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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Pacific Beach Photo. Image ID: 14355 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, 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. Pacific Beach Picture. Image ID: 27396 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. Stock Photography of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 25950 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA

Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave. Photograph of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 23293 Session: Cardiff, California, August 30, 2009 Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA	Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Pacific Beach Photos. Image ID: 14354 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	SIO Pier. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier is 1090 feet long and was built of reinforced concrete in 1988, replacing the original wooden pier built in 1915. The Scripps Pier is home to a variety of sensing equipment above and below water that collects various oceanographic data. The Scripps research diving facility is located at the foot of the pier. Fresh seawater is pumped from the pier to the many tanks and facilities of SIO, including the Birch Aquarium. The Scripps Pier is named in honor of Ellen Browning Scripps, the most significant donor and benefactor of the Institution. Pacific Beach Image. Image ID: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

Hotel del Coronado, 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. Professional stock photos of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 22287 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water. Pictures of Pacific Beach. 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. Pacific Beach Photo. Image ID: 18706 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, April 12, 2007 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA

Sunset falls upon Torrey Pines State Reserve, viewed from the Torrey Pines glider port. La Jolla, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Scripps Pier are seen in the distance. Pacific Beach Picture. Image ID: 26436 Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Brian Antonopoulos, The Wedge, overcast day. Stock Photography of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 16914 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 6, 2006 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Brian Washburn, the Wedge. Photograph of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 16986 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA

Crystal Pier, 872 feet long and built in 1925, extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the town of Pacific Beach. Mission Bay and downtown San Diego are seen in the distance. Pacific Beach Photos. Image ID: 22294 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Bald eagle in flight, snow covered beach and Kachemak Bay in background. Pacific Beach Image. Image ID: 22592 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA	Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. Professional stock photos of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 25951 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA

Coastal brown bear walking on sand beach. Pictures of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 19144 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA	Juvenile female coastal brown bear walks on beach. Pacific Beach Photo. Image ID: 19164 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, 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. Pacific Beach Picture. Image ID: 00940 Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Pacific harbor seal swims in the protected waters of Childrens Pool in La Jolla, California. 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. Stock Photography of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 03018 Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Tanner Ferrell, The Wedge, overcast day. Photograph of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 16915 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 6, 2006 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	A wave, breaking with powerful energy, at the Wedge in Newport Beach. Pacific Beach Photos. Image ID: 16988 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA

Bodysurfing at the Wedge in Newport Beach. Pacific Beach Image. Image ID: 16990 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	A wave, breaking with powerful energy, at the Wedge in Newport Beach. Professional stock photos of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 16992 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	A tube, the inside of a breaking wave. Pictures of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 17007 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA

Aggregating anemone opens its arms to passing ocean currents in an attempt to snag passing bits of food or unwary prey. Pacific Beach Photo. Image ID: 00314 Species: Aggregating anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima Location: Laguna Beach, California, USA	Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave. Pacific Beach Picture. Image ID: 23295 Session: Cardiff, California, August 30, 2009 Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA	Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. Stock Photography of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 25953 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA

Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve. Photograph of Pacific Beach. Image ID: 27248 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Scripps Pier, sunrise. Pacific Beach Photos. Image ID: 26456 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA	Tube, Cylinders, the Wedge. Pacific Beach Image. Image ID: 16996 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, August 26, 2006 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA