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Western gulls, courtship behaviour.
Image ID: 18397
Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch.
Image ID: 20257
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California sea lion, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions.
Image ID: 23418
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island.
Image ID: 26003
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape.
Image ID: 21251
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape.
Image ID: 21252
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Brittlebush at sunrise, dawn, springtime bloom, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
Image ID: 24301
Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Brittlebush blooms in spring, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
Image ID: 24304
Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA | Sunset on the Last Chance Mountain Range, seen from Eureka Valley Sand Dunes.
Image ID: 25238
Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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Sunset and boulders, Joshua Tree National Park. Sunset lights the giant boulders and rock formations near Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree N.P.
Image ID: 26719
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
Pano dimensions: 5493 x 10035 |
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Mono Lake sunset, tufa and clouds reflected in the still waters of Mono Lake.
Image ID: 26977
Location: Mono Lake, California, USA | A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance.
Image ID: 27142
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Del Mar, California, USA | Blue whale and San Onofre Nuclear Power generating station, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting its tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging for food.
Image ID: 27337
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Dana Point, California, USA |
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California brown pelican on Oceanside Pier, sitting on the pier railing, sunset, winter.
Image ID: 27607
Species: brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: Oceanside Pier, California, USA | Downtown Los Angeles at night, street lights, buildings light up the night.
Image ID: 27727
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA | Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch.
Image ID: 28332
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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San Diego City Skyline at Sunrise.
Image ID: 28379
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Star Trails over the San Diego Downtown City Skyline. In this 60 minute exposure, stars create trails through the night sky over downtown San Diego.
Image ID: 28383
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad, California.
Image ID: 17407
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17717
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17718
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17720
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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Tony Gatti, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17777
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Tony Gatti, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17780
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17854
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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Western gull, early morning pink sky.
Image ID: 18394
Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Pacific white sided dolphin carrying drift kelp.
Image ID: 00043
Species: Pacific white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
Location: San Diego, California, USA | A Pacific harbor seal hauls out on a rock. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Image ID: 00940
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Northern fur seal swims through the cold waters and kelp forest of San Miguel Island, in California's northern Channel Islands.
Image ID: 00966
Species: Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus
Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Polyp of a strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph).
Image ID: 01039
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA |
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