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| Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. Image ID: 02114 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| 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 growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | 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 submarine forest. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 34577 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21347 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Image ID: 01006 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA | A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Image ID: 02286 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Image ID: 27594 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus | Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Image ID: 27597 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus | San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, showing geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests. Image ID: 26003 Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| 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 | 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 | California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 34575 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 34576 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Juvenile Northern Elephant Seal Underwater, Coronado Islands, Mexico. Image ID: 36465 Species: Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 36466 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 36467 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest. Image ID: 33354 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 33433 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food. Image ID: 33472 Species: Strawberry Anemone, Corynactis californica Location: San Diego, California, USA | Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23432 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21348 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Cabo Pearce on Socorro Island, aerial photo, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico. Image ID: 32905 Location: Socorro Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico Pano dimensions: 4282 x 11583 | ||
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| Bryozoan grows on a 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: 25395 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Aerial photo of the West End of Catalina Island. Image ID: 25978 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | |
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