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Breaking wave, early morning surf. Ocean And Light Photo. Image ID: 19404 Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, September 3, 2007 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA	Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Ocean And Light Picture. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. Stock Photography of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 22584 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA

A white tern, or fairy tern, alights on a branch at Rose Atoll in American Samoa. Photograph of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 00871 Species: Fairy tern, Gygis alba Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, 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. Ocean And Light Photos. Image ID: 10237 Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Hotel del Coronado with holiday Christmas night lights, known affectionately as the Hotel Del. It was once the largest hotel in the world, and is one of the few remaining wooden Victorian beach resorts. It sits on the beach on Coronado Island, seen here with downtown San Diego in the distance. It is widely considered to be one of Americas most beautiful and classic hotels. Built in 1888, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Ocean And Light Image. Image ID: 27396 Location: San Diego, California, USA

A green wave breaking, with sunset light filtering through. Professional stock photos of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 19395 Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, September 2, 2007 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA	Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Pictures of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 14354 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, 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. Ocean And Light Photo. Image ID: 22142 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water. Ocean And Light Picture. Image ID: 26340 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA	A large, powerful wave breaks with offshore winds at the Wedge in Newport Beach. Stock Photography of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 18706 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, April 12, 2007 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, 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. Photograph of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 15371 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Nazca booby in flight. Ocean And Light Photos. Image ID: 16681 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	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. Ocean And Light Image. Image ID: 22295 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Bald eagle in flight, snow covered beach and Kachemak Bay in background. Professional stock photos of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 22592 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA

Bald eagle in flight spreads its wings and raises its talons as it prepares to grasp a fish out of the water. Pictures of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 22593 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA	Three Sisters Springs depicted in an underwater landscape with sand, clear water and trees. Ocean And Light Photo. Image ID: 02673 Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA	California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. Ocean And Light Picture. Image ID: 18228 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Torrey Pines balloon aerial survey photo. Torrey Pines seacliffs, rising up to 300 feet above the ocean, stretch from Del Mar to La Jolla. On the mesa atop the bluffs are found Torrey pine trees, one of the rare species of pines in the world. Peregine falcons nest at the edge of the cliffs. This photo was made as part of an experimental balloon aerial photographic survey flight over Torrey Pines State Reserve, by permission of Torrey Pines State Reserve. Stock Photography of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 27271 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5001 x 11896

Brown pelican, golden sunrise light, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning Photograph of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 23624 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, 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. Ocean And Light Photos. Image ID: 15125 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. Adult winter breeding plumage. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Adult winter breeding plumage showing brown hindneck and red gular throat pouch. Ocean And Light Image. Image ID: 20073 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Professional stock photos of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 25396 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Oceanside Pier at sunset, clouds with a brilliant sky at dusk, the lights on the pier are lit. Pictures of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 27614 Location: Oceanside Pier, California, USA	Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear. Ocean And Light Photo. Image ID: 24071 Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans Location: Southern Ocean

California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck and red gular throat pouch. Ocean And Light Picture. Image ID: 20083 Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Paraglider soaring at Torrey Pines Gliderport, sunset, flying over the Pacific Ocean. Stock Photography of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 24286 Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. Photograph of Ocean And Light. Image ID: 22606 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA

Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. Ocean And Light Photos. Image ID: 22610 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA	Breaking wave. The Wedge. Ocean And Light Image. Image ID: 14370 Session: Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA