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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. Time Photo. Image ID: 10975 Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, 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. Time Picture. Image ID: 13843 Location: Narada Falls, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, 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. Stock Photography of Time. Image ID: 10237 Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Photograph of Time. Image ID: 17475 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA	Yosemite Falls and star trails, night sky time exposure of Yosemite Falls waterfall in full spring flow, with star trails arcing through the night sky. Time Photos. Image ID: 26853 Location: Yosemite National Park, 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. Time Image. Image ID: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA

Blue whale. The sleek hydrodynamic shape of the enormous blue whale allows it to swim swiftly through the ocean, at times over one hundred miles in a single day. Professional stock photos of Time. Image ID: 21250 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, 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. Pictures of Time. Image ID: 22294 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Yosemite Falls is reflected in a springtime pool in flooded Cooks Meadow, Yosemite Valley. Time Photo. Image ID: 16135 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, seen here at night with swirling star trails formed in the sky above due to a long time exposure. Time Picture. Image ID: 21730 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA	Yosemite Falls by moonlight, reflected in a springtime pool in Cooks Meadow. A lunar rainbow (moonbow) can be seen above the lower section of Yosemite Falls. Star trails appear in the night sky. Yosemite Valley. Stock Photography of Time. Image ID: 16093 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Brittlebush at sunrise, dawn, springtime bloom, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Photograph of Time. Image ID: 24301 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA

Snow geese in flight, wings are blurred in long time exposure as they are flying. Time Photos. Image ID: 26211 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, 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. Time Image. Image ID: 24071 Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans Location: Southern Ocean	Ancient bristlecone pine tree, rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level, along the Methuselah Walk. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Professional stock photos of Time. Image ID: 23233 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA

The Milky Way galaxy arcs above Arch Rock, panoramic photograph, cylindrical projection. Pictures of Time. Image ID: 26848 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 6121 x 10275	San Diego city skyline at dusk, viewed from Harbor Island, the Star of India at right. Time Photo. Image ID: 14533 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Mobius Arch with the Milky Way galaxy appearing in the night sky above. Time Picture. Image ID: 21737 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA

Flock of red-winged blackbirds, in flight, blurred in time exposure. Stock Photography of Time. Image ID: 26200 Species: Red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA	Sandhill cranes flying, wings blurred from long time exposure. Photograph of Time. Image ID: 26216 Species: Sandhill Crane, Grus canadensis Location: Bosque Del Apache, Socorro, New Mexico, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Time Photos. Image ID: 15394 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

A hiker admires an ancient bristlecone pine tree, on the Methuselah Walk in the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Time Image. Image ID: 23232 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA	The Crystal Pier and Pacific Ocean at sunrise, dawn, waves blur as they crash upon the sand. Crystal Pier, 872 feet long and built in 1925, extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the town of Pacific Beach. Professional stock photos of Time. Image ID: 27239 Location: Pacific Beach, California, USA	Snow geese at sunrise. Thousands of wintering snow geese take to the sky in predawn light in Bosque del Apache's famous "blast off". The flock can be as large as 20,000 geese or more. Long time exposure creates blurring among the geese. Pictures of Time. Image ID: 21799 Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA

Ocotillo ablaze with springtime flowers. Ocotillo is a dramatic succulent, often confused with cactus, that is common throughout the desert regions of American southwest. Time Photo. Image ID: 09161 Species: Ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Ancient bristlecone pine tree, roots spread wide and exposed over dolomite-rich soil, rising above the arid slopes of the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level, along the Methuselah Walk. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Time Picture. Image ID: 23234 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA	Glacial erratic boulders atop Olmsted Point, with the massive granite monoliths Half Dome and Clouds Rest in the background. Erratics are huge boulders left behind by the passing of glaciers which carved the granite surroundings into their present-day form. When the glaciers melt, any boulders and other geologic material that it was carrying are left in place, sometimes many miles from their original location. Stock Photography of Time. Image ID: 23264 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA

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. Photograph of Time. Image ID: 10896 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA	Barrel cactus, brittlebush 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. Time Photos. Image ID: 10899 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA	Barrel cactus, Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Time Image. Image ID: 10906 Species: Red barrel cactus, Ferocactus cylindraceus Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA