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| Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 25394 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 25396 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. Image ID: 25250 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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| Mobius Arch at sunrise, framing snow dusted Lone Pine Peak and the Sierra Nevada Range in the background. Also known as Galen's Arch, Mobius Arch is found in the Alabama Hills Recreational Area near Lone Pine. Image ID: 27644 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA | Sailing stone on the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 27689 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Dawn patrol morning surf, hollow wave. Image ID: 20797 Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA |
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| A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. Image ID: 22562 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Joshua Trees in early morning light. Image ID: 22112 Species: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 25239 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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| The Grand Tetons, reflected in the glassy waters of the Snake River at Schwabacher Landing, on a beautiful summer morning. Image ID: 26923 Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA Pano dimensions: 5318 x 6689 | Half Dome at sunrise, viewed from Glacier Point. Image ID: 27737 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Yosemite Falls reflected in a meadow pool, spring. Image ID: 27745 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Breaking wave, tube, hollow barrel, morning surf. Image ID: 19534 | Breaking wave, tube, hollow barrel, morning surf. Image ID: 19535 | Half Dome surrounded by storm clouds. Image ID: 22747 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. Image ID: 22751 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | ||
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| Panoramic view from Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country, looking south. A hiker appears twice in this curious panoramic photo, enjoying the spectacular view. Visible on the left are Parson's Peak (12147'), Gallison Lake and Bernice Lake, while Vogelsang Peak (11516') rises to the right. Image ID: 23210 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4512 x 17738 | ||
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| Panorama of Nameless Lake (10709'), surrounded by glacier-sculpted granite peaks of the Cathedral Range, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23211 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 3756 x 9102 | ||
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| Ancient bristlecone pine tree, rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level, along the Methuselah Walk. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 23233 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Breaking wave. The Wedge. Image ID: 14370 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA | Mesa Arch spans 90 feet and stands at the edge of a mesa precipice thousands of feet above the Colorado River gorge. For a few moments at sunrise the underside of the arch glows dramatically red and orange. Image ID: 18040 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Mobius Arch in golden early morning light. The natural stone arch is found in the scenic Alabama Hlls near Lone Pine, California. Image ID: 21731 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA | Sunrise in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 22100 Species: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Yosemite Falls rises above the Merced River, viewed from Swinging Bridge. Image ID: 22757 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave. Image ID: 23294 Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA | Sunset on the Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. Image ID: 25240 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. Image ID: 25241 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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| Rainbow and clearing storm clouds, sunrise light on Manly Beacon, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California. Image ID: 27660 Location: Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad, California. Image ID: 17394 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Sunset wave. Image ID: 19396 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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