This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

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Ocellate Cowrie, Cypraea ocellata
Kelp plants reaching surface, spreading out, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island
Squaretail coralgrouper (upper) and spotted coralgrouper (lower), Plectropomus areolatus, Plectropomus maculatus
An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego, Balaenoptera musculus
Horn shark dorsal barb, Heterodontus francisci
Western and Heermanns gulls, Larus heermanni, Larus occidentalis, Del Mar, California
Angel shark, Islas San Benito, Squatina californica, San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito)
West Maui mountains
Broad flat tail of West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida
Christmas tree worm (annelid), Spirobranchus, Punte Vicente Roca
Aggregating anemone detail, Anthopleura elegantissima, San Miguel Island
Parasitic zoanthid anemones (yellow) cover dead/dying brown gorgonian. Eagle Rock, Muricea fruticosa, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island
Ocean sunfish, open ocean, Baja California, Mola mola
Gray whales, two males both with extended penis during courtship socialization, Laguna San Ignacio, Eschrichtius robustus, San Ignacio Lagoon
Roman emperor Tiberius (14-37 A.D.), depicted on ancient Roman coin (bronze, denom/type: As) (As, F; Winged caduceus.)
Wind turbines overlooking Interstate 10 provide electricity to Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. San Gorgonio pass, San Bernardino mountains, San Gorgonio Pass
Sentinel Rock, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California
Pacific bottlenose dolphin breaches the ocean surface as it leaps and takes a breath. Open ocean near San Diego, Tursiops truncatus
Squaretail coralgrouper (upper) and spotted coralgrouper (lower), Plectropomus areolatus, Plectropomus maculatus
Saddleback grouper, Plectropomus laevis
Sea nettles, Chrysaora fuscescens
Craig OConnor and his pending spearfishing world record North Pacific yellowtail (77.4 pounds), taken on a breathold dive with a band-power speargun near Abalone Point. Guadalupe Island is home to enormous yellowtail. The three most recent spearfishing world records for Northern yellowtail have been taken at Guadalupe. July 2004, Seriola lalandi, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Bodianus diplotaenia, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Bodianus diplotaenia, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Bodianus diplotaenia, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head, Bodianus diplotaenia, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Sheephead wrasse, adult male coloration, Semicossyphus pulcher, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
The OMER 5 human-powered submarine, designed, built and operated by Montreal, Canadas École de Technologie Supérieure (University of Quebec) engineering students. The submersible is 16 feet long and has two people inside powering and piloting the sub. Made of high tech composite materials and containing networked computers, the OMER 5 has reached a speed of nearly 7 knots underwater, a world record for human-powered submarines, Offshore Model Basin, Escondido, California
The Pipe Organ, a formation of calcite flowstone and cave curtains, Crystal Cave, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
Many stalactites hang from the ceiling -- and a huge stalagmite has grown up from the floor -- of the Dome Room. The formation was named for its resemblence to the Capital Dome in Washington D.C, Crystal Cave, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
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