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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Scene Photo. Image ID: 14355 Session: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, September 25, 2005 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Scene Picture. Image ID: 20605 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA	Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Stock Photography of Scene. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. Photograph of Scene. Image ID: 22744 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	The Second Wave at sunset. The Second Wave, a curiously-shaped sandstone swirl, takes on rich warm tones and dramatic shadowed textures at sunset. Set in the North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah, the Second Wave is characterized by striations revealing layers of sedimentary deposits, a visible historical record depicting eons of submarine geology. Scene Photos. Image ID: 20606 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA	Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Scene Image. Image ID: 17679 Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, October 20, 2006 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA

Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Professional stock photos of Scene. Image ID: 10975 Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA	Waterfall at Temple of Sinawava during peak flow following spring rainstorm. Zion Canyon. Pictures of Scene. Image ID: 12450 Location: Temple of Sinawava, Zion National Park, Utah, USA	Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. Scene Photo. Image ID: 12634 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

A rainbow appears in the mist of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. At 308 feet, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the tallest fall in the park. This view is from Lookout Point on the North side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. When conditions are perfect in midsummer, a midmorning rainbow briefly appears in the falls. Scene Picture. Image ID: 13319 Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Grand Prismatic Spring (left) and Excelsior Geyser (right). Grand Prismatic Spring displays a stunning rainbow of colors created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The blue water in the center is too hot to support any bacterial life, while the outer orange rings are the coolest water. Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest spring in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Midway Geyser Basin. Stock Photography of Scene. Image ID: 13571 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Mount Rainier is reflected in Upper Tipsoo Lake. Photograph of Scene. Image ID: 13834 Location: Tipsoo Lakes, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA

Narada Falls cascades down a cliff, with the flow blurred by a time exposure. Narada Falls is a 188 foot (57m) waterfall in Mount Rainier National Park. Scene Photos. Image ID: 13843 Location: Narada Falls, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA	Paradise Falls tumble over rocks in Paradise Creek. Scene Image. Image ID: 13867 Location: Paradise Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA	Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. Professional stock photos of Scene. Image ID: 18036 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA

Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Pictures of Scene. Image ID: 18159 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA	Old Faithful geyser, sunrise. Reaching up to 185' in height and lasting up to 5 minutes, Old Faithful geyser is the most famous geyser in the world and the first geyser in Yellowstone to be named. Scene Photo. Image ID: 26939 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Breaking wave, early morning surf. Scene Picture. Image ID: 19404 Session: Ponto, South Carlsbad, California, September 3, 2007 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Stock Photography of Scene. 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 terrestrial forest. Photograph of Scene. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. Scene Photos. Image ID: 07048 Location: Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Scene Image. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning. Professional stock photos of Scene. Image ID: 13852 Location: Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA	Sand Dunes, California. Near Stovepipe Wells lies a region of sand dunes, some of them hundreds of feet tall. Pictures of Scene. Image ID: 15577 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. Scene Photo. Image ID: 17547 Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA	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. Scene Picture. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Stock Photography of Scene. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola

A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish. Photograph of Scene. Image ID: 01113 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Scene Photos. Image ID: 09938 Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, 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. Scene Image. Image ID: 10237 Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA