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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Scenic Photo.
Image ID: 14355
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. Scenic 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 Scenic.
Image ID: 02113
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. Photograph of Scenic.
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. Scenic Photos.
Image ID: 20606
Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Scenic Image.
Image ID: 17679
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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Panoramic photo of Crater Lake National Park Professional stock photos of Scenic.
Image ID: 28675
Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA
Pano dimensions: 3271 x 10669 |
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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. Pictures of Scenic.
Image ID: 10975
Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Waterfall at Temple of Sinawava during peak flow following spring rainstorm. Zion Canyon. Scenic Photo.
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. Scenic Picture.
Image ID: 12634
Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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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. Stock Photography of Scenic.
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. Photograph of Scenic.
Image ID: 13571
Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. Yup, that's me. Scenic Photos.
Image ID: 18036
Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA |
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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. Scenic Image.
Image ID: 26939
Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Professional stock photos of Scenic.
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. Pictures of Scenic.
Image ID: 02411
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. Scenic Photo.
Image ID: 07048
Location: Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning Scenic Picture.
Image ID: 28703
Location: Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA | Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Stock Photography of Scenic.
Image ID: 12631
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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Yosemite Valley Tunnel View, Storm clouds at sunset, Yosemite National Park Photograph of Scenic.
Image ID: 34542
Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Pano dimensions: 7653 x 12541 | Paradise Falls tumble over rocks in Paradise Creek. Scenic Photos.
Image ID: 13867
Location: Paradise Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA | Tiny hikers atop Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. Near Stovepipe Wells lies a region of sand dunes, some of them hundreds of feet tall. Scenic Image.
Image ID: 15577
Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. Professional stock photos of Scenic.
Image ID: 17547
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA | Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Pictures of Scenic.
Image ID: 18159
Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, 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. Scenic Photo.
Image ID: 01107
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Scenic Picture.
Image ID: 03267
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola | Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Stock Photography of Scenic.
Image ID: 09938
Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, 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. Photograph of Scenic.
Image ID: 27396
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Scripps Pier solstice, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier. Scenic Photos.
Image ID: 28475
Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. Scenic Image.
Image ID: 28586
Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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