This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

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Coyote, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California, Canis latrans
Coyote, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California.
Species: Coyote, Canis latrans
Image ID: 15893  
Yosemite Falls is reflected in a springtime pool in flooded Cooks Meadow, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California
Yosemite Falls is reflected in a springtime pool in flooded Cooks Meadow, Yosemite Valley.
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16149  
Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) with mouth wide open for slurping zooplankton, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) with mouth wide open for slurping zooplankton, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03319  
Rissos dolphin, breaching. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego, Grampus griseus
Rissos dolphin, breaching. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. San Diego.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00983  
California sea lion (bull male), Sea of Cortez, Zalophus californianus
California sea lion (bull male), Sea of Cortez.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Image ID: 02912  
UCSD Library (Geisel Library, UCSD Central Library), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
UCSD Library (Geisel Library, UCSD Central Library).
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 06457  
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 female (left) during a competitive group. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other male whales interested in the mother, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
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 female (left) during a competitive group. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other male whales interested in the mother.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 02826  
Nudibranch, Mexichromis porterae, San Miguel Island
Nudibranch.
Species: Mexichromis porterae nudibranch, Mexichromis porterae
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 01068  
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: 02812  
Pacific white sided dolphin, carrying drift kelp, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens, San Diego, California
Pacific white sided dolphin, carrying drift kelp.
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00046  
Whale shark, Rhincodon typus, Darwin Island
Whale shark.
Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01513  
Wind turbines provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. San Gorgonio pass, San Bernardino mountains, San Gorgonio Pass
Wind turbines provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. San Gorgonio pass, San Bernardino mountains.
Location: San Gorgonio Pass, Palm Springs, California
Image ID: 06891  
Pacific harbor seals rest while 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, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seals rest while 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: 00938  
A Pacific harbor seal pup hauls 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, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
A Pacific harbor seal pup hauls 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: 03022  
Surprise Pool Spring along Firehole Lake Drive, Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Surprise Pool Spring along Firehole Lake Drive.
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07247  
Short fin pilot whale, Sea of Cortez, Globicephala macrorhynchus
Short fin pilot whale, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Shortfin pilot whale, Globicephala macrorhynchus
Image ID: 00104  
Old Faithful geyser, peak eruption, Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful geyser, peak eruption.
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 07179  
Blue spotted stingray, Taeniura lymma, Egyptian Red Sea
Blue spotted stingray.
Species: Blue-spotted stingray, Taeniura lymma
Location: Egyptian Red Sea
Image ID: 00379  
A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth, Balaenoptera musculus
A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02169  
Debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa, Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary
Debris, wreck of F/V Jin Shiang Fa.
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa
Image ID: 00814  
Yosemite Falls, winter, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California
Yosemite Falls, winter, Yosemite Valley.
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 07030  
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, Phoca vitulina richardsi
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.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03018  
Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Yosemite Falls.
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 04630  
Gray whale, neonate calf and cow, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California
Gray whale, neonate calf and cow.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01134  
Sand, water and light
Sand, water and light.
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 05664  
West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida
West Indian manatee.
Species: West indian manatee, Trichechus manatus
Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida
Image ID: 02637  
Scalloped hammerhead shark swims underwater at Cocos Island. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey, Sphyrna lewini
Scalloped hammerhead shark swims underwater at Cocos Island. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica
Image ID: 03192  
Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands.
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 05542  
Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Seventeen Palms Oasis, Borrego Badlands.
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 05537  
Pacific harbor seals rest while 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, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seals rest while 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: 02135  
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