Elephant Seals, Piedras Blancas Lighthouse Photo

Elephant seals crowd a sand beach at the Piedras Blancas rookery near San Simeon. The Piedras Blancas lighthouse is visible in upper left. Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA, natural history stock photograph, photo id 20355 Purchase A Print Of This ImageHow to request, purchase or license this imageAdd To Light TableClick To View This Photo At Its Location in Google Earth. You must have Google Earth installed for this feature to work correctly.Click To View This Photo At Its Location in Google Maps.Click To View This Photo At Its Location in Live Search Maps.


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Elephant seals crowd a sand beach at the Piedras Blancas rookery near San Simeon. The Piedras Blancas lighthouse is visible in upper left. Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

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Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA
Lat/Long: 35° 39' 59.77"N, 121° 16' 33.16"W (Coordinates: 35.66660°, -121.27588°)
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