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Home   >   Natural History Photography Blog   >   Search   >   Wild 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. Wild Photo. Image ID: 20605   Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA   North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf with remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Wild Picture. Image ID: 00140   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   North Pacific humpback whale, breach. Stock Photography of Wild. Image ID: 00205   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Photograph of Wild. Image ID: 02113   Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. Wild Photos. Image ID: 02114   Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Wild Image. Image ID: 02304   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg. Professional stock photos of Wild. Image ID: 25005   Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica   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. Pictures of Wild. Image ID: 20606   Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA   Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Wild Photo. Image ID: 15122   Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Wild Picture. Image ID: 19693   Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Bald eagle, closeup of head and shoulders showing distinctive white head feathers, yellow beak and brown body and wings. Stock Photography of Wild. Image ID: 22582   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, 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. Photograph of Wild. Image ID: 10975   Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Anza Borrego, California, USA   Bull elk spar to establish harems of females, Gibbon Meadow. Wild Photos. Image ID: 13151   Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. Wild Image. Image ID: 17031   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA   A large, old brown bear (grizzly bear) wades across Brooks River. Coastal and near-coastal brown bears in Alaska can live to 25 years of age, weigh up to 1400 lbs and stand over 9 feet tall. Professional stock photos of Wild. Image ID: 17039   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA   Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. Pictures of Wild. Image ID: 19134   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA   A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. Wild Photo. Image ID: 19452   Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Mule deer in tall grass, fall, autumn. Wild Picture. Image ID: 19577   Species: Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Stock Photography of Wild. Image ID: 01520   Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, swims slowly through the clear waters of Crystal River. Photograph of Wild. Image ID: 02696   Species: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA   Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani. Wild Photos. Image ID: 00647   Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas   A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Wild Image. Image ID: 07666   Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. Professional stock photos of Wild. Image ID: 22584   Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA   Portrait of a young brown bear, pausing while grazing in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Pictures of Wild. Image ID: 19135   Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA   Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. Wild Photo. Image ID: 25007   Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica   Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Wild Picture. Image ID: 16240   Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Stock Photography of Wild. Image ID: 16246   Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Photograph of Wild. Image ID: 19465   Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico   Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. Wild Photos. Image ID: 01611   Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador   California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Wild Image. Image ID: 02158   Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

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