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| 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. Image ID: 27772 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Breaking wave, tube, hollow barrel, morning surf. Image ID: 19553 | Sandhilll cranes in golden sunset light, silhouette, standing in pond. Image ID: 21798 Species: Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 02169 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | California sea lion and diver consider each other, underwater in the clear ocean water of Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02251 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Guadalupe fur seal pup sits on brown rocks along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02441 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| A northern elephant seal hovers underwater over a rocky bottom along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 03505 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Blue whale aerial photo, with the shadow of the survey plane providing scale as to how huge the whale really is. Image ID: 02168 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03332 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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| Downtown San Diego and USS Midway. The USS Midway was a US Navy aircraft carrier, launched in 1945 and active through the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm, as of 2008 a museum along the downtown waterfront in San Diego. Image ID: 22289 Location: San Diego, California, USA | San Diego Convention Center, located in the Marina District of downtown San Diego. Built in 1989, the San Diego Convention Center offers 525,700 square feet of exhibit space. It is noted for its distinctive "sails" made of Teflon-coated fiberglass suspended over the central exhibition hall, aptly named Sails Pavilion. Image ID: 22290 Location: San Diego, California, USA | Marriott Hotel towers, rising above the Embarcadero Marine Park and yacht marina. Image ID: 22291 Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Crystal Pier, 872 feet long and built in 1925, extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the town of Pacific Beach. Mission Bay and downtown San Diego are seen in the distance. Image ID: 22294 Location: San Diego, California, USA | New Point Loma Lighthouse, situated on the tip of Point Loma Peninsula, marks the entrance to San Diego Bay. The lighthouse rises 70' and was built in 1891 to replace the "old" Point Loma Lighthouse which was often shrouded in fog. Image ID: 22295 Location: San Diego, California, USA | Downtown San Diego and Petco Park, viewed from the southeast. Image ID: 22300 Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Juvenile bald eagle, second year coloration plumage, closeup of head and shoulders, looking directly at camera, snowflakes visible on feathers. Immature coloration showing white speckling on feathers. Image ID: 22589 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Bald eagle in flight, snow covered beach and Kachemak Bay in background. Image ID: 22592 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Pyrrhuloxia, male. Image ID: 22894 Species: Pyrrhuloxia, Cardinalis sinuatus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA |
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| Bullock's oriole, first year male. Image ID: 22895 Species: Bullock's oriole, Icterus bullockii Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Northern cardinal, female. Image ID: 22897 Species: Northern cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Greater roadrunner. Image ID: 22902 Species: Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA |
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| Curve-billed thrasher. Image ID: 22904 Species: Curve-billed thrasher, Toxostoma curvirostre Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Acorn woodpecker, female. Image ID: 22906 Species: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA | Black-headed grosbeak, male. Image ID: 22911 Species: Black-headed grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA |
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| Brown-headed cowbird, male. Image ID: 22916 Species: Brown-headed cowbird, Molothrus ater Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | House finch, male. Image ID: 22927 Species: House finch, Carpodacus mexicanus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Wild turkey. Image ID: 22935 Species: Wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA |
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| Bridled titmouse. Image ID: 22941 Species: Bridled titmouse, Baeolophus wollweberi Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona, USA | Canyon towhee. Image ID: 22943 Species: Canyon towhee, Pipilo fuscus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA | Hooded oriole, female. Image ID: 22944 Species: Hooded oriole, Icterus cucullatus Location: Amado, Arizona, USA |
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