This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

Propellor and debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00810  

Debris from wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa, lagoon talus slope.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00799  

Nudibranch.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00704  

Cameraman.
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00696  

Pacific white sided dolphin.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00020  

Humpback whale, abandoned calf alongside University of Hawaii research boat. This young calf lived only a few days after being abandoned or separated from its mother, and was eventually attacked by tiger sharks.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05979  

Hard coral polyps.
Location: Roatan, Honduras
Image ID: 05320  

Pacific torpedo ray, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina, Torpedo californica.
Species: California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05174  

Kelp bass (calico bass).
Species: Kelp bass, Paralabrax clathratus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 05155  

Pelagic stingray, open ocean.
Species: Pelagic stingray, Pteroplatytrygon violacea
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 04999  

Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Image ID: 04976  

Atlantic spotted dolphin.
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Image ID: 04975  

Manta ray, Isla San Benedicto.
Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris
Location: San Benedicto Island, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 04830  

Black perch in kelp forest.
Species: Black perch, Embiotoca jacksoni
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 04811  

Brown cup coral.
Species: Brown cup coral, Paracyathus stearnsi
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 04701  

Aggregating anemone mouth detail.
Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 05329  

Hydrangea flowers.
Location: Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Image ID: 05470  

Humpback whale, abandoned calf alongside UH research boat, UH research diver visible.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05977  

Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05928  

North Pacific humpback whale performing a peduncle throw.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05895  

Blue whale, aerial photo, Baja California.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 05832  

Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 05781  

Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Revilligigedos.
Species: Mexican hogfish, Bodianus diplotaenia
Image ID: 05768  

Brown pelicans feeding on krill.
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 05728  

Galapagos land iguana.
Species: Galapagos land iguana, Conolophus subcristatus
Location: South Plaza Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 05692  

Haleakala silversword plant, endemic to the Haleakala volcano crater area above 6800 foot elevation.
Species: Haleakala silversword, Argyroxiphium sandwicense macrocephalum
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05615  

Pink vase sponge.
Species: Pink vase sponge, Niphates digitalis
Location: Roatan, Honduras
Image ID: 04608  

Branching vase sponge.
Species: Branching vase sponge, Callyspongia vaginalis
Location: Roatan, Honduras
Image ID: 04606  

Killer whale (orca).
Species: Killer whale, Orcinus orca
Location: Frederick Sound, Alaska
Image ID: 04407  

Blue whales surfacing, Baja California (Mexico).
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 03347