Stock Photos of California

Home   >   Blog   >   Search   >    Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Image ID: 14355   Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA   Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Image ID: 02304   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. Image ID: 22744   Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Image ID: 17679   Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, October 20, 2006 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA   Breaking wave, early morning surf. Image ID: 19404   Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, September 3, 2007 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA   Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Image ID: 15122   Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10975   Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA   Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. Image ID: 12634   Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00627   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a terrestrial forest. Image ID: 02411   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 07048   Location: Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Image ID: 12631   Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Oceanside Pier at dusk, sunset, night. Oceanside. Image ID: 14628   Location: Oceanside Pier, California, USA   Sand Dunes, California. Near Stovepipe Wells lies a region of sand dunes, some of them hundreds of feet tall. Image ID: 15577   Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA   Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. Image ID: 17547   Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA   A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a terrestrial forest. Image ID: 01107   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 02158   Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Clouds light up with blazing colors at sunset. Image ID: 04819   Location: La Jolla, California, USA   2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006. Image ID: 15299   Session: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, February 7, 2006 Location: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, USA   A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish. Image ID: 01113   Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Image ID: 09938   Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Surf grass on the rocky reef -- appearing blurred in this time exposure -- is tossed back and forth by powerful ocean waves passing by above. San Clemente Island. Image ID: 10237   Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17475   Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA   Townsley Lake (10396'), a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23206   Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA   San Diego city skyline at sunset, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island. A panoramic photograph, composite of four separate images. Image ID: 22253   Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 3415 x 14649   Broken Hill with the Pacific Ocean in the distance. Broken Hill is an ancient, compacted sand dune that was uplifted to its present location and is now eroding. Image ID: 14758   Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA   Carson Smith, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. Image ID: 17828   Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, December 9, 2006 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA   Don Gaunder, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. Image ID: 17855   Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, December 13, 2006 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA   Breaking wave, early morning surf. Image ID: 19405   Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, September 3, 2007 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA   Breaking wave, early morning surf. Image ID: 19406   Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, September 3, 2007 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA

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