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| 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 | 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 Catalina Island, West End. Image ID: 25978 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Magnificent frigatebird, adult female on nest. Image ID: 16726 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | 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: 25393 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Middle Coronado Island, viewed from the south. Image ID: 21322 Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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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: 27116 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Nazca booby in flight. Image ID: 16681 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21349 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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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 | 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 | 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 |
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| 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 | San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island. Image ID: 26003 Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Hammerhead sharks swim in a school underwater at Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Image ID: 16271 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| A great white shark swims toward the photographer. Perhaps the shark is considering him as possible prey? The photographer, a "shark diver" is safely situated in a sturdy metal cage. The best location in the world to "shark dive" to view great white sharks is Mexico's Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 19457 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21346 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Two satellite tags, below dorsal fin of great white shark. The tags record the sharks movements, relaying data to researchers via satellite. Image ID: 21391 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| 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 | 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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| 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: 02031 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | California sea lions, Coronado Islands. Image ID: 02151 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | 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: 02159 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| California sea lions, Coronado Islands. Image ID: 02160 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Galapagos sea lion playing with puffer fish. Image ID: 02252 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Blue shark searching drift kelp for food, open ocean. Image ID: 02288 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 02435 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Guadalupe fur seal mother and pup. Image ID: 02440 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass. Image ID: 06057 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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