This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

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Ornate cowfish, male coloration, Aracana ornata
Lyretail cichlid, Neolamprologus brichardi
Four-eyed fish, found in the Amazon River delta of South America. The name four-eyed fish is actually a misnomer. It has only two eyes, but both are divided into aerial and aquatic parts. The two retinal regions of each eye, working in concert with two different curvatures of the eyeball above and below water to account for the difference in light refractivity for air and water, allow this amazing fish to see clearly above and below the water surface simultaneously, Anableps anableps
King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006, Half Moon Bay, California
Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Milky Way over Mineral King Valley, Sequoia National Park
Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island, Dasyatis americana
Nevada Falls in peak spring flow, from heavy snow melt in the high country above Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California
Pillar coral Dendrogyra cylindrus, Grand Cayman Island
Blue whales feeding on krill underwater closeup photo. A picture of a blue whale with its throat pleats inflated with a mouthful of krill. A calf swims behind and below the adult. Over 80' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Stars and the Milky Way rise above 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, reaching 4000 years in age, Pinus longaeva, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest
Underwater cavern, Grand Cayman Island
Mesquite Dunes sunrise, dawn, clouds and morning sky, sand dunes, Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California
Aerial view of the Mara River, Maasai Mara, Kenya. Photo taken while hot air ballooning at sunrise, Maasai Mara National Reserve
Aerial Photo of Tijuana River Mouth SMCA. Tijuana River Mouth State Marine Conservation Area borders Imperial Beach and the Mexican Border
Large adult male sea lion underwater, Zalophus californianus, Sea of Cortez
Panorama of a large Tiger shark swimming over white sand, Galeocerdo cuvier
Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island, Dasyatis americana
Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island
Desert iguana, one of the most common lizards of the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, Joshua Tree National Park, California
Purple lupine flowers bloom in late summer, along a stream that feeds to Lake Evelyn in the high Sierra Nevada near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, Yosemite National Park, California
Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Clemente Island
Coyote, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California, Canis latrans
Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy, Sphyrna lewini, Darwin Island
Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females, Fregata magnificens, North Seymour Island
Aerial View of Namena Island, Fiji, Namena Marine Reserve
Aerial View of Vatu-i-Ra Coral Seascape, Fiji, Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island
Two Giant sea bass comprise a courting pair as part of a larger mating aggregation amid the kelp forest at Catalina Island. In summer months, giant seabass gather in kelp forests in California to form mating aggregations leading to spawning. Courtship behaviors include circling of pairs of giant sea bass, production of booming sounds by presumed males, and nudging of females by males in what is though to be an effort to encourage spawning, Stereolepis gigas
Guadalupe fur seal, hauled out upon volcanic rocks along the shoreline of Guadalupe Island, Arctocephalus townsendi, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
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