aurantonotus
Image ID: 09449  

Salp (pelagic tunicate), open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07008  

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  

Wind turbines overlooking Interstate 10 provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. San Gorgonio pass, San Bernardino mountains.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 06913  

Wind turbines overlooking Interstate 10 provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. San Gorgonio pass, San Bernardino mountains.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 06853  

Copperband butterflyfish.
Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus
Image ID: 10996  

Pacific harbor seals hauled out on a sandy beach. 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.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 15055  

Devils Golf Course, California. Evaporated salt has formed into gnarled, complex crystalline shapes in on the salt pan of Death Valley National Park, one of the largest salt pans in the world. The shapes are constantly evolving as occasional floods submerge the salt concretions before receding and depositing more salt.
Location: Devils Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 15582  

Galbraith Hall, University of California San Diego (UCSD).
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 21220  

Four blue whales (including calf) socializing, Baja California (Mexico).
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 03357  

Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below.
Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16123  

PETCO Park, an open-air stadium in downtown San Diego, home of the San Diego Padres baseball club. Opened in 2004, it has a seating capacity of approximately 42000.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 22468  

Great white shark, underwater.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 21360  

Western redcedar trees in Cathedral Grove. Cathedral Grove is home to huge, ancient, old-growth Douglas fir trees. About 300 years ago a fire killed most of the trees in this grove, but a small number of trees survived and were the originators of what is now Cathedral Grove. Western redcedar trees grow in adundance in the understory below the taller Douglas fir trees.
Location: Cathedral Grove, MacMillan Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 21044