List of Images |
Photo of Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Since this blue whale was approximately 80-90' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. :: Image #27299
Photo of 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. :: Image #20605
Photo of Breaking wave, fast motion and blur, The Wedge. :: Image #14355
Photo of 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. :: Image #2304
Photo of Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. :: Image #2113
Photo of Humpback whale breaching, near Molokai, Hawaii. Megaptera novaeangliae. It is suspected the breaching often has a communicative purpose which depends on the behavioral context of the moment. :: Image #205
Photo of North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. :: Image #140
Photo of Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg. :: Image #25005
Photo of Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. :: Image #22744
Photo of Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. :: Image #2114
Photo of Breaking wave, Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. :: Image #27975
Photo of The Second Wave at Sunset, North Coyote Buttes. 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. :: Image #20606
Photo of Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. :: Image #17679
Photo of Panoramic photo of Crater Lake National Park :: Image #28675
Photo of Sunrise glints yellow on breaking wave, dawn surf. :: Image #27977
Photo of 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. :: Image #19693
Photo of Brown pelican in flight against pastel-colored sky at sunrise. 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. :: Image #15122
Photo of Inquisitive Calf South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40638
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39155
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39141
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39140
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39139
Photo of Great hammerhead shark :: Image #31966
Photo of Two tiger sharks :: Image #31875
Photo of Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning :: Image #28703
Photo of 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. :: Image #26939
Photo of Bald eagle, closeup of head and shoulders showing distinctive white head feathers, yellow beak and brown body and wings. :: Image #22582
Photo of Mule deer in tall grass, fall, autumn. :: Image #19577
Photo of 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. :: Image #19452
Photo of Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. :: Image #19134
Photo of Extended High Mountain pose, Utthita Tadasana, sunrise on Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. :: Image #18036
Photo of 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. :: Image #17039
Photo of Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. :: Image #17031
Photo of 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. :: Image #13571
Photo of 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. :: Image #13319
Photo of Bull elk spar to establish harems of females, Gibbon Meadow. :: Image #13151
Photo of Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. :: Image #12634
Photo of Waterfall at Temple of Sinawava during peak flow following spring rainstorm. Zion Canyon. :: Image #12450
Photo of 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. :: Image #7666
Photo of Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. :: Image #7048
Photo of A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, swims slowly through the clear waters of Crystal River. :: Image #2696
Photo of 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. :: Image #2411
Photo of 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. :: Image #1520
Photo of Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani. :: Image #647
Photo of Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. :: Image #627
Photo of Yosemite Valley Tunnel View, Storm clouds at sunset, Yosemite National Park :: Image #34542
Photo of Milky Way and Shooting Star over Delicate Arch, as stars cover the night sky. :: Image #27854
Photo of Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. :: Image #25007
Photo of Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. :: Image #22584
Photo of 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. :: Image #19135
Photo of Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. :: Image #27993
Photo of Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. :: Image #27979
Photo of Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. :: Image #25646
Photo of 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. :: Image #19465
Photo of Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. :: Image #18159
Photo of Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. :: Image #17547
Photo of 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. :: Image #16246
Photo of Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. :: Image #16240
Photo of 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. :: Image #15577
Photo of 2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006. :: Image #15299
Photo of Oceanside Pier at dusk, sunset, night. Oceanside. :: Image #14628
Photo of Paradise Falls tumble over rocks in Paradise Creek. :: Image #13867
Photo of Full moon rises over Seattle city skyline at dusk, Space Needle at right. :: Image #13661
Photo of Venus comb murex. Scientists speculate that the distinctively long and narrow spines are a protection against fish and other mollusks and prevent the mollusk from sinking into the soft, sandy mud where it is commonly found. :: Image #12970
Photo of Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. :: Image #12631
Photo of Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. :: Image #9938
Photo of Glory of the Sea cone shell, brown form. The Glory of the Sea cone shell, once one of the rarest and most sought after of all seashells, remains the most famous and one of the most desireable shells for modern collectors. :: Image #8732
Photo of Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface. :: Image #3854
Photo of Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. :: Image #3267
Photo of Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. :: Image #1611
Photo of 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. :: Image #1107
Photo of Brown booby flying over Rose Atoll at sunset, with dark colorful storm clouds and other birds in the background. :: Image #914
Photo of A white tern, or fairy tern, alights on a branch at Rose Atoll in American Samoa. :: Image #871
Photo of Atlantic spotted dolphin and Olympic champion swimmer Matt Biondi. :: Image #18
Photo of The Tree of Eons, a spectacular dendritic formation in the Bentonite Hills of Utah. Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, ancient Bentonite layers are exposed through erosion in the Utah Badlands. The Bentonite Hills are composed of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation. This layer was formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes. Photographed just before sunrise with soft pre-dawn illumination. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37951
Photo of Tiger shark and horse-eye jacks :: Image #31880
Photo of Milky Way and stars at night above Mount Rainier. :: Image #28723
Photo of The Second Wave at Night. The Second Wave, a spectacular sandstone formation in the North Coyote Buttes, lies under a sky full of stars. :: Image #28627
Photo of The Wave at Night, under a clear night sky full of stars. Photographer is illuminating the striated rocks with a small handheld light. The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes is 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. :: Image #28620
Photo of Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. :: Image #28586
Photo of Light Beam in Upper Antelope Slot Canyon. Thin shafts of light briefly penetrate the convoluted narrows of Upper Antelope Slot Canyon, sending piercing beams through the sandstone maze to the sand floor below. :: Image #28570
Photo of Scripps Pier solstice, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier. :: Image #28475
Photo of 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. :: Image #27396
Photo of Tiger shark and underwater photographer :: Image #31877
Photo of Full Moon over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma. Mount San Miguel is in center while Lyons Peak lies to the left. :: Image #29116
Photo of Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. :: Image #27999
Photo of Yosemite Falls and star trails, at night, viewed from Cook's Meadow, illuminated by the light of the full moon. :: Image #27733
Photo of John Moulton barn at sunrise with Teton Range, on Mormon Row in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming. :: Image #26965
Photo of A hiker admiring the striated walls and dramatic light within Antelope Canyon, a deep narrow slot canyon formed by water and wind erosion. :: Image #17993
Photo of 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. :: Image #17475
Photo of Bigeye trevally jacks, motion blur, schooling. :: Image #16347
Photo of Hawaiian spinner dolphin, resting herd swimming along reef. :: Image #108
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia. A short-finned pilot whale photo-bombs in the background. :: Image #40655
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39156
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater, swimming over sandy shallow bottom. :: Image #38306
Photo of Tracy greets the dawn, with Turret Arch in the distance viewed through North Window at Sunrise :: Image #37860
Photo of The Milky Way arches over Half Dome, and the Yosemite High Country, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36386
Photo of South American sea lion underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #35930
Photo of California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #34577
Photo of California sea lion framed by huge breaking wave in La Jolla :: Image #34272
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33186
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32663
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31883
Photo of San Diego Bay and Skyline at sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #30210
Photo of Light Painting and the Milky Way and Stars over Delicate Arch, at night, Arches National Park, Utah :: Image #29288
Photo of Little Corona Beach, at night under a full moon, waves lit by moonlight :: Image #28866
Photo of The Milky Way at Night over Sky Rock, panorama, spherical projection. Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. :: Image #28799
Photo of Owachomo Bridge and Milky Way. Owachomo Bridge, a natural stone bridge standing 106' high and spanning 130' wide,stretches across a canyon with the Milky Way crossing the night sky. :: Image #28541
Photo of Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. :: Image #27597
Photo of Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. :: Image #27594
Photo of Blue whale underwater photo showing entire whale head (rostrum) to tail (fluke). This picture of a blue whale shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Specialized underwater camera gear, including an extremely wide lens, was used to capture the entire enormous whale in a single photograph. :: Image #27300
Photo of Breaking wave fast motion and blur at The Wedge. :: Image #27079
Photo of Enormous blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. :: Image #25950
Photo of Townsley Lake (10396'), a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. :: Image #23206
Photo of Two bald eagles on perch, one with wings spread as it has just landed and is adjusting its balance, the second with its head thrown back, calling vocalizing. :: Image #22583
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, wing spread, soaring. :: Image #22581
Photo of A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. :: Image #21347
Photo of 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. :: Image #20607
Photo of Don Gaunder, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17855
Photo of Carson Smith, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17828
Photo of The Teton Range is reflected in the glassy waters of the Snake River at Schwabacher Landing. :: Image #12982
Photo of Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout. :: Image #10550
Photo of A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. :: Image #2286
Photo of Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. :: Image #1006
Photo of Mesquite Dunes sunrise, dawn, clouds and morning sky, sand dunes. :: Image #28689
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. :: Image #28333
Photo of Panorama of the Milky Way over Mesa Arch. :: Image #27824
Photo of California sea lion underwater playing with sea star. :: Image #27428
Photo of Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California, sunrise light just touching clouds and the Sierra Nevada. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. :: Image #26979
Photo of San Diego city skyline at sunset, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island. A panoramic photograph, composite of thirteen separate images. :: Image #22255
Photo of Portrait of a Southern Right Whale Underwater, Eubalaena australis. This particular right whale exhibits a beautiful mottled pattern on its sides. :: Image #38389
Photo of A large group of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36052
Photo of Young California sea lion pups underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31209
Photo of The Second Wave at Sunset, Vermillion Cliffs. 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 :: Image #28613
Photo of San Diego city skyline at sunrise, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island :: Image #27889
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39164
Photo of Australian Sea Lions in Kelp, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39163
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38309
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37946
Photo of The Milky Way arches over Half Dome and the Yosemite High Country. Each year there are a couple nights where the Milky Way arches perfectly over Half Dome and the faint light of the milky way is perfectly balanced with a partial moon. I try to shoot this image each year, partly to improve upon past renditions but also simply to sit alone at night atop Glacier Point and savor the view. :: Image #37132
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Note the classic winter breeding plumage, with bright red throat, yellow and white head and neck, and brown hind neck. Other pelicans and cormorants at the periphery of the image hint at how crowded the cliff is with other birds. :: Image #36679
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36053
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36050
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis. About five per cent of southern right whales are born white due to a condition known as grey morphism and will gradually turn dark as they age. They are not albino (which is a complete lack of pigmentation). Sometimes referred to as "brindled", the white coloration is a recessive genetic trait and only lasts a few months. Typically, but not always, white calves will become much darker as they mature but will still be somewhat lighter than normal even as adults. :: Image #35908
Photo of Young California sea lions playing underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #35854
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents :: Image #34707
Photo of Aerial View of Namena Marine Reserve and Coral Reefs, Namena Island, Fiji :: Image #34680
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32660
Photo of California sea lions underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31205
Photo of Stars and the Milky Way over ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, some exceeding 4000 years in age. :: Image #29407
Photo of Perseid Meteor Shower and Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy and the Pleides Cluster, over Half Dome and Yosemite National Park :: Image #28746
Photo of Mount Rainier reflected in Tipsoo Lake :: Image #28740
Photo of Milky Way and stars at night above Mount Rainier. :: Image #28732
Photo of Mount Rainier sunset, viewed from Ricksecker Point. :: Image #28722
Photo of Milky Way and stars over Crater Lake at night. Panorama of Crater Lake and Wizard Island at night, Crater Lake National Park. :: Image #28641
Photo of 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 :: Image #28614
Photo of Ancient bristlecone pine trees at night, under a clear night sky full of stars, lit by a full moon, near Patriarch Grove. :: Image #28533
Photo of Approaching sunrise and star trails over the San Diego Downtown City Skyline. In this 60 minute exposure, stars create trails through the night sky over downtown San Diego. :: Image #28386
Photo of Landscape Arch and Milky Way, stars rise over the arch at night. :: Image #27868
Photo of Yosemite Falls and rainbow, Half Dome in distance, viewed from the Yosemite Falls trail, spring. :: Image #27742
Photo of Dusk settles on downtown San Diego with snow-covered Mount Laguna in the distance. :: Image #26716
Photo of Adams River sockeye salmon. A female sockeye salmon swims upstream in the Adams River to spawn, having traveled hundreds of miles upstream from the ocean. :: Image #26161
Photo of The Virgin River flows by autumn cottonwood trees, part of the Virgin River Narrows. This is a fantastic hike in fall with the comfortable temperatures, beautiful fall colors and light crowds. :: Image #26096
Photo of Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles. :: Image #22588
Photo of Ancient Douglas fir trees in Cathedral Grove. Cathedral Grove is home to huge, ancient, old-growth Douglas fir trees. About 300 years ago a fire killed most of the trees in this grove, but a small number of trees survived and were the originators of what is now Cathedral Grove. Western redcedar trees grow in adundance in the understory below the taller Douglas fir trees. :: Image #22456
Photo of Yaletown section of Vancouver at night, viewed from Granville Island. :: Image #21165
Photo of The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and serve as the seat of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The main block of the Parliament Buildings combines Baroque details with Romanesque Revival rustication. :: Image #21048
Photo of Tiger shark. :: Image #10648
Photo of The bright orange garibaldi fish, California's state marine fish, is also clownlike in appearance. :: Image #2416
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38970
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult non-breeding plumage coloration :: Image #38935
Photo of A beautiful golden-brown female California Sea Lion at the Coronado Islands, posing on a carpet of purple marine algae, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #38559
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38303
Photo of San Diego Bay and Downtown City Skyline at Dawn, spectacular clouds light up over the city. Mount San Miguel in the distance. :: Image #37636
Photo of Full Moon Rises over the San Diego City Skyline and Mount Laguna, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36634
Photo of SCUBA Diver and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36118
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #34715
Photo of Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34713
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34708
Photo of Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. :: Image #34568
Photo of Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Sunset, Yosemite National Park :: Image #34541
Photo of Double side-eye from two young California sea lions resting on a reef in La Jolla :: Image #34273
Photo of Sunset light and acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. :: Image #31315
Photo of Killer whale attacking sea lion. Biggs transient orca and California sea lion. :: Image #30428
Photo of Milky Way at Night over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #30220
Photo of Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning :: Image #28705
Photo of The Virgin River Narrows, where the Virgin River has carved deep, narrow canyons through the Zion National Park sandstone, creating one of the finest hikes in the world. :: Image #28575
Photo of Ancient bristlecone pine trees at night, under a clear night sky full of stars, lit by a full moon, near Patriarch Grove. :: Image #28535
Photo of Blue whale 80-feet long, full body photograph of an enormous blue whale showing rostrom head to fluke tail, taken at close range with very wide lens. :: Image #27967
Photo of Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. :: Image #27772
Photo of Blue whales feeding on krill underwater closeup photo. A picture of a blue whale with its throat pleats inflated with a mouthful of krill. A calf swims behind and below the adult. Over 80' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. :: Image #27314
Photo of Yosemite Falls reflected in flooded meadow. The Merced River floods its banks in spring, forming beautiful reflections of Yosemite Falls. :: Image #26887
Photo of San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, showing geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests :: Image #26003
Photo of Cathedral Range peaks reflected in the still waters of Townsley Lake at sunrise. :: Image #25756
Photo of Galapagos penguin, underwater, swimming. Bartolome Island. :: Image #16234
Photo of A northern elephant seal hovers underwater over a rocky bottom along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. :: Image #3505
Photo of California sea lion and diver consider each other, underwater in the clear ocean water of Guadalupe Island. :: Image #2251
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal at Children's Pool with La Jolla in the background :: Image #40697
Photo of Barrier Reef around Moorea Island, French Polynesia. Cook's Bay to the left, Opunohu Bay to the right. The outer reef slope is seen adjacent to deep blue oceanic water with white waves breaking against the reef edge. Next, a wide shallow reef flat occurs dotted with coral bommies. Inside of that, a shallow protected lagoon is formed against the island. Tall, rugged, eroded mountains are seen hinting at the age of the ancient volcano that originally formed the island and that is now sinking back down, leaving the encircling reef behind. :: Image #40676
Photo of Burrowing owl, Cape Coral, Florida, subspecies Athene cunicularia floridana. This 10-inch-tall burrowing owl is standing beside its burrow. These burrows are usually created by squirrels, prairie dogs, or other rodents and even turtles, and only rarely dug by the owl itself. :: Image #40585
Photo of Roseate Spoonbill in Flight, Platalea ajaja, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40537
Photo of Scythe-mark butterflyfish, Prognathodes falcifer, Catalina Island :: Image #40516
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40475
Photo of SCUBA Divers at Night, Isla de la Guarda Island, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez. Dive boat Rocio del Mar is seen in the distance. Night diving is scary so I stay on the big boat and fly my drone. :: Image #40372
Photo of Perfect California brown pelican breeding plumage portrait, with brown hind neck, yellow head and bright red throat, perched on rock over the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla :: Image #40240
Photo of Mother sea lion teaches her young pup to bodysurf on waves :: Image #40169
Photo of California sea lion surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40089
Photo of Brown Pelican Closeup Portrait Intense Stare :: Image #39815
Photo of A California Brown Pelican flying over the Pacific Ocean, spreads its large wings wide to slow down as it banks, turns in midair, to land on seacliffs in La Jolla. Winter adult non-breeding plumage. :: Image #39791
Photo of Giant Black Sea Bass with Distinctive Identifying Black Spots that allow researchers to carry out sight/resight studies on the animals distributions and growth. Black sea bass can reach 500 pounds and 8 feet in length. :: Image #39433
Photo of Two Giant Black Sea Bass in a Courtship Posture, in Kelp at Catalina Island. In summer months, black seabass gather in kelp forests in California to form mating aggregations. Courtship behaviors include circling of pairs of giant sea bass, production of booming sounds by presumed males, and nudging of females by males in what is though to be an effort to encourage spawning. :: Image #39432
Photo of Ocean Sunfish swimming at the ocean surface in the Open Ocean :: Image #39406
Photo of Australian Sea Lions, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39157
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39143
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39142
Photo of The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is found on the southern and western coasts of Australia. Its extravagent appendages serve only for camoflage, since it has a nearly-invisible dorsal fin that propels it slowly through the water. The leafy sea dragon is the marine emblem of South Australia. :: Image #39137
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Mother and Pup Emerge from the Ocean, they will remain close for four to six weeks until the pup is weaned from its mother's milk. :: Image #39078
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup in La Jolla About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39071
Photo of A California sea lions leap high out of the water, jumping clear of a wave while bodysurfing at Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #38990
Photo of California sea lions bodysurfing and leaping way out of the water, in La Jolla at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38989
Photo of Brown Pelicans on Goldfish Point in La Jolla, time exposure blurs the large waves, aerial photograph. In the summer we used to jump off the cliff (the "Clam") in front of the twin cave entrances seen at middle-right. :: Image #38865
Photo of California Brown Pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow before landing on cliffs, Pelecanus occidentalis :: Image #38839
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. This particular sea lion bears an orange tag on his left foreflipper, probably as a result of rescue and release as a young sea lion years earlier. :: Image #38655
Photo of Drift kelp paddy floating on the ocean surface, San Diego :: Image #38533
Photo of Red Gorgonians form a lush colorful garden below a submarine arch, while two scuba divers pass through the opening to the cavern. :: Image #38497
Photo of Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are typically oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38496
Photo of The Kelp Forest and Rocky Reef of San Clemente Island. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands :: Image #38495
Photo of The Kelp Forest and Rocky Reef of San Clemente Island. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands :: Image #38494
Photo of Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover, encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian. The gorgonian on the left has been completely parasitized by zoanthid anemones, while the gorgonian to the right remains free of zoanthids (for now). A garibaldi swims below the two sea fans. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38493
Photo of San Clemente Island aerial photo, Pyramid Head and Balanced Rock (China Hat) at the southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island, exhibits distinctive geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests :: Image #38483
Photo of Southern right whale eyeballing the camera up close, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen clearly in the folds and crevices around the whales eye and lip groove. :: Image #38401
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales are seen here as part of a larger courtship group, with adult males interested in mating with the mother. The calf has no choice but to stay by her mother's side during the courting activities. :: Image #38381
Photo of Mature adult male South American sea lion and juvenile, hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38363
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38313
Photo of South American sea lions underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38269
Photo of South Carlsbad State Beach and campground, aerial photo :: Image #38228
Photo of Flat Rock and Torrey Pines Seacliffs at Sunset, aerial photo :: Image #38227
Photo of Aerial Panoramic Photo of Point La Jolla at sunset, La Jolla and Mount Soledad. People enjoying the sunset on the sea wall looking at sea lions on the rocks. :: Image #38207
Photo of South Casa Cove and Childrens Pool sea wall, with tourist crowds at sunset on a low tide, La Jolla :: Image #38188
Photo of Scripps Pier and Christmas Lights during holiday season, night exposure, La Jolla Coastline, Aerial view :: Image #38181
Photo of Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe at sunset, aerial photo :: Image #38131
Photo of Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe, aerial panoramic photo of the mouth of the bay, early morning :: Image #38130
Photo of Sunrise over The Mount Soledad Cross, a landmark in La Jolla, California. The Mount Soledad Cross is a 29-foot-tall cross erected in 1954. Aerial photo :: Image #38096
Photo of Olowalu reef and West Maui mountains, Maui, Hawaii, aerial photo :: Image #37979
Photo of Mother and calf gray whale, aerial photo, embryonic folds visible on the very young calf :: Image #37973
Photo of Batiquitos Lagoon and Ponto, stormy sunset, aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37944
Photo of Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second :: Image #37850
Photo of West Temple, The Sundial and the Altar of Sacrifice illuminated by soft alpenglow, about 20 minutes before sunrise. :: Image #37788
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #37408
Photo of Pacific torpedo ray Tetronarce californica, amidst huge schools of fish and baitfish, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island. This electric ray will shock the hell out of you if you are not careful. :: Image #37231
Photo of California reef covered with purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica), Farnsworth Banks. :: Image #37177
Photo of Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second. Lake Hodges, San Diego :: Image #36888
Photo of California Sea Lion Resting in the Sun, on rocky reef :: Image #36860
Photo of Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating :: Image #36845
Photo of Two adult female California Sea Lions, Portrait, La Jolla :: Image #36811
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, Shelter Island Yacht Club in the foreground, San Diego Bay, Mount San Miguel (right) and Lyons Peak (left) in distance. :: Image #36749
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, braking to land on seacliffs. :: Image #36726
Photo of 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. The Hotel Del 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 :: Image #36617
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36467
Photo of Juvenile Northern Elephant Seal Underwater, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #36465
Photo of North Peak (12,242') rises over lower Conness Lake, its water colored deep blue-green by glacier runoff. Mount Conness (12,589') towers in the upper left. Hoover Wilderness, Inyo National Forest :: Image #36427
Photo of Sunset light on Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36397
Photo of Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35906
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35284
Photo of Stars at night over Hurst Island, Gods Pocket Resort :: Image #35272
Photo of Red Irish Lord sculpinfish, Browning Pass, British Columbia :: Image #35256
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35255
Photo of Pink Soft Coral, Gersemia Rubiformis, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35254
Photo of Dive Boat Hurst Island, Browning Pass, Canada, aerial photo :: Image #35253
Photo of Browning Pass aerial photo, with Nigei Island (left) and Balackava Island (right). :: Image #35252
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35251
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35249
Photo of Anthias fishes school in strong currents over a Fijian coral reef, with various hard and soft corals, sea fans and anemones on display. Fiji :: Image #34741
Photo of Anthias fish school around green fan coral, Fiji :: Image #34740
Photo of Colorful and exotic coral reef in Fiji, with soft corals, hard corals, anthias fishes, anemones, and sea fan gorgonians. :: Image #34739
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #34738
Photo of Parrotfish detail, Fiji :: Image #34737
Photo of Fiji Barberi Clownfish, Amphiprion barberi, hiding among anemone tentacles, Fiji :: Image #34736
Photo of Bignose Unicornfish, Naso vlamingii, being cleaned by a small wrasse, Fiji :: Image #34735
Photo of Golden Damselfish, Fiji :: Image #34734
Photo of Cardinalfish, Fiji :: Image #34733
Photo of Blue ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, leafnose moray eel, Fiji :: Image #34732
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #34731
Photo of Sarcophyton leather coral polyp detail, close up view, Fiji. :: Image #34730
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #34729
Photo of Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34728
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34727
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34726
Photo of Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji :: Image #34725
Photo of Sarcophyton leather coral on coral reef, Fiji :: Image #34724
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34723
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34722
Photo of Anthias fishes school in strong currents above hard and soft corals on a Fijian coral reef, Fiji :: Image #34721
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34720
Photo of Anthias fishes school in strong currents above hard and soft corals on a Fijian coral reef, Fiji :: Image #34719
Photo of Colorful Chironephthya soft coral coloniea in Fiji, hanging off wall, resembling sea fans or gorgonians :: Image #34718
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34717
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34716
Photo of Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji :: Image #34714
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents :: Image #34712
Photo of Leather coral, Sinularia sp., Fiji :: Image #34711
Photo of Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji :: Image #34710
Photo of Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34709
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34640
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34638
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34635
Photo of A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. :: Image #34567
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #34331
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #34327
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #34326
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33472
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33433
Photo of Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest :: Image #33354
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33247
Photo of Cabo Pearce on Socorro Island, aerial photo, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico :: Image #32905
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32662
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32661
Photo of Steller Sea Lions and Bald Eagles atop Norris Rocks, Hornby Island and Vancouver Island, panoramic photo :: Image #32659
Photo of Fall Colors in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah :: Image #32634
Photo of Teton Range from Schwabacher Landing, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32310
Photo of Milky Way over John Moulton Barn, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32305
Photo of Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32137
Photo of Caribbean reef shark swims over sponges and coral reef :: Image #31978
Photo of Caribbean reef shark :: Image #31977
Photo of Great hammerhead shark :: Image #31968
Photo of Tiger shark close up view, including nostrils and ampullae of Lorenzini :: Image #31901
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31897
Photo of Supermoon Eclipse at Moonrise over San Diego, September 27 2015 :: Image #31868
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31322
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #31321
Photo of Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31320
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31319
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31318
Photo of Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31317
Photo of Colorful Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fish on coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31316
Photo of Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji :: Image #31314
Photo of Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31313
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with gorgonian sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #31312
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31311
Photo of Spectacular pristine tropical reef, including dendronephthya soft corals, sarcophyton leather corals and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31309
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31211
Photo of Sea lion blowing underwater bubbles as it stands on its flippers :: Image #31210
Photo of Sea lion underwater in beautiful sunset light :: Image #31208
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31207
Photo of California sea lion underwater at Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31206
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31204
Photo of Lunar Eclipse Sequence, the path of the moon through the sky as it progresses from being fully visible (top) to fully eclipsed (middle) to almost fully visible again (bottom), viewed through Arch Rock, April 4 2015 :: Image #30713
Photo of Stars and the Milky Way over ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are the oldest trees in the world, some exceeding 4000 years in age. :: Image #29406
Photo of Delicate Arch at Sunset, Arches National Park :: Image #29283
Photo of Lunar Eclipse and blood red moon sequence over Arch Rock, planet Mars above the moon, composite image, Joshua Tree National Park, April 14/15 2014. :: Image #29201
Photo of Full Moon rising over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Harbor Island. Mount San Miguel is to the right, Lyons Peak to the left, in the distance. :: Image #29121
Photo of Sunrise over the San Diego City Skyline :: Image #28858
Photo of The Milky Way at Night over Sky Rock. Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. :: Image #28817
Photo of 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 :: Image #28718
Photo of Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. :: Image #28587
Photo of Elephant arch and stars at night, moonlight, Valley of Fire State Park :: Image #28435
Photo of Milky Way galaxy rises above the Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park :: Image #28428
Photo of Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, panoramic photograph, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise. :: Image #28397
Photo of Downtown Los Angeles at night, street lights, buildings light up the night. :: Image #27725
Photo of Rainbow and clearing storm clouds, sunrise light on Manly Beacon, Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California. :: Image #27660
Photo of California sea lion underwater. :: Image #27418
Photo of Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. :: Image #23432
Photo of Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave. :: Image #23293
Photo of Fletcher Peak (11407') rises above Fletcher Lake (10174'), near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. :: Image #23208
Photo of Northern cardinal, male. :: Image #22891
Photo of El Capitan eastern face, sunrise. :: Image #22745
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, spreads its wings wide to slow before landing on a wooden perch. :: Image #22587
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, Kachemak Bay and the Kenai Mountains in the background. :: Image #22586
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, wing spread, aloft, soaring. :: Image #22585
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This crane is one of over 5000 present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #21797
Photo of A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. :: Image #21348
Photo of A green wave breaking, with sunset light filtering through. :: Image #19395
Photo of Mesa Arch spans 90 feet and stands at the edge of a mesa precipice thousands of feet above the Colorado River gorge. For a few moments at sunrise the underside of the arch glows dramatically red and orange. :: Image #18040
Photo of Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. :: Image #17680
Photo of Steller sea lions (Northern sea lions) gather on rocks. Steller sea lions are the largest members of the Otariid (eared seal) family. Males can weigh up to 2400 lb., females up to 770 lb. :: Image #16977
Photo of Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. :: Image #16725
Photo of Hammerhead sharks swim in a school underwater at Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago. 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. :: Image #16271
Photo of Bull elephant seal exits the water to retake his position on the beach. He shows considerable scarring on his chest and proboscis from many winters fighting other males for territory and rights to a harem of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. :: Image #15458
Photo of 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. :: Image #10975
Photo of 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 the famous and popular Artist Point on the south side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. :: Image #7771
Photo of 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 the famous and popular Artist Point on the south side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. :: Image #7770
Photo of 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 the famous and popular Artist Point on the south side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. :: Image #7769
Photo of A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. :: Image #3027
Photo of Spectacular Brown Pelican Head Throw Display. This California brown pelican is arching its head and neck way back, opening its mouth in a behavior known as a head throw or bill throw. :: Image #38675
Photo of California sea lion on drift kelp paddy, underwater. This adult female California sea lion was hanging out underneath a paddy of drift kelp, well offshore the coastline of San Diego. :: Image #38532
Photo of Brown Pelicans gather in large numbers on coastal cliffs, Goldfish Point near the Clam in La Jolla. Aerial photograph. :: Image #37954
Photo of Photographer Celia Kujala and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36120
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #31453
Photo of Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31310
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. :: Image #30304
Photo of Clearing storm clouds over Broken Hill, overlooking La Jolla and the Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Reserve :: Image #29416
Photo of Lunar Eclipse Sequence Over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve. While the moon lies in the full shadow of the earth (umbra) it receives only faint, red-tinged light refracted through the Earth's atmosphere. As the moon passes into the penumbra it receives increasing amounts of direct sunlight, eventually leaving the shadow of the Earth altogether. October 8, 2014. :: Image #29412
Photo of The OVRO 40 meter Telescope, part of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory located near Big Pine, California, USA. The telescope is used to conduct interferometric observations along with the other telescopes in the observatory, as a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) station and as a single dish instrument. Its main focus today is on the monitoring of blazars. :: Image #28796
Photo of Christine Falls :: Image #28717
Photo of Half Dome and sunset clouds, evening. :: Image #28693
Photo of Mount Whitney and Lone Pine Peak over the Alabama Hills :: Image #28691
Photo of The Second Wave at Sunset, Vermillion Cliffs. 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 :: Image #28619
Photo of Milky Way galaxy rises above the Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park :: Image #28554
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, softly lit by flash against pink predawn sky :: Image #28346
Photo of San Diego city skyline, dusk, clearing storm clouds. :: Image #28005
Photo of Mobius Arch at sunrise, framing snow dusted Lone Pine Peak and the Sierra Nevada Range in the background. Also known as Galen's Arch, Mobius Arch is found in the Alabama Hills Recreational Area near Lone Pine. :: Image #27644
Photo of Coyote, pausing to look for prey as it passes through Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. :: Image #21803
Photo of Mariner Mountain, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, part of Strathcona Provincial Park, located 36 km (22 mi) north of Tofino. It is 1,771 m (5,810 ft) high, snow covered year-round and home to several glaciers. :: Image #21072
Photo of Aspen trees cover Bishop Creek Canyon above Aspendel. :: Image #17528
Photo of Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. :: Image #14354
Photo of Ocean sunfish schooling near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California. :: Image #6304
Photo of Barrier Reef around Moorea Island, French Polynesia. Motu Tiahura (left) and Motu Fareone (right) are the small islands in the foreground. The outer reef slope is seen adjacent to deep blue oceanic water with white waves breaking against the reef edge. Next, a wide shallow reef flat occurs dotted with coral bommies. Inside of that, a shallow protected lagoon is formed against the island. Tall, rugged, eroded mountains are seen hinting at the age of the ancient volcano that originally formed the island and that is now sinking back down, leaving the encircling reef behind. :: Image #40614
Photo of White headed morph of a California brown pelican in breeding plumage portrait, with brown hind neck and bright red throat but lacking yellow head. :: Image #40111
Photo of Brown pelican flying while entangled in plastic bag wrapped around its neck. I believe the pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. :: Image #40093
Photo of A mother California sea lion (left) and her pup (right), underwater at the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Mothers and pups spend much time together with the mother teaching her young padawan learner how to pursue prey. I spent a lot of time over 6 days watching this pair in Fall 2023. :: Image #39960
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch. Note the winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail, gray breast and body. :: Image #39873
Photo of Narcissis the Ocean Sunfish was So Handsome He Fell in Love with his Own Reflection, in the Open Ocean near San Diego :: Image #39460
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38972
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult breeding plumage coloration :: Image #38888
Photo of California brown pelican breeding plumage portrait, with brown hind neck, yellow head and bright red throat. :: Image #38835
Photo of Sea Caves, the famous La Jolla sea caves lie below tall cliffs at Goldfish Point. Sunny Jim Cave. Sunrise. Sea gulls floating int he water blur in this time exposure. :: Image #37469
Photo of Self portrait in kelp forest, Catalina Island :: Image #37274
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36466
Photo of El Capitan reflected in Merced River, Yosemite National Park. Seriously, take a close look, the image as presented here is upside down! :: Image #36458
Photo of Vancouver Island hosts a profusion of spectacular anemones, on cold water reefs rich with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35250
Photo of Los Islotes, famous for its friendly colony of California sea lions, part of Archipelago Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Aerial Photo :: Image #32397
Photo of Tiger shark and underwater photographer :: Image #31876
Photo of Colorful Dendronephthya soft coral and schooling Anthias fish on coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31349
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head. :: Image #30336
Photo of A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #30326
Photo of San Diego Bay and Skyline, viewed from Point Loma, Mount San Miguel rising in the distance, panoramic photograph :: Image #30203
Photo of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. Pelicans ride the updrafts of waves enabling them to glide long distances while minimizing the energy exerted by flapping wings. :: Image #30199
Photo of 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. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #28959
Photo of 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. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #28328
Photo of Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. :: Image #27986
Photo of Waves rush in at sunset, Carlsbad beach sunset and ocean waves, seascape, dusk, summer. :: Image #27974
Photo of Half Dome and nighttime stars, viewed from Glacier Point. :: Image #27951
Photo of The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. :: Image #26792
Photo of Archangel Falls in autumn, near the Subway in North Creek Canyon, with maples and cottonwoods turning fall colors. :: Image #26097
Photo of Aerial photo of the West End of Catalina Island :: Image #25978
Photo of Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. :: Image #25648
Photo of Blue whale skeleton in Antarctica, on the shore at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. This skeleton is composed primarily of blue whale bones, but there are believed to be bones of other baleen whales included in the skeleton as well. :: Image #25604
Photo of Bryozoan grows on a red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #25395
Photo of San Diego Coronado Bridge, known locally as the Coronado Bridge, links San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge was completed in 1969 and was a toll bridge until 2002. It is 2.1 miles long and reaches a height of 200 feet above San Diego Bay. Coronado Island is to the left, and downtown San Diego is to the right in this view looking north. :: Image #22288
Photo of Torrey Pines seacliffs, rising up to 300 feet above the ocean, stretch from Del Mar to La Jolla. On the mesa atop the bluffs are found Torrey pine trees, one of the rare species of pines in the world. :: Image #22285
Photo of 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. :: Image #10237
Photo of Guadalupe fur seal pup sits on brown rocks along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. :: Image #2441
Photo of California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. :: Image #2158
Photo of A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish. :: Image #1113
Photo of San Diego Convention Center Skyline and Waterfront at Sunrise. San Diego Convention Center, located in the Marina District of downtown San Diego. Built in 1989, the San Diego Convention Center offers 525,700 square feet of exhibit space. It is noted for its distinctive "sails" made of Teflon-coated fiberglass suspended over the central exhibition hall, aptly named Sails Pavilion. :: Image #40046
Photo of California Sea Lion and Underwater Photographer Celia Kujala at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39954
Photo of Two Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Pups spend much of their time playing with one another in the water, strengthening their swimming skills and mock jousting. :: Image #39953
Photo of Young Adult Male California Sea Lion Underwater, his sagittal crest (bump on his head) is starting to be visible. In another year or two he will be large enough to challenge for his own harem and begin mating with females. :: Image #39952
Photo of Holiday Christmas Lights on Scripps Pier, Blacks Beach and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sunset, aerial :: Image #39879
Photo of A California Brown Pelican flying over the Pacific Ocean, spreads its large wings wide to slow down as it banks, turns in midair, to land on seacliffs in La Jolla. Winter adult non-breeding plumage. :: Image #39789
Photo of Aerial photo of the San Rafael Reef at dawn. A fold in the Earth's crust leads to this inclined section of the San Rafael Reef, at the eastern edge of the San Rafael Swell. Clearly seen are the characteristic triangular flatiron erosion patterns that typical this formation. The colors seen here arise primarily from Navajo and Wingate sandstone. :: Image #39787
Photo of Two Adult Male Lions Fight to Establish Territory, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya. Both of these large males emerged from the battle with wounds, and it was not clear who prevailed. :: Image #39699
Photo of Aerial Photo of Raplee Ridge near Mexican Hat, Utah. Raplee Ridge is a spectacular series of multicolored triangular flatirons near the San Juan River. Often called "the Raplee Anticline" the geologic structure is in fact better described as a monocline, according to the Utah Geological Survey. :: Image #39489
Photo of Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Swims in the Open Ocean, near San Diego. :: Image #39461
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39422
Photo of Yosemite Falls reflected in Flooded Sentinel Meadow, when the Merced River floods Yosemite Valley following a winter of historic snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, Yosemite National Park :: Image #39378
Photo of California sea lions bodysurfing and leaping out of the water, in La Jolla at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38988
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38971
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap, La Jolla :: Image #38946
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, La Jolla, wings outstretched, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Adult winter breeding plumage colors. :: Image #38884
Photo of Brown Pelicans Flying Along Sheer Ocean Cliffs, rare westerly winds associated with a storm allow pelicans to glide along La Jolla's cliffs as they approach shelves and outcroppings on which to land. Backlit by rising sun during stormy conditions. :: Image #38867
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait With Twisted Neck, overcast light, winter adult breeding plumage, head twisted to face backwards as it preens, eyes locked on camera. :: Image #38861
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38713
Photo of California brown pelican winter breeding plumage portrait, this adult is gently clapping its jaws, showing brown hind neck with yellow head, red and olive throat pouch, white with yellow chevron on the breast. :: Image #38692
Photo of Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, slowing as it returns from the ocean to land on seacliffs, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38584
Photo of Southern right whale eyeballing the camera up close, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen clearly in the folds and crevices around the whales eye and lip groove. :: Image #38403
Photo of Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. In this image, the male is below and inverted (belly up) and the female is at the surface. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating. :: Image #38296
Photo of Male and female southern right whales mating underwater, Eubalaena australis. The male positions himself below the female and turns upside down, so the two whales are belly-to-belly and can mate. Sand has been stirred up by the courtship activities and the water is turbid. :: Image #38291
Photo of Breaching southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38281
Photo of Makena Beach State Park aerial photo, Maui, Hawaii. Big Beach on the right, Little Beach on the left, Haleakala rising in the distance on the right, West Maui Mountains in the distance on the left. :: Image #38214
Photo of Dawn over the Skyline Rim, Factory Bench and Lower Blue Hills, Utah. The Henry Mountains are in the distance. :: Image #38025
Photo of Two Bodysurfing Sea Lions Side by Side. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla. The original bodysurfer. :: Image #37750
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. :: Image #37682
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla :: Image #37661
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing at La Jolla Cove and Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #37572
Photo of California reef covered with purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica), Farnsworth Banks. :: Image #37184
Photo of Male Brandt's Cormorant Skypointing, Courtship Display, Breeding Plumage with blue throat and white pin-feathers, La Jolla. Skypointing is an interesting courtship behavior that many birds practice. Among Brandt's Cormorants the male performs this, likely as a way of attracting a mate to the nest he has built by showing off his striking blue throat. He tips his head backward showing off his striking blue throat, and partially raises his wings. Seen here on seacliffs above the ocean. :: Image #36801
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36471
Photo of Spectacular Horseshoe Bend sunrise. The Colorado River makes a 180-degree turn at Horseshoe Bend. Here the river has eroded the Navajo sandstone for eons, digging a canyon 1100-feet deep :: Image #35939
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance :: Image #35061
Photo of Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around :: Image #34654
Photo of Steller Sea Lions atop Norris Rocks, Hornby Island in the distance, panoramic photo :: Image #34467
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #34337
Photo of Submarine Reef with Hydrocoral and Invertebrates, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #34187
Photo of Giant Manta Ray at San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33276
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33184
Photo of San Benedicto Island and Barcena crater, aerial photo, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico :: Image #32914
Photo of Isla San Francisquito, Aerial Photo, Sea of of Cortez :: Image #32441
Photo of Tiger shark close up view, including nostrils and ampullae of Lorenzini :: Image #31878
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #31455
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31214
Photo of Sunrise at San Clemente Island, south end showing China Hat (Balanced Rock) and Pyramid Head, near Pyramid Cove, storm clouds. Panoramic photo. :: Image #30855
Photo of San Diego Bay and Skyline at sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #30214
Photo of Milky Way and Stars over Broken Arch, Arches National Park, Utah. :: Image #29238
Photo of Torrey Pines State Reserve, Broken Hill at Dawn :: Image #29178
Photo of Ancient Bristlecone Pine Tree at night, stars and the Milky Way galaxy visible in the evening sky, near Patriarch Grove. :: Image #28782
Photo of Ancient Bristlecone Pine Tree at sunset, panorama, with storm clouds passing over the White Mountains. The eastern Sierra Nevada is just visible in the distance. :: Image #28781
Photo of Punta Norte, the northern point of Guadalupe Island, viewed from the north. Punta Desfiladero (Blunt Point) and Roca Elefante are just visible at far right, and Roca Piloto (Pilot Rock) is see to the left of the island against the distant sweep of the cliffs that comprise the northeastern bight of the island, actually the rim of an enormous caldera. :: Image #28760
Photo of Guadalupe Island at sunrise, panorama. Volcanic coastline south of Pilot Rock and Spanish Cove, near El Faro lighthouse. :: Image #28758
Photo of Blue Moon, Full Moon at Sunset over San Diego City Skyline, approaching jet with headlights appearing in front of the moon :: Image #28753
Photo of Mount Rainier and alpine wildflowers :: Image #28739
Photo of Mount Rainier reflected in Tipsoo Lake :: Image #28734
Photo of Moutain climbers light see upon Mount Rainier, Milky Way and stars at night above Mount Rainier. :: Image #28726
Photo of El Capitan and clouds lit by full moon, stars, evening. :: Image #28695
Photo of Mesquite Dunes sunrise, dawn, clouds and morning sky, sand dunes. :: Image #28680
Photo of Venus sets over Manley Beacon and the Panamint Mountains, viewed from Zabriskie Point, landscape lit by a full moon, evening, stars :: Image #28677
Photo of Crater Lake and Wizard Island at sunrise. :: Image #28669
Photo of Milky Way and stars over Crater Lake at night. Panorama of Crater Lake and Wizard Island at night, Crater Lake National Park. :: Image #28640
Photo of The Wave in the North Coyote Buttes, 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. :: Image #28601
Photo of Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. :: Image #28590
Photo of The Virgin River Narrows, where the Virgin River has carved deep, narrow canyons through the Zion National Park sandstone, creating one of the finest hikes in the world. :: Image #28583
Photo of Milky Way over Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park :: Image #28521
Photo of Star Trails over Sky Rock. Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. :: Image #28498
Photo of Torrey Pines Cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Razor Point view to La Jolla, San Diego, California. :: Image #28487
Photo of Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections. :: Image #28461
Photo of Quarter Moon over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve :: Image #28366
Photo of 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. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #28356
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #28347
Photo of Stars over the Tower of Babel, starry night, Arches National Park, Utah. :: Image #27847
Photo of Sunset at Dead Horse Point Overlook, with the Colorado River flowing 2,000 feet below. 300 million years of erosion has carved the expansive canyons, cliffs and walls below and surrounding Deadhorse Point :: Image #27823
Photo of Sailing stone on the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter :: Image #27689
Photo of 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. :: Image #27681
Photo of Racetrack sailing stone and star trails. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter :: Image #27671
Photo of Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. :: Image #27116
Photo of Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel. :: Image #27029
Photo of The Fire Wave, a beautiful sandstone formation exhibiting dramatic striations, striped layers in the geologic historical record. :: Image #26473
Photo of California brown pelican, showing characteristic winter plumage including red/olive throat, brown hindneck, yellow and white head colors. :: Image #26462
Photo of Pacific harbor seal in shallow water, on sand at the edge of the sea. :: Image #26315
Photo of Sockeye salmon, migrating upstream in the Adams River to return to the spot where they were hatched four years earlier, where they will spawn, lay eggs and die. :: Image #26149
Photo of A sockeye salmon swims in the shallows of the Adams River, with the surrounding forest visible in this split-level over-under photograph. :: Image #26144
Photo of Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #25393
Photo of Brittlebush blooms in spring, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. :: Image #24304
Photo of California brown pelican, portrait in pink-purple predawn light, rests on sandstone seabluff. The characteristic mating plumage of the California race of brown pelican is shown, with red gular throat pouch and dark brown hindneck colors. :: Image #23646
Photo of Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. :: Image #23419
Photo of Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunset, reflected in a small creek near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. :: Image #23202
Photo of Hotel del Coronado, 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. :: Image #22287
Photo of SIO Pier, Scripps Pier, La Jolla. 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. :: Image #22286
Photo of 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. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #22142
Photo of 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. :: Image #21250
Photo of Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. :: Image #21248
Photo of Yaletown section of Vancouver at night, including Granville Island bridge (left), viewed from Granville Island with sailboat in the foreground. :: Image #21169
Photo of Self portrait at sunrise, panorama of Crater Lake. Crater Lake is the six-mile wide lake inside the collapsed caldera of volcanic Mount Mazama. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh-deepest in the world. Its maximum recorded depth is 1996 feet (608m). It lies at an altitude of 6178 feet (1880m). :: Image #19130
Photo of A large, powerful wave breaks with offshore winds at the Wedge in Newport Beach. :: Image #18706
Photo of Turret Arch through North Window, winter, sunrise. :: Image #18120
Photo of Magnificent frigatebird, adult female on nest. :: Image #16726
Photo of Hammerhead sharks, schooling over sand, Darwin Island, Galapagos. :: Image #16255
Photo of Enormous Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean. :: Image #3491
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40471
Photo of Portrait of Two Sibling Lions of the River Pride, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39729
Photo of One of the male lions of the River Pride, Mara Triangle, Kenya :: Image #39704
Photo of Acorn Woodpecker Adult Feeding Chick at the Nest, Lake Hodges :: Image #39395
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal spyhopping, La Jolla :: Image #39365
Photo of Newborn harbor seal pup watches a Western seagull approach. The gull is trying to pick at placenta on the sandy beach as the seal pup, born just moments before, watches and tries to understand what is going on. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim. :: Image #39076
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38952
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #38943
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, immature with head tucked into feathers, resting and staring at the camera, overcast light, immature/juvenile plumage :: Image #38862
Photo of Sandhill cranes in synchronous flight side by side, matching their wingbeats perfect as they fly over Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38723
Photo of Sandhill cranes landing in water ponds at dusk, spending the night standing in water as a protection against coyotes and other predators. Motion blur. :: Image #38716
Photo of Pelican yoga, Utthita Tadasana, extended mountain pose with backbend. A California brown pelican preening, rubbing the back of its head and neck on the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Adult winter breeding plumage showing brown hindneck and red gular throat pouch :: Image #38710
Photo of Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, slowing as it returns from the ocean to land on seacliffs, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38608
Photo of Brandts Cormorant and chick on the nest, nesting material composed of kelp and sea weed, La Jolla :: Image #38472
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38450
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38350
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis. About five per cent of southern right whales are born white due to a condition known as grey morphism and will gradually turn dark as they age. They are not albino (which is a complete lack of pigmentation). Sometimes referred to as "brindled", the white coloration is a recessive genetic trait and only lasts a few months. Typically, but not always, white calves will become much darker as they mature but will still be somewhat lighter than normal even as adults. :: Image #38279
Photo of Pre-Dawn over the Tree of Eons, Utah. The Tree of Eons is a spectacular geologic sight near the San Rafael Swell. Erosion has cut a "tree" through red, blue, purple and white layers of the Chinle formation. The Tree of Eons is a superb example of dendritic erosion and to really appreciate the complex fractal-like details it must be observed from above. Photographed here in the soft, predawn light, it takes on magenta, red and purple hues just before the sun reaches it. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38027
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs, dark background caused by seacliffs in morning shadow :: Image #37411
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37410
Photo of California Sea Lions, Mother nursing her pup :: Image #36861
Photo of San Diego and Tijuana City Skyline, panoramic photo, viewed from Mount Soledad :: Image #36657
Photo of California Sea Lion pup playing on top of its resting mother, La Jolla, California :: Image #36580
Photo of California Sea Lion mother with her pup, La Jolla, California :: Image #36570
Photo of Broken Hill by the first light of dawn, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve. :: Image #36567
Photo of Broken Hill in soft pre-dawn light, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve. La Jolla and Mount Soledad in the distance. :: Image #36564
Photo of Photographer Celia Kujala and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36129
Photo of Moon jelly, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35283
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #35203
Photo of California sea lion wounded from entanglement in fishing line, La Jolla :: Image #35156
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #34335
Photo of Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, Vancouver Island :: Image #34334
Photo of Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island :: Image #34329
Photo of Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones. :: Image #33455
Photo of Giant Manta Ray at Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33285
Photo of Aerial panorama of Clipperton Island, showing the entire atoll. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a small (2.3 sq mi) but spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32889
Photo of Los Islotes and Isla Partida, the northern part of Archipelago Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Aerial Photo. Islotes is famous for its friendly colony of California sea lions. :: Image #32402
Photo of Wananavu Beach Resort, Viti Levu Island, Fiji :: Image #31860
Photo of Colorful Chironephthya soft coral coloniea in Fiji, hanging off wall, resembling sea fans or gorgonians. :: Image #31361
Photo of Golden Damselfish and Red Gorgonian Sea Fan, Fiji :: Image #31337
Photo of Bigeye Barracuda schooling in Nigali Pass, Fiji :: Image #31329
Photo of Panoramic Aerial Photo of San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge :: Image #30789
Photo of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. :: Image #30193
Photo of Full Moon over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma :: Image #29118
Photo of The Fire Wave by Moonlight, stars and the night sky, Valley of Fire State Park :: Image #28442
Photo of Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. :: Image #27982
Photo of Sunrise breaking wave at the Wedge, dawn surf. :: Image #27978
Photo of Two surfers at sunset, blood red dusk, Encinitas. :: Image #27976
Photo of Upper Yosemite Falls and lunar rainbow, moonbow. A lunar rainbow (moonbow) can be seen to the left of Yosemite Falls, where the moon illuminates the spray of the falls. :: Image #27751
Photo of Earth shadow over Los Islotes Island, famous for its friendly colony of California sea lions, Espiritu Santo Biosphere Reserve, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27364
Photo of Northern elephant seal. :: Image #26690
Photo of Joshua Trees in early morning light. :: Image #22112
Photo of Snow geese at dawn. Snow geese often "blast off" just before or after dawn, leaving the ponds where they rest for the night to forage elsewhere during the day. :: Image #21806
Photo of Sandhilll cranes in golden sunset light, silhouette, standing in pond. :: Image #21798
Photo of A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. :: Image #21349
Photo of 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. :: Image #20608
Photo of Breaking wave, tube, hollow barrel, morning surf. :: Image #19553
Photo of Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. :: Image #18744
Photo of Sunrise light on Turret Arch viewed through North Window, winter. :: Image #18119
Photo of Nazca booby in flight. :: Image #16681
Photo of Yellow morph of the California 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. :: Image #15371
Photo of Ocean sunfish schooling, open ocean near San Diego. :: Image #3562
Photo of Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill, Baja California (Mexico). :: Image #3332
Photo of A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. :: Image #2169
Photo of Blue whale aerial photo, with the shadow of the survey plane providing scale as to how huge the whale really is. :: Image #2168
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40766
Photo of A mother California sea lion and her pup, underwater at the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Mothers and pups spend much time together with the mother teaching her young padawan learner how to pursue prey. :: Image #40729
Photo of Children's Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #40717
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40662
Photo of Pink Whipray Stingray underwater, Pateobatis fai, in shallow lagoon, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40630
Photo of Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging for food. :: Image #40608
Photo of Wood Stork in flight carrying nesting material, Mycteria americana :: Image #40566
Photo of Great egret, White Egret, Ardea alba, Florida :: Image #40561
Photo of Juvenile garibaldi, vibrant spots distinguish it from pure orange adult form. :: Image #40527
Photo of California sea lion entangled in fishing line, deep laceration around neck, Point La Jolla. :: Image #40486
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40474
Photo of Two Divers in Huge Cavern, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40389
Photo of California Sea Lions Surfing Waves at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40278
Photo of Whimbrel Foraging Amidst Spring Wildflowers on Coast Walk, La Jolla :: Image #40256
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap :: Image #40241
Photo of California sea lion nuzzles a huge adult male bull. This is unusual behavior but the bull accepted the tiny pup and did not push it away or injure it. :: Image #40178
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant flying with wings spread wide as it slows to land at its nest on ocean cliffs. :: Image #40131
Photo of Mated pair of Brandt's Cormorants tend to the nest they have built on sea cliffs. Note the colors they assume during mating season: striking blue gular pouch (throat) along with faint blue-green iridescence in their plumage. :: Image #40130
Photo of Endangered Brown Pelican Flying with Wings Spread Ready to Land. The brown pelican's wingspan can reach 7 feet. :: Image #40094
Photo of This California Brown Pelican has its wings spread full wide as it flies over the ocean. The wingspan of the brown pelican can reach 7 feet wide. :: Image #40065
Photo of A California Sea Lion Bodysurfing on a Big Wave at La Jolla Cove :: Image #40050
Photo of Brown Pelican Diving For Food, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve :: Image #39887
Photo of Perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw in Winter Breeding Plumage, pelican leans its head way back to stretch its throat pounch and neck. :: Image #39884
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Flying in La Jolla, lit by early morning sun, non-breeding plumage :: Image #39882
Photo of Study of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail :: Image #39870
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant in Flight Non-Breeding Adult, flying over the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla :: Image #39865
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Flying in La Jolla, lit by early morning sun, non-breeding plumage :: Image #39831
Photo of Brown Pelican Performs a Head Throw Lit By Sun on Pedestal Rock, dark ocean from storm clouds on horizon :: Image #39820
Photo of Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, blue ocean water in the background, La Jolla :: Image #39774
Photo of Female California sea lion laying on pink marine algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico. Another female rests at the surface in the background, and two orange garibaldi fish swim around over the reef. :: Image #39767
Photo of California sea lions playing underwater, socializing at North Coronado Island, Baja California, Mexico. Much of the play and mock sparring young sea lions perform involves biting and mouthing because what else can they use - they have no hands, duh. :: Image #39762
Photo of Lion Cub Eight Weeks Old, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39655
Photo of Lilac-Breasted Roller, Coracias caudatus, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39640
Photo of Male Lion with Fresh Kill in Tall Grass, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39632
Photo of Cheetah in tall grass in the Masai Mara, Acinonyx jubatus, Kenya :: Image #39627
Photo of Ballooning in the Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39625
Photo of Ballooning over the Maasai Mara National Reserve and Mara River, Kenya :: Image #39615
Photo of Flamingos, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39602
Photo of Solitary African Elephant at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39598
Photo of A large herd of African elephants, composed of at least two familial groups, gathers at sunset to graze and socialize, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39595
Photo of African Elephants, Large Herd Gathers at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39586
Photo of African Elephants, Large Herd Gathers at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39585
Photo of African elephant herd crossing dry lake bed, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39560
Photo of Craig the Famous Old Male Tusker Elephant with the World's Largest Tusks, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39557
Photo of Craig, the Famous Old Male Tusker Elephant with the World's Largest Tusks, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39555
Photo of Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #39540
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant carrying surf grass nesting material, Phalacrocorax penicillatus :: Image #39512
Photo of Divers Swim Over the Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 at San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39474
Photo of Closeup Portrait of the Face of a Giant Black Sea Bass, showing parasitic sea lice. These parasites find their nutrition from the skin and blood of the host giant sea bass. Smaller fishes such as senoritas and wrasses will commonly clean the sea lice off the giant sea bass. :: Image #39436
Photo of A male giant sea bass nudges a female giant sea bass to encourage spawning as they swim in a tight circle. This courting pair of giant sea bass is deep in the kelp forest at Catalina Island. In summer months, giant sea bass gather in kelp forests in California to form courtship and mating aggregations, eventually leading to spawning. :: Image #39435
Photo of Three Giant Black Sea Bass in a Courtship Posture, Hovering One Above the Other in Kelp at Catalina Island. In summer months, black seabass gather in kelp forests in California to form mating aggregations. Courtship behaviors include circling of pairs of giant sea bass, production of booming sounds by presumed males, and nudging of females by males in what is though to be an effort to encourage spawning. :: Image #39434
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39428
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego as it swims on its side turning and blows a bubble of air out of its blowhole. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39427
Photo of Cathedral Rocks reflected in a meadow flooded by the Merced River, historical snowmelt following record snowfall floods Yosemite Valley in May 2023. :: Image #39375
Photo of Peregrine Falcon fledglings in flight over Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39300
Photo of The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is found on the southern and western coasts of Australia. Its extravagent appendages serve only for camoflage, since it has a nearly-invisible dorsal fin that propels it slowly through the water. The leafy sea dragon is the marine emblem of South Australia. :: Image #39134
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach :: Image #39121
Photo of A newborn harbor seal pup in the water at the oceans edge, born just moments before in the ocean and immediately able to swim ashore. The pups placenta and mother are seen in the background. :: Image #39101
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Mother and Pup Emerge from the Ocean, they will remain close for four to six weeks until the pup is weaned from its mother's milk. :: Image #39091
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39089
Photo of A newborn harbor seal pup in La Jolla, only a few minutes old, is nuzzled by its mother shortly after birth. Blood is still on the tiny pups fur coat. The pair will nuzzle frequently to solidify the bond they must maintain as the pup is nearly helpless. In just four to six weeks the pup will be weaned off its mothers milk and must forage for its own food. :: Image #39077
Photo of Newborn harbor seal pup is protected by its mother from a seagull. The seagull most likely wants to feed on the placenta, but it may also peck at and injure the pup. The seal mother does a good job of keeping birds off its newborn pup. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim. :: Image #39075
Photo of A newborn harbor seal pup, only a few minutes old, is nuzzled by its mother shortly after birth. Blood is still on the tiny pups fur coat. The pair will nuzzle frequently to solidify the bond they must maintain as the pup is nearly helpless. In just four to six weeks the pup will be weaned off its mothers milk and must forage for its own food. :: Image #39073
Photo of A mother Pacific harbor seal nuzzles her pup, born only a few hours earlier. The pup must bond and imprint on its mother quickly, and the pair will constantly nuzzle and rub against one another in order to solidify that bond. :: Image #39070
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39069
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39068
Photo of A small harbor seal pup only a few hours old, resting on a sand beach in San Diego between episodes of nursing on its mother. Over 50 harbor seal pups were born in La Jolla during the 2023 birthing season. :: Image #39067
Photo of Harbor Seal Mother and Pup watch a Western Gull. The gull may be looking for placental material on the beach during pupping season. :: Image #39066
Photo of Young Pacific Harbor Seal pup splashed by a wave at the waters edge, on a white sand beach in San Diego. :: Image #39065
Photo of Harbor Seal Stares Down a Western Seagull :: Image #39062
Photo of California sea lions bodysurfing and leaping way out of the water, in La Jolla at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38998
Photo of Three California sea lions bodysurf together, suspended in the face of a big wave, Boomer Beach, La Jolla :: Image #38991
Photo of La Jolla Cove and Point La Jolla at Dawn, waves blur into abstract white, pre-sunrise soft light :: Image #38917
Photo of Pelican in Flight over Huge Waves in La Jolla, foamy ocean background, adult winter breeding plumage, wings spread wide. :: Image #38914
Photo of La Jolla Cove Big Surf, Saturday January 14 2023 :: Image #38896
Photo of Spectacular Sunrise over San Diego Bay and Downtown San Diego. Mount San Miguel and Mount Lyons in the distance. Shelter Island in the foreground. Viewed from Point Loma :: Image #38892
Photo of Young brown pelican performing yoga Warrior Three or Half Moon Pose Virabhadrasana, on one leg with wings raised and head tipped forward. Possible second or third year winter plumage, immature. :: Image #38881
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult breeding plumage coloration :: Image #38879
Photo of California Brown Pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow before landing on cliffs, Pelecanus occidentalis :: Image #38842
Photo of California Brown Pelican banking and turning as it flies over the ocean. :: Image #38809
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, wings outstretch, with a few other pelicans in the background :: Image #38807
Photo of Marichyasana, sage twist pose, pelican yoga. Brown pelican doing yoga, actually its preening, bending its neck back to spread preen oil on the back of the head and neck, likely second winter coloration :: Image #38805
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38727
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly Over Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38720
Photo of Spectacular Brown Pelican Head Throw Display. This California brown pelican extends its head and bill up and back, stretching its neck and pouch in a behavior known as a head throw or bill throw. Adult winter breeding plumage. Pelican yoga, High Mountain pose, Tadasan. :: Image #38691
Photo of California brown pelican orange morph, preening its feathers while on cliffs over the ocean. While this adult brown pelican exhibits the brown hind neck of a breeding adult, it displays an unusual orange throat rather than the more typical red. :: Image #38688
Photo of Adult California brown pelican in transition from non-breeding to breeding winter plumage. Note the brown hind neck of a breeding brown pelican is just filling in. This pelican already displays the red and olive throat and white and yellow head feathers of an adult winter brown pelican. :: Image #38679
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38669
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. This particular sea lion bears an orange tag on his left foreflipper, probably as a result of rescue and release as a young sea lion years earlier. :: Image #38657
Photo of Beautiful golden female Calfornia sea lion on rocks at sunrise. This sea lion has hauled out of the ocean onto rocks near Point La Jolla to rest and warm in the morning sun. :: Image #38647
Photo of Brandts Cormorant portrait in shade, over the ocean :: Image #38603
Photo of California Brown Pelican claps its jaws, sometimes rapidly several times, perhaps to dislodge debris or simply because its fun and feels good. This is not the same as the "yawn" that precedes a head throw. Adult winter breeding plumage with brown hind-neck. :: Image #38590
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant in Flight :: Image #38581
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38558
Photo of Munds Mountain cliffs at sunset, Sedona, Arizona :: Image #38555
Photo of California sea lion on drift kelp paddy, underwater. This adult female California sea lion was hanging out underneath a paddy of drift kelp, well offshore the coastline of San Diego. :: Image #38540
Photo of California sea lion resting alongside a drift kelp paddy, underwater. This adult female California sea lion was hanging out underneath a paddy of drift kelp, well offshore the coastline of San Diego. :: Image #38535
Photo of Sunset at San Clemente Island, south end showing Pyramid Head. Panoramic photo. :: Image #38500
Photo of Red gorgonian and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38499
Photo of Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy. :: Image #38498
Photo of San Clemente Island aerial photo, Pyramid Head and Balanced Rock at the southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island, exhibits distinctive geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests :: Image #38485
Photo of Brandts Cormorant and chick on the nest, nesting material composed of kelp and sea weed, La Jolla :: Image #38461
Photo of Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating. The male is below, upside down and trying to access the female belly-to-belly. However, the female does not want to mate, so she has positioned herself upside down at the surface so that the males in the courting group cannot reach her genital slit. :: Image #38446
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis. About five per cent of southern right whales are born white due to a condition known as grey morphism and will gradually turn dark as they age. They are not albino (which is a complete lack of pigmentation). Sometimes referred to as "brindled", the white coloration is a recessive genetic trait and only lasts a few months. Typically, but not always, white calves will become much darker as they mature but will still be somewhat lighter than normal even as adults. :: Image #38438
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis. About five per cent of southern right whales are born white due to a condition known as grey morphism and will gradually turn dark as they age. They are not albino (which is a complete lack of pigmentation). Sometimes referred to as "brindled", the white coloration is a recessive genetic trait and only lasts a few months. Typically, but not always, white calves will become much darker as they mature but will still be somewhat lighter than normal even as adults. :: Image #38434
Photo of Magellanic penguin, bloodied following a fight with another male to defend its burrow, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38433
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38432
Photo of Southern elephant seal, mother and pup, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula :: Image #38417
Photo of Southern elephant seal, adult male, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina :: Image #38415
Photo of Breaching southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38405
Photo of Southern right whale eyeballing the camera up close, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen clearly in the folds and crevices around the whales eye and lip groove. :: Image #38400
Photo of Mature adult male South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38395
Photo of South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38394
Photo of Portrait of a Southern Right Whale Underwater, Eubalaena australis. This particular right whale exhibits a beautiful mottled pattern on its sides. :: Image #38393
Photo of Portrait of a Southern Right Whale Underwater, Eubalaena australis. This particular right whale exhibits a beautiful mottled pattern on its sides. :: Image #38391
Photo of Portrait of a Southern Right Whale Underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38387
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38386
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38385
Photo of Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38367
Photo of South American sea lions hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38365
Photo of South American sea lions hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38361
Photo of Courting group of southern right whales, aerial photo. Mating may occur as a result of this courting and social behavior. The white whale seen here is a serious player named El Copulador (the copulator) and is often seen in mating and courting groups of southern right whales at Peninsula Valdes. His light coloration is an indication that he was a white calf, but he did not darken as he aged in the way most white southern right whale calves do. :: Image #38357
Photo of Southern right whale raises its fluke tail out of the water prior to diving. :: Image #38341
Photo of Southern right whale fluke raised out of the water, tail slapping :: Image #38339
Photo of Southern right whale raises its fluke tail out of the water prior to diving. :: Image #38337
Photo of Seagull picks skin off a southern right whale, leaving a lesion that may become infected and which scientists have shown to be stressful to young calves. :: Image #38333
Photo of Whale hair on the rostrum and chin of a southern right whale, sidelit by the setting sun. These individual hairs provide sensor information to the whale as it swims through ocean currents or touches the ocean bottom. :: Image #38331
Photo of Southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38288
Photo of South American sea lions underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38270
Photo of South American sea lions, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38264
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis. About five per cent of southern right whales are born white due to a condition known as grey morphism and will gradually turn dark as they age. They are not albino (which is a complete lack of pigmentation). Sometimes referred to as "brindled", the white coloration is a recessive genetic trait and only lasts a few months. Typically, but not always, white calves will become much darker as they mature but will still be somewhat lighter than normal even as adults. :: Image #38261
Photo of Fisher Towers at sunset, near Moab, Utah. Fisher Towers are a series of towers made of Cutler sandstone capped with Moenkopi sandstone and caked with a stucco of red mud located near Moab, Utah. :: Image #38225
Photo of Childrens Pool Aerial Panoramic Photo at Sunset, people enjoying the sunset on the sea wall and the protected beach, Coast Boulevard in the foreground, Mount Soledad in the distance :: Image #38208
Photo of Aerial Photo of Point La Jolla and Scripps Park, La Jolla Coastline :: Image #38152
Photo of Laguna Beach Coastline, north of Crescent Point, Aerial Photo :: Image #38150
Photo of Del Mar Coastline at Sunset, Aerial Photo :: Image #38139
Photo of Oceanside Pier aerial photo, Oceanside, California :: Image #38116
Photo of Laguna Beach Coastline including Views South to Three Arch Bay, Aerial Photo :: Image #38082
Photo of Fin whale showing distinctive white right jaw, aerial photo :: Image #38078
Photo of Childrens Pool seawall and Casa Cove aerial photo, La Jolla, California. Sunset. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38077
Photo of Torrey Pines Golf Course over looking Blacks Beach and the Pacific Ocean, south course, summer, afternoon. :: Image #38050
Photo of Goldfish Point and La Jolla Caves aerial photograph, La Jolla. :: Image #38034
Photo of Self-portrait at dawn, Bentonite Hills, Utah :: Image #38028
Photo of Childrens Pool and La Jolla coastline at sunset, aerial panorama, showing underwater reef exposed at King Low Tide :: Image #37977
Photo of Twin Points and Shaws Cove Reef visible in aerial photo, showing underwater terrain of the famous scuba diving location. :: Image #37960
Photo of Surfers at La Jolla Shores Beach, aerial photo :: Image #37952
Photo of Molly's Castle, aerial view, Goblin Valley State Park. Curtis Formation whiteish caprock is on top, with reddish Entrada Sandstone below, both of Jurassic era. Molly's castle lies in the San Rafael desert near Goblin Valley, and drains into the Colorado River watershed. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37950
Photo of Colorado River and Sorrel River Ranch, Moab, Utah. The Dome Plateau rises over the river on the left. :: Image #37949
Photo of Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo. :: Image #37948
Photo of Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns of Bentonite layers, seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands. The Bentonite Hills are composed of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes into layers, now revealed through erosion. Aerial photograph. :: Image #37947
Photo of Stone Steps Beach at Sunset, Aerial Panorama, Encinitas, California :: Image #37945
Photo of Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second :: Image #37854
Photo of Waves break on the Imperial Beach Pier pilings, at dawn with colorful sunrise clouds over the ocean. :: Image #37706
Photo of Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water :: Image #37554
Photo of California sea lion body surfing on large waves, shorebreak, La Jolla. Sea lions are the original body surfers and still the best. :: Image #37533
Photo of California sea lion body surfing on large waves, shorebreak, La Jolla :: Image #37532
Photo of California sea lion body surfing on large waves, shorebreak, La Jolla :: Image #37529
Photo of Full Moon Setting Over SIO Pier in the moments just before sunrise, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. :: Image #37509
Photo of Carlsbad Coast at Sunset, Terramar and the Oceanside Pier, with Camp Pendleton and the San Onofre power plant in the distance on this incredibly clean and crisp evening view. Rising in the distance is San Onofre Mountain (1722') topped by a tall signal tower, one of the southern peaks in the Santa Ana Mountains. :: Image #37482
Photo of Carlsbad Coast Highway Sunset, from Terramar and North Ponto to Oceanside and Camp Pendleton. The smoke stack that marked the old Encina Power Plant was removed in 2021. Oceanside Pier is seen beautifully lit in the distance. Rising in the distance is San Onofre Mountain (1722') topped by a tall signal tower, one of the southern peaks in the Santa Ana Mountains. :: Image #37479
Photo of The Children's Pool, also known as Casa Cove, in pre-dawn light, La Jolla. Seal Rock in the foreground. :: Image #37475
Photo of Point La Jolla at dawn. Pelicans, cormorants, sea birds, waves and sea cliffs. :: Image #37473
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37412
Photo of Eye-to-eye with a brilliantly-colored Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, San Diego :: Image #37290
Photo of Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #37271
Photo of The rare yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, in large aggregations on the Yellow Wall at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #37270
Photo of Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #37251
Photo of Huge mixed schools of fish on Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California. A veritable fish storm of epic proportions centered on Farnsworth Banks was experienced by divers for a few weeks in 2021. :: Image #37244
Photo of Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. :: Image #37091
Photo of Purple-striped jellyfish, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #37049
Photo of Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second. Lake Hodges, San Diego :: Image #36889
Photo of Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second. Lake Hodges, San Diego :: Image #36887
Photo of Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating :: Image #36848
Photo of Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego :: Image #36830
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36762
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, Shelter Island Yacht Club in the foreground, San Diego Bay, Mount San Miguel (right) and Lyons Peak (left) in distance. :: Image #36748
Photo of A brown pelican preening, uropygial gland (preen gland) visible near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Note adult winter breeding plumage in display, with brown neck, red gular throat pouch and yellow and white head. This adult is just transitioning to the brown hind neck that characterizes breeding brown pelicans. :: Image #36682
Photo of Yellow morph California brown pelican preening, cleaning its feathers after foraging on the ocean, with distinctive winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers. Note the unusual yellow gular throat pouch. :: Image #36681
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #36680
Photo of UCSD University of California San Diego, viewed from Mount Soledad, Panoramic Photo :: Image #36667
Photo of California Sea Lions on Point La Jolla, San Diego, California :: Image #36573
Photo of Cute young California Sea Lion playing with its own tail, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36474
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36473
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36472
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36470
Photo of Zebra perch, Hermosilla azurea, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #36469
Photo of Black oaks in autumn in Yosemite National Park, fall colors, Quercus kelloggii :: Image #36462
Photo of Mount Conness (12,589') over Lower Conness Lake, Hoover Wilderness :: Image #36424
Photo of Cathedral Peak and Upper Cathedral Lake at Sunset, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36419
Photo of Lupine bloom in burned area after a forest fire, near Wawona, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36366
Photo of El Capitan reflection mirrored in the Merced River, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36351
Photo of SCUBA Diver and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36125
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36124
Photo of SCUBA Diver and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36122
Photo of SCUBA Diver and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36121
Photo of SCUBA Diver and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36119
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36057
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36055
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36054
Photo of Teepee rocks at sunrise with the Vermillion Cliffs in the distance :: Image #36026
Photo of Horseshoe Bend Sunrise, Colorado River, Page, Arizona :: Image #36006
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, closely approaches cameraman, Argentina :: Image #35943
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, closely approaches cameraman, Argentina :: Image #35942
Photo of Upper Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #35936
Photo of Mating pair of southern right whales underwater (on left), Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35923
Photo of Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35917
Photo of Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35907
Photo of La Sainte-Chapelle, The Holy Chapel, is one of the only surviving buildings of the Capetian royal palace on the Ile de la Cite in the heart of Paris, France. It was commissioned by King Louis IX of France to house his collection of Passion Relics, including the Crown of Thorns - one of the most important relics in medieval Christendom :: Image #35602
Photo of The Eiffel Tower with the Trocodero seen in the distance across the Seine, Paris, France. The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who designed the tower in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The Eiffel tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world. :: Image #35601
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35286
Photo of Hurst Island and Gods Pocket Provincial Park, aerial photo :: Image #35285
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35282
Photo of Moon jelly, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35281
Photo of Yellow sulphur sponge and white metridium anemones, on a cold water reef teeming with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35280
Photo of Bull kelp forest near Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Strait, Browning Pass, Canada :: Image #35279
Photo of Pink Soft Coral, Gersemia Rubiformis, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35278
Photo of White metridium anemones fed by strong ocean currents, cover a cold water reef teeming with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35277
Photo of Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, Vancouver Island :: Image #35276
Photo of Dendronotus iris swimming nudibranch, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35275
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35274
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35273
Photo of Red Nudibranch, Dendronotus rufus, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35271
Photo of Tiny fish, unidentified, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35270
Photo of Red Irish Lord eye detail, Browning Pass, British Columbia :: Image #35269
Photo of Vancouver Island hosts a profusion of spectacular anemones, on cold water reefs rich with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35268
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35267
Photo of Bull kelp forest near Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Strait, Browning Pass, Canada :: Image #35266
Photo of Anemones are found in abundance on a spectacular British Columbia underwater reef, rich with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35265
Photo of Vancouver Island hosts a profusion of spectacular anemones, on cold water reefs rich with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35264
Photo of Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35263
Photo of Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35262
Photo of Colorful starfish (sea stars) cling to the reef, covered with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35261
Photo of Pink Soft Coral (Gersemia Rubiformis), and Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile) cover the ocean reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35260
Photo of Orange Peel Nudibranch, Tochuina gigantea, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35259
Photo of Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35258
Photo of Metridium and proliferating anemones cling to bull kelp. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35257
Photo of Sand verbena wildflowers on sand dunes, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #35115
Photo of Del Mar Beach at Sunset, northern San Diego County :: Image #35098
Photo of California sea lion with strange eyes, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #35052
Photo of Golden Damselfish, Fiji :: Image #34779
Photo of Bigfin reef squid, sepioteuthis lessoniana, Fiji :: Image #34778
Photo of Spiral-gilled tubeworm, Christmas tree worm, Blue Christmas Tree Worm Spirobranchus giganteus, Fiji :: Image #34777
Photo of Three spot dascyllus crapping, Dascyllus trimaculatus, Fiji :: Image #34776
Photo of Bluestripe clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, Fiji :: Image #34775
Photo of Pink Skunk Anemone Fish, Amphiprion perideraion, Fiji :: Image #34774
Photo of Lyretail Anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Fiji :: Image #34773
Photo of Reef lizardfish, Synodus variegatus, Fiji :: Image #34772
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #34771
Photo of Golden Damselfish, Fiji :: Image #34770
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34769
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34768
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34766
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34765
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34764
Photo of Colorful and exotic coral reef in Fiji, with soft corals, hard corals, anthias fishes, anemones, and sea fan gorgonians. :: Image #34763
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34762
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34761
Photo of Colorful and exotic coral reef in Fiji, with soft corals, hard corals, anthias fishes, anemones, and sea fan gorgonians. :: Image #34760
Photo of Blackside hawkfish on hard coral, Paracirrhites forsteri, close-up, Fiji :: Image #34759
Photo of Phyllidia coelestis nudibranch, Fiji :: Image #34758
Photo of Coral Hind, Cephalopholis miniata, also known as Coral Trout and Coral Grouper, Fiji :: Image #34757
Photo of Crinoid feather star closeup view of tentacles, which it extends into ocean currents, Fiji. :: Image #34756
Photo of Sinularia flexibilis finger leather soft coral, Fiji :: Image #34755
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34754
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34753
Photo of Branching whip coral (Ellisella sp) captures passing planktonic food in ocean currents, Fiji :: Image #34752
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34751
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents :: Image #34750
Photo of Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34749
Photo of Red whip coral, Ellisella ceratophyta, Fiji :: Image #34748
Photo of Anthias fishes school over the colorful Fijian coral reef, everything taking advantage of currents that bring planktonic food. Fiji :: Image #34747
Photo of Pink Skunk Anemone Fish, Amphiprion perideraion, Fiji :: Image #34746
Photo of Bubble coral polyp detail, Plerogyra sinuosa, Fiji :: Image #34745
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #34744
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34743
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #34742
Photo of Aerial View of Namena Marine Reserve and Coral Reefs, Namena Island, Fiji :: Image #34686
Photo of Aerial View of Namena Island, Fiji :: Image #34685
Photo of Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure. :: Image #34661
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34650
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34649
Photo of Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34648
Photo of Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34647
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34644
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34643
Photo of Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34642
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34641
Photo of Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34637
Photo of Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina :: Image #34636
Photo of California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #34576
Photo of California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #34575
Photo of Green sea turtle foraging for algae on coral reef, Chelonia mydas, West Maui, Hawaii :: Image #34507
Photo of Browning Pass and Balaklava Island, location of the best cold water diving in the world, aerial panoramic photo. :: Image #34472
Photo of Colorful anemones and soft corals, bryozoans and kelp cover the rocky reef in a kelp forest near Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Strait. Strong currents bring nutrients to the invertebrate life clinging to the rocks. :: Image #34333
Photo of Colorful anemones and soft corals, bryozoans and kelp cover the rocky reef in a kelp forest near Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Strait. Strong currents bring nutrients to the invertebrate life clinging to the rocks. :: Image #34332
Photo of Pink Soft Coral (Gersemia Rubiformis), and Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile) cover the ocean reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #34330
Photo of Colorful anemones and soft corals, bryozoans and kelp cover the rocky reef in a kelp forest near Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Strait. Strong currents bring nutrients to the invertebrate life clinging to the rocks. :: Image #34328
Photo of California sea lions, La Jolla :: Image #34274
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch :: Image #34196
Photo of Seal Rocks at Sunset, Panoramic Aerial Photo, Laguna Beach, California :: Image #34040
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33476
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33438
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33437
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33436
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33435
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33434
Photo of Giant Black Sea Bass with Unique Pattern of Black Spots at Catalina Island. The giant sea bass is an endangered species reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest :: Image #33356
Photo of Three giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating/courtship aggregation amid kelp forest at Catalina Island. In summer months, black seabass gather in kelp forests in California to form mating aggregations. Courtship behaviors include circling of pairs of giant sea bass, production of booming sounds by presumed males, and nudging of females by males in what is though to be an effort to encourage spawning. :: Image #33355
Photo of Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33313
Photo of Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33310
Photo of Giant Manta Ray at Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33291
Photo of Wildflowers along the La Jolla Cove cliffs, sunrise :: Image #33264
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33252
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33246
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33243
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33242
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33240
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33237
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33233
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33227
Photo of Purple owls clover, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #33208
Photo of Chocolate lily growing among grasses on oak-covered hillsides. The chocolate lily is a herbaceous perennial monocot that is increasingly difficult to find in the wild due to habitat loss. The flower is a striking brown color akin to the color of chocolate. :: Image #33151
Photo of Wildflowers Bloom in Spring, Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #33144
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32678
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32677
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32676
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32675
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32674
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32673
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32672
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32671
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32670
Photo of Young Steller sea lions mock jousting underwater, a combination of play and mild agreession, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32669
Photo of Steller sea lion entanglement, line wrapped around the sea lion's neck, injury and infection from the wound can weaken and kill the animal, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32668
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32667
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32666
Photo of Young Steller sea lions mock jousting underwater, a combination of play and mild agreession, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32665
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32664
Photo of Fall Colors in Kanarra Creek Canyon, Utah :: Image #32639
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32359
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32358
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32355
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32353
Photo of Boulders underwater, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32349
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32341
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32339
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32331
Photo of Underwater sand and boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32329
Photo of Underwater Light, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32328
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32327
Photo of Aspens show fall colors in Mineral King Valley, part of Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California :: Image #32298
Photo of Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32235
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32232
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32231
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32222
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32217
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32178
Photo of Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32171
Photo of Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32162
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32161
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32151
Photo of Lemon shark :: Image #32014
Photo of Caribbean reef shark with fishing hook :: Image #31982
Photo of Caribbean reef shark :: Image #31981
Photo of Caribbean reef shark swims over sponges and coral reef :: Image #31979
Photo of Great hammerhead shark :: Image #31967
Photo of Tiger shark and underwater cameraman Jonathan Bird filming for television documentary. :: Image #31882
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31881
Photo of Photographing down the throat of a tiger shark with a Gopro on a selfie-stick :: Image #31879
Photo of Jet Airliner Silhouetted Against Supermoon Eclipse, at Moonrise over San Diego, September 27 2015 :: Image #31869
Photo of Soft Corals and Diver in Cavern, Fiji :: Image #31372
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with gorgonian sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #31341
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31340
Photo of Pristine South Pacific tropical coral reef, with vibrant colorful dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31339
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31338
Photo of Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji :: Image #31336
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31335
Photo of Colorful Dendronephthya Soft Corals and Black Coral, Fiji :: Image #31334
Photo of Sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31333
Photo of Red whip coral, Ellisella ceratophyta, Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji :: Image #31332
Photo of Acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. :: Image #31331
Photo of Beautiful tropical reef in Fiji. The reef is covered with dendronephthya soft corals and sea fan gorgonians, with schooling Anthias fishes swimming against a strong current. :: Image #31328
Photo of Symphyllia brain coral on tropical coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31327
Photo of Sinularia flexibilis finger leather soft coral, Fiji :: Image #31326
Photo of Bright red Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and yellow sarcophyton leather coral on pristine coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31325
Photo of Branching whip coral (Ellisella sp) captures passing planktonic food in ocean currents, Fiji :: Image #31324
Photo of Manta Ray Feeding on Plankton, Fiji :: Image #31323
Photo of Gorgonians and invertebrate life covers a rocky reef, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31242
Photo of Gorgonians and invertebrate life covers a rocky reef, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31241
Photo of Boat M/V Ambar III at Isla Partida, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31229
Photo of Sea lion harem of females, underwater :: Image #31228
Photo of California sea lion and school of sardines underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California :: Image #31227
Photo of Young sea lion hides in an underwater crevice :: Image #31226
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31225
Photo of Young California sea lion pup underwater, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31224
Photo of Young California sea lion pup underwater, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31223
Photo of Sea lion bubble streaming underwater :: Image #31222
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31221
Photo of California sea lion and school of sardines underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California :: Image #31220
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31219
Photo of Sea lions underwater, adult male (left) and female (right) :: Image #31218
Photo of California sea lion and school of sardines underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California :: Image #31217
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31216
Photo of Young California sea lion pup underwater, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31215
Photo of Blue-bronze sea chub schooling, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31213
Photo of Young California sea lion pup underwater, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31212
Photo of Oak Alley Plantation and its famous shaded tunnel of 300-year-old southern live oak trees (Quercus virginiana). The plantation is now designated as a National Historic Landmark. :: Image #31019
Photo of Milky Way during Full Lunar Eclipse over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, April 4 2015. The arch and surrounding landscape are illuminated by the faint light of the fully-eclipsed blood red moon. Light from the sun has passed obliquely through the Earth's thin atmosphere, taking on a red color, and is then reflected off the moon and reaches the Earth again to light the arch. The intensity of this light is so faint that the Milky Way can be seen clearly at the same time. :: Image #30717
Photo of Full moon with 22-degree lunar halo, Joshua Tree National Park. The lunar halo (not to be cofused with lunar corona) forms when moonlight refracts through high altitude ice crystals. As no light is refracted at angles smaller than 22-degrees the sky is darker inside the halo. :: Image #30711
Photo of Aerial Photo of Tijuana River Mouth SMCA. Tijuana River Mouth State Marine Conservation Area borders Imperial Beach and the Mexican Border. :: Image #30660
Photo of Aerial Photo of Cabrillo State Marine Reserve, Point Loma, San Diego :: Image #30641
Photo of Aerial Photo of South La Jolla State Marine Reserve :: Image #30639
Photo of California Brown Pelican flying over a breaking wave :: Image #30364
Photo of Spotted sandpiper :: Image #30318
Photo of Willet :: Image #30308
Photo of Royal tern in flight, winter adult phase. :: Image #30307
Photo of Brandt's cormorant cormorant in flight. :: Image #30306
Photo of A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. :: Image #30289
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #30254
Photo of Hotel Del Coronado and Coronado Island City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #30202
Photo of Scripps Pier solstice, surfer's view from among the waves, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier. Research pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography SIO, sunset. :: Image #30150
Photo of Torrey Pines cliffs and storm clouds at sunset :: Image #29102
Photo of La Jolla Sunset :: Image #29100
Photo of Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. :: Image #29017
Photo of Sunrise on Medano Beach, on the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico :: Image #28948
Photo of Aerial photograph of Land's End and the Arch, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico :: Image #28893
Photo of A fiery sunrise explodes over the La Jolla coastline. :: Image #28871
Photo of Big Corona Beach, aka Corona del Mar State Beach, at night lit by full moon, Newport Beach :: Image #28865
Photo of Cormorants and sea lions on Seal Rock, at night, waves lit by full moon. :: Image #28864
Photo of Hospital Point, La Jolla, dawn, sunrise light and approaching storm clouds. :: Image #28851
Photo of San Diego City Skyline viewed from Harbor Island, storm clouds at sunrise. :: Image #28844
Photo of The Botanical Building in Balboa Park, San Diego. The Botanical Building, at 250 feet long by 75 feet wide and 60 feet tall, was the largest wood lath structure in the world when it was built in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition. The Botanical Building, located on the Prado, west of the Museum of Art, contains about 2,100 permanent tropical plants along with changing seasonal flowers. The Lily Pond, just south of the Botanical Building, is an eloquent example of the use of reflecting pools to enhance architecture. The 193' by 43' foot pond and smaller companion pool were originally referred to as Las Lagunas de las Flores (The Lakes of the Flowers) and were designed as aquatic gardens. The pools contain exotic water lilies and lotus which bloom spring through fall :: Image #28823
Photo of San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left) viewed from the San Diego Embarcadero Marine Park, sunrise :: Image #28820
Photo of Ancient Bristlecone Pine Tree at night, stars and the Milky Way galaxy visible in the evening sky, near Patriarch Grove. :: Image #28786
Photo of Light Beam in Upper Antelope Slot Canyon. Thin shafts of light briefly penetrate the convoluted narrows of Upper Antelope Slot Canyon, sending piercing beams through the sandstone maze to the sand floor below. :: Image #28561
Photo of Star Trails over the San Diego Downtown City Skyline. In this 60 minute exposure, stars create trails through the night sky over downtown San Diego. :: Image #28383
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunrise :: Image #28379
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter non-breeding plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch but white hind neck. :: Image #28332
Photo of Downtown Los Angeles at night, street lights, buildings light up the night. :: Image #27727
Photo of California sea lion underwater. :: Image #27423
Photo of Blue whale and San Onofre Nuclear Power generating station, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting its tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging for food. :: Image #27337
Photo of Sunset and incoming surf, gorgeous colors in the sky and on the ocean at dusk, the incoming waves are blurred in this long exposure. :: Image #27156
Photo of A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance. :: Image #27142
Photo of Mono Lake sunset, tufa and clouds reflected in the still waters of Mono Lake. :: Image #26977
Photo of Sunset and boulders, Joshua Tree National Park. Sunset lights the giant boulders and rock formations near Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree N.P. :: Image #26719
Photo of Double-crested cormorant drys its wings in the sun following a morning of foraging in the ocean, La Jolla cliffs, near San Diego. :: Image #26529
Photo of Adams River sockeye salmon. A female sockeye salmon swims upstream in the Adams River to spawn, having traveled hundreds of miles upstream from the ocean. :: Image #26157
Photo of A male sockeye salmon, showing injuries sustained as it migrated hundreds of miles from the ocean up the Fraser River, swims upstream in the Adams River to reach the place where it will fertilize eggs laid by a female in the rocks. It will die so after spawning. :: Image #26147
Photo of Water rushes through a narrow crack, in the red sandstone of Zion National Park, with fallen autumn leaves. :: Image #26100
Photo of The Virgin River flows by autumn cottonwood trees, part of the Virgin River Narrows. This is a fantastic hike in fall with the comfortable temperatures, beautiful fall colors and light crowds. :: Image #26098
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. :: Image #25951
Photo of Giant redwood, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Redwood National Park. The coastal redwood, or simply 'redwood', is the tallest tree on Earth, reaching a height of 379' and living 3500 years or more. It is native to coastal California and the southwestern corner of Oregon within the United States, but most concentrated in Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California, found close to the coast where moisture and soil conditions can support its unique size and growth requirements. :: Image #25795
Photo of Sunset on the Last Chance Mountain Range, seen from Eureka Valley Sand Dunes. :: Image #25238
Photo of Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose. A federally endangered plant, Oenothera californica eurekensis is a perennial herb that produces white flowers from April to June. These flowers turn red as they age. The Eureka Dunes evening-primrose is found only in the southern portion of Eureka Valley Sand Dunes system in Indigo County, California. :: Image #25237
Photo of California sea lion, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. :: Image #23418
Photo of 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. :: Image #23233
Photo of Hiker views Vogelsang Lake, and Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunrise in Yosemite's High Sierra. :: Image #23201
Photo of Cactus wren. :: Image #23003
Photo of Mexican jay. :: Image #22959
Photo of House sparrow, breeding male. :: Image #22945
Photo of Hooded oriole, female. :: Image #22944
Photo of Canyon towhee. :: Image #22943
Photo of Bridled titmouse. :: Image #22941
Photo of Wild turkey. :: Image #22935
Photo of House finch, male. :: Image #22927
Photo of Brown-headed cowbird, male. :: Image #22916
Photo of Black-headed grosbeak, male. :: Image #22911
Photo of Acorn woodpecker, female. :: Image #22906
Photo of Curve-billed thrasher :: Image #22904
Photo of Greater roadrunner. :: Image #22902
Photo of Northern cardinal, female. :: Image #22897
Photo of Bullock's oriole, first year male. :: Image #22895
Photo of Pyrrhuloxia, male. :: Image #22894
Photo of Yosemite Falls and tall pine trees, viewed from Cook's Meadow. :: Image #22746
Photo of Bald eagle in flight spreads its wings and raises its talons as it prepares to grasp a fish out of the water. :: Image #22593
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, snow covered beach and Kachemak Bay in background. :: Image #22592
Photo of Five bald eagles stand together on wooden perch. :: Image #22591
Photo of Two bald eagles in flight, wings spread, soaring, aloft. :: Image #22590
Photo of Juvenile bald eagle, second year coloration plumage, closeup of head and shoulders, looking directly at camera, snowflakes visible on feathers. Immature coloration showing white speckling on feathers. :: Image #22589
Photo of Downtown San Diego and Petco Park, viewed from the southeast. :: Image #22300
Photo of New Point Loma Lighthouse, situated on the tip of Point Loma Peninsula, marks the entrance to San Diego Bay. The lighthouse rises 70' and was built in 1891 to replace the "old" Point Loma Lighthouse which was often shrouded in fog. :: Image #22295
Photo of 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. :: Image #22294
Photo of Marriott Hotel towers, rising above the Embarcadero Marine Park and yacht marina. :: Image #22291
Photo of San Diego Convention Center, located in the Marina District of downtown San Diego. Built in 1989, the San Diego Convention Center offers 525,700 square feet of exhibit space. It is noted for its distinctive "sails" made of Teflon-coated fiberglass suspended over the central exhibition hall, aptly named Sails Pavilion. :: Image #22290
Photo of Downtown San Diego and USS Midway. The USS Midway was a US Navy aircraft carrier, launched in 1945 and active through the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm, as of 2008 a museum along the downtown waterfront in San Diego. :: Image #22289
Photo of Sunrise in Joshua Tree National Park. :: Image #22100
Photo of Mobius Arch at sunrise, with Mount Whitney (the tallest peak in the continental United States), Lone Pine Peak and snow-covered Sierra Nevada Range framed within the arch. Mobius Arch is a 17-foot-wide natural rock arch in the scenic Alabama Hills Recreational Area near Lone Pine, California. :: Image #21729
Photo of Two satellite tags, below dorsal fin of great white shark. The tags record the sharks movements, relaying data to researchers via satellite. :: Image #21391
Photo of A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. :: Image #21346
Photo of Middle Coronado Island, viewed from the south. :: Image #21322
Photo of Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape. :: Image #21252
Photo of Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape. :: Image #21251
Photo of Monument Valley panorama, a composite of twelve individual photographs. :: Image #20901
Photo of Panorama of the Wave. The Wave is a sweeping, dramatic display of eroded sandstone, forged by eons of water and wind erosion, laying bare striations formed from compacted sand dunes over millenia. This panoramic picture is formed from thirteen individual photographs. :: Image #20700
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20083
Photo of Elk, bull elk, adult male elk with large set of antlers. By September, this bull elk's antlers have reached their full size and the velvet has fallen off. This bull elk has sparred with other bulls for access to herds of females in estrous and ready to mate. :: Image #19721
Photo of 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. :: Image #19698
Photo of 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. :: Image #19697
Photo of A male moose, bull moose, on snow covered field, near Cooke City. :: Image #19680
Photo of Grizzly bear in Yellowstone National Park in autumn, fall, walking through brown grasses. :: Image #19614
Photo of A great white shark swims toward the photographer. Perhaps the shark is considering him as possible prey? The photographer, a "shark diver" is safely situated in a sturdy metal cage. The best location in the world to "shark dive" to view great white sharks is Mexico's Guadalupe Island. :: Image #19457
Photo of Latourelle Falls, in Guy W. Talbot State Park, drops 249 feet through a lush forest near the Columbia River. :: Image #19347
Photo of Ponytail Falls, where Horsetail Creeks drops 100 feet over an overhang below which hikers can walk. :: Image #19337
Photo of Triple Falls, in the upper part of Oneonta Gorge, fall 130 feet through a lush, beautiful temperate rainforest. :: Image #19326
Photo of Wahkeena Falls drops 249 feet in several sections through a lush green temperate rainforest. :: Image #19324
Photo of Horsetail Falls drops 176 feet just a few yards off the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway. :: Image #19318
Photo of Multnomah Falls. Plummeting 620 feet from its origins on Larch Mountain, Multnomah Falls is the second highest year-round waterfall in the United States. Nearly two million visitors a year come to see this ancient waterfall making it Oregon's number one public destination. :: Image #19313
Photo of Young brown bear grazes in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. :: Image #19244
Photo of Coastal brown bear in sedge grass meadow. :: Image #19223
Photo of Coastal brown bear cub, one and a half years old, near Johnson River. This cub will remain with its mother for about another six months, and will be on its own next year. :: Image #19199
Photo of Juvenile female coastal brown bear walks on beach. :: Image #19164
Photo of Coastal brown bear on sand flats at low tide. :: Image #19163
Photo of A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. :: Image #19162
Photo of Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. :: Image #19161
Photo of Lazy grizzly bear naps on a log, surrounding by the grass sedge grass that is typical of the coastal region of Lake Clark National Park. :: Image #19160
Photo of Coastal brown bear cub, one and a half years old, near Johnson River. This cub will remain with its mother for about another six months, and will be on its own next year. :: Image #19159
Photo of A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. :: Image #19158
Photo of 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. :: Image #19157
Photo of Young brown bear grazes in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. :: Image #19156
Photo of Coastal brown bear in meadow. The tall sedge grasses in this coastal meadow are a food source for brown bears, who may eat 30 lbs of it each day during summer while waiting for their preferred food, salmon, to arrive in the nearby rivers. :: Image #19155
Photo of Brown bear female sow in sedge meadow, with her three spring cubs hidden by the deep grass next to her. These cubs were born earlier in the spring and will remain with their mother for almost two years, relying on her completely for their survival. :: Image #19154
Photo of A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. :: Image #19153
Photo of Coastal brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear. :: Image #19152
Photo of Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. :: Image #19151
Photo of Brown bear cubs. These cubs are one and a half years old and have yet to leave their mother. They will be on their own and have to fend for themselves next summer. :: Image #19150
Photo of Mature male coastal brown bear boar waits on the tide flats at the mouth of Silver Salmon Creek for salmon to arrive. Grizzly bear. :: Image #19149
Photo of Brown bears fighting or sparring. These are likely young but sexually mature males that are simply mock fighting for practice. :: Image #19148
Photo of Young brown bear grazes in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. :: Image #19147
Photo of Coastal brown bear walks in Silver Salmon Creek. :: Image #19146
Photo of Coastal brown bear (grizzly bear) walks sedge grass meadow near Silver Salmon Creek. :: Image #19145
Photo of Coastal brown bear walking on sand beach. :: Image #19144
Photo of Young brown bear stands in tall sedge grass to get a better view of other approaching bears. :: Image #19143
Photo of Coastal brown bear on sand flats at low tide. :: Image #19142
Photo of Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear. :: Image #19141
Photo of Coastal brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear. :: Image #19140
Photo of A brown bear mother (sow) stands in tall sedge grass to look for other approaching bears that may be a threat to her cubs. :: Image #19139
Photo of Coastal brown bear in meadow. The tall sedge grasses in this coastal meadow are a food source for brown bears, who may eat 30 lbs of it each day during summer while waiting for their preferred food, salmon, to arrive in the nearby rivers. :: Image #19138
Photo of Juvenile female coastal brown bear (grizzly bear) grazes on sedge grass. :: Image #19137
Photo of Brown bear walks on tide flats. Grizzly bear. :: Image #19136
Photo of Panorama of the Teton Range reflected in the still waters of Schwabacher Landing, a sidewater of the Snake River. :: Image #19129
Photo of Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. :: Image #18749
Photo of Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. :: Image #18748
Photo of Black bear in a tree. Black bears are expert tree climbers and will ascend trees if they sense danger or the approach of larger bears, to seek a place to rest, or to get a view of their surroundings. :: Image #18747
Photo of Black bear cub in a tree. Mother bears will often send their cubs up into the safety of a tree if larger bears (who might seek to injure the cubs) are nearby. Black bears have sharp claws and, in spite of their size, are expert tree climbers. :: Image #18746
Photo of Black bear in a tree. Black bears are expert tree climbers and will ascend trees if they sense danger or the approach of larger bears, to seek a place to rest, or to get a view of their surroundings. :: Image #18745
Photo of Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. :: Image #18743
Photo of Black bear portrait. American black bears range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. They prefer forested and meadow environments. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer. :: Image #18742
Photo of Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. :: Image #18741
Photo of Western gulls, courtship behaviour. :: Image #18397
Photo of Western gull, early morning pink sky. :: Image #18394
Photo of California brown pelican spreads its wings wide as it slows before landing on seacliffs. :: Image #18228
Photo of Delicate Arch, dusted with snow, at sunset, with the snow-covered La Sal mountains in the distance. Delicate Arch stands 45 feet high, with a span of 33 feet, atop of bowl of slickrock sandstone. :: Image #18104
Photo of Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17854
Photo of Tony Gatti, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17780
Photo of Tony Gatti, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17777
Photo of Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17720
Photo of Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17718
Photo of Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17717
Photo of Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad, California. :: Image #17407
Photo of Brown bear waits for salmon at Brooks Falls. Blurring of the water is caused by a long shutter speed. Brooks River. :: Image #17047
Photo of Two mature brown bears fight to establish hierarchy and fishing rights. :: Image #17036
Photo of A tube, the inside of a breaking wave. :: Image #17007
Photo of A wave, breaking with powerful energy, at the Wedge in Newport Beach. :: Image #16992
Photo of A wave, breaking with powerful energy, at the Wedge in Newport Beach. :: Image #16988
Photo of Bridalveil Falls with a rainbow forming in its spray, dropping 620 into Yosemite Valley, displaying peak water flow in spring months from deep snowpack and warm weather melt. Yosemite Valley. :: Image #16160
Photo of Yosemite Falls rises above the Merced River, viewed from the Swinging Bridge. The 2425 falls is the tallest in North America. Yosemite Valley. :: Image #16143
Photo of Yosemite Falls is reflected in a springtime pool in flooded Cooks Meadow, Yosemite Valley. :: Image #16135
Photo of Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below. :: Image #16114
Photo of Upper Yosemite Falls near peak flow in spring. Yosemite Falls, at 2425 feet tall (730m) is the tallest waterfall in North America and fifth tallest in the world. Yosemite Valley. :: Image #16066
Photo of Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California. :: Image #15791
Photo of Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts. :: Image #15784
Photo of Wood duck, male. :: Image #15694
Photo of Great egret (white egret). :: Image #15657
Photo of Male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. :: Image #15521
Photo of Sol Duc Falls. Sol Duc Falls is one of the largest and most beautiful waterfalls in Olympic National Park, seen here from a bridge that crosses the canyon just below the falls. Surrounding the falls is an old-growth forest of hemlocks and douglas firs, some of which are three hundred years in age. :: Image #13747
Photo of A rainbow appears in the spray of Riverside Geyser as it erupts over the Firehole River. Riverside is a very predictable geyser. Its eruptions last 30 minutes, reach heights of 75 feet and are usually spaced about 6 hours apart. Upper Geyser Basin. :: Image #13367
Photo of Fly fishing below Gibbon Falls. This flyfisherman hiked up the Gibbon River to reach the foot of Gibbon Falls. :: Image #13269
Photo of The bisons massive head is its most characteristic feature. Its forehead bulges because of its convex-shaped frontal bone. Its shoulder hump, dwindling bowlike to the haunches, is supported by unusually long spinal vertebrae. Over powerful neck and shoulder muscles grows a great shaggy coat of curly brown fur, and over the head, like an immense hood, grows a shock of black hair. Its forequarters are higher and much heavier than its haunches. A mature bull stands about 6 1/2 feet (2 meters) at the shoulder and weighs more than 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms). The bisons horns are short and black. In the male they are thick at the base and taper abruptly to sharp points as they curve outward and upward; the females horns are more slender. :: Image #13120
Photo of Adult female moose in deep meadow grass near Christian Creek. :: Image #13039
Photo of Mount Moran rises above the Snake River at Oxbow Bend. :: Image #13027
Photo of Mount Moran rises above the Snake River at Oxbow Bend at sunrise. :: Image #13026
Photo of Bridalveil Falls at sunset, with clouds and blue sky in the background. Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite drops 620 feet (188 m) from a hanging valley to the floor of Yosemite Valley. :: Image #12646
Photo of Golden eagle. :: Image #12210
Photo of A great white shark underwater. A large great white shark cruises the clear oceanic waters of Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe). :: Image #10110
Photo of 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. :: Image #7723
Photo of A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. :: Image #7721
Photo of 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. :: Image #7668
Photo of Gray whales, two males both with extended penis during courtship socialization, Laguna San Ignacio. :: Image #6431
Photo of California sea lions, socializing/resting, Webster Point rookery, Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. :: Image #6284
Photo of North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass. :: Image #6057
Photo of Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. :: Image #5925
Photo of North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. This female North Pacific humpback whale was first seen with the depicted lacerations near the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands in the mid-90s, and is the original humpback to bear the name 'Blade Runner'. This female has apparently recovered, as evidenced the calf she was observed nurturing. A South Pacific humpback whale endured a similar injury in Sydney Australia in 2001, and bears a remarkably similar scar pattern to the above-pictured whale. :: Image #5909
Photo of A blue whale eating krill. This blue whale is seen feeding and surfacing amid krill with its throat fully engorged with krill and water. It will push the water back out with its tongue, trapping the krill in its baleen which acts like a filter. Aerial photo, Baja California. :: Image #5837
Photo of El Capitan and Merced River, Yosemite Valley. :: Image #5413
Photo of Ocean sunfish and freediving photographer, open ocean. :: Image #3325
Photo of California sea lion, Coronado Islands. :: Image #2920
Photo of Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female (left) during a competitive group. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other male whales interested in the mother. :: Image #2828
Photo of Humpback whale mother, calf (top), male escort (rear), underwater. A young humpback calf typically swims alongside or above its mother, and male escorts will usually travel behind the mother. :: Image #2819
Photo of Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next. :: Image #2796
Photo of Mangrove snapper schooling in the clear waters of Crystal River, with trees in the background. :: Image #2688
Photo of Three Sisters Springs depicted in an underwater landscape with sand, clear water and trees. :: Image #2673
Photo of A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, hovers in the clear waters of Crystal River. :: Image #2654
Photo of A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, hovers in the clear waters of Crystal River. :: Image #2653
Photo of Two Florida manatees, or West Indian Manatees, swim together in the clear waters of Crystal River. Florida manatees are endangered. :: Image #2629
Photo of Two Florida manatees, or West Indian Manatees, swim together in the clear waters of Crystal River. Florida manatees are endangered. :: Image #2628
Photo of Guadalupe fur seal mother and pup. :: Image #2440
Photo of Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. :: Image #2435
Photo of Ocean sunfish reflected on a glassy surface in bluewater, open ocean, southern California. :: Image #2413
Photo of Blue shark searching drift kelp for food, open ocean. :: Image #2288
Photo of Galapagos sea lion playing with puffer fish. :: Image #2252
Photo of A blue whale spouts at sunset. The blow, or spout, of a blue whale can reach 30 feet into the air. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on earth. :: Image #2217
Photo of California sea lions, Coronado Islands. :: Image #2160
Photo of California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. :: Image #2159
Photo of California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. :: Image #2031
Photo of A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. :: Image #1135
Photo of Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean :: Image #1081
Photo of Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean :: Image #1078
Photo of Blue shark and yellowtail in the open ocean :: Image #1000
Photo of Pacific bottlenose dolphin swimming offshore of Guadalupe Island, Mexico. :: Image #968
Photo of Northern fur seal swims through the cold waters and kelp forest of San Miguel Island, in California's northern Channel Islands. :: Image #966
Photo of Aggregating anemone opens its arms to passing ocean currents in an attempt to snag passing bits of food or unwary prey. :: Image #314
Photo of California sea lion at Guadalupe Island, wave breaking on Isla Afuera, from underwater. :: Image #248
Photo of Pacific white sided dolphin carrying drift kelp. :: Image #43
Photo of Brown Pelican Performs Yoga Pose Baddha Virabhadrasana, also known as Devotional Warrior or Humble Warrior. Winter adult non-breeding plumage. :: Image #39794
Photo of A California Brown Pelican flying over the Pacific Ocean, spreads its large wings wide to slow down as it banks, turns in midair, to land on seacliffs in La Jolla. Winter adult non-breeding plumage. :: Image #39792
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult non-breeding plumage coloration :: Image #38937
Photo of Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Cliffs in Background, partially side lit at sunrise :: Image #38866
Photo of California sea lion watches an ocean sunfish, Mola mola, on drift kelp paddy, underwater. This adult female California sea lion was hanging out underneath a paddy of drift kelp, well offshore the coastline of San Diego. :: Image #38536
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, Aerial View, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37942
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37414
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37215
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37212
Photo of Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids. :: Image #37166
Photo of Garibaldi and Brown Gorgonian Muricea fruticosa, Catalina Island, with giant kelp stands reaching from the reef to the surface of the ocean in the distance. The clown prince of the kelp forest, the Garibaldi, alternately poses for me and chirps at me to move away from his gorgonian. :: Image #37157
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy :: Image #36678
Photo of Basket Star and Giant Metridium anemone, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35287
Photo of California Poppies, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #35189
Photo of Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure and invertebrate Life :: Image #34660
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33474
Photo of Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones :: Image #33473
Photo of A corynactis anemone polyp, Corynactis californica is a corallimorph found in genetically identical clusters, club-tipped anemone :: Image #33453
Photo of Los Islotes, famous for its friendly colony of California sea lions, part of Archipelago Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Aerial Photo :: Image #32409
Photo of Staghorn coral on pristine Fijian coral reef :: Image #31394
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with gorgonian sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #31330
Photo of Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, panoramic photograph, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise :: Image #30469
Photo of California Brown Pelican flying over a breaking wave :: Image #30353
Photo of California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. :: Image #30257
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. This adult is just transitioning to the brown hind neck characteristic of the brown pelican breeding plumage. :: Image #30255
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #30174
Photo of African elephant herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #29531
Photo of Lunar eclipse sequence. While the moon lies in the full shadow of the earth (umbra) it receives only faint, red-tinged light refracted through the Earth's atmosphere. As the moon passes into the penumbra it receives increasing amounts of direct sunlight, eventually leaving the shadow of the Earth altogether. October 8, 2014. :: Image #29411
Photo of Milky Way and Stars over Broken Arch, Arches National Park, Utah :: Image #29237
Photo of Sunset over Flat Rock on Torrey Pines State Beach :: Image #29105
Photo of Sunrise Clouds and Surf, Hospital Point, La Jolla :: Image #28830
Photo of Radio telescope antenna, part of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of ten radio telescopes which are operated remotely from their Array Operations Center located in Socorro, New Mexico, as a part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). These ten radio antennas work together as an array that forms the longest system in the world that uses very long baseline interferometry. :: Image #28787
Photo of Milky Way and stars over Crater Lake at night. Panorama of Crater Lake and Wizard Island at night, Crater Lake National Park. :: Image #28643
Photo of Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #28559
Photo of Ancient bristlecone pine trees in Patriarch Grove, display 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 :: Image #28526
Photo of Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible. :: Image #27955
Photo of Milky Way arches over Delicate Arch, as stars cover the night sky. :: Image #27850
Photo of King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico. :: Image #27470
Photo of California sea lion underwater. :: Image #27424
Photo of California brown pelican preening, beak and feather detail. :: Image #27261
Photo of Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona. :: Image #26628
Photo of Roosevelt elk, adult bull male with large antlers. This bull elk has recently shed the velvet that covers its antlers. While an antler is growing, it is covered with highly vascular skin called velvet, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone; once the antler has achieved its full size, the velvet is lost and the antler's bone dies. This dead bone structure is the mature antler, which is itself shed after each mating season. Roosevelt elk grow to 10' and 1300 lb, eating grasses, sedges and various berries, inhabiting the coastal rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. :: Image #25890
Photo of California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. :: Image #23429
Photo of 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. :: Image #19454
Photo of Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17784
Photo of Female Guadalupe fur seal resting underwater :: Image #10359
Photo of Northern elephant seal, San Benito Islands. :: Image #942
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult nonbreeding plumage coloration :: Image #38880
Photo of Young sea lions at the Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #37319
Photo of A beautiful golden-brown female California Sea Lion at the Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. The huge male bull that formed the harem of which she was a part allowed her to hang out with me for a while, even while he continued patrolling just over my head. :: Image #37318
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37208
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37201
Photo of California Sea Lion pup nursing on its mother, La Jolla, California :: Image #36581
Photo of Radio Tower Rock at Sunset, Page, Arizona :: Image #36023
Photo of Portrait of a young California sea lion underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #35875
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33475
Photo of Aerial panorama of Clipperton Island, showing the entire atoll. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a small (2.3 sq mi) but spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32835
Photo of Brain and staghorn corals on pristine Fijian coral reef :: Image #31434
Photo of California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. :: Image #30313
Photo of San Diego Bay and Skyline at sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #30211
Photo of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. :: Image #30185
Photo of North Coronado Island, Mexico, northern point looking south with Middle and South Islands in the distance, aerial photograph. :: Image #29052
Photo of Scripps Pier and moving water, pre-dawn light, La Jolla :: Image #28984
Photo of California 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 :: Image #28968
Photo of California brown pelican on Oceanside Pier, sitting on the pier railing, sunset, winter. :: Image #27607
Photo of Blue whale underwater with mouth full of krill, calf is partially seen below the mother. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Over 80' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. :: Image #27317
Photo of Flama de la Amistad, a statue by Leonardo Nierman. Installed in the San Diego Convention Center’s outdoor amphitheater, Flame of Friendship is a polished, stainless-steel statue set against San Diego Bay weighing 3,700 pounds and standing 20 feet tall and eight feet wide.
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Photo of Brown pelican preening, cleaning its feathers after foraging on the ocean, with winter breeding plumage including distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #22527
Photo of San Diego city skyline, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Point Loma at sunset, with mountains of the Cleveland National Forest rising in the distance. A panoramic photograph, composite of six separate images. Mount San Miguel is on right and Lyons Peak to the left. :: Image #22252
Photo of Great white shark, underwater. :: Image #21361
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. :: Image #21253
Photo of Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #20257
Photo of Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks. :: Image #19932
Photo of A hiker admiring the striated walls and dramatic light within Antelope Canyon, a deep narrow slot canyon formed by water and wind erosion. :: Image #18009
Photo of Clouds light up with blazing colors at sunset. :: Image #4819
Photo of California sea lion, Coronado Islands. :: Image #2923
Photo of North Pacific humpback whale, peduncle throw. :: Image #2153
Photo of Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, ocean water in the background, La Jolla :: Image #40687
Photo of Barrier Reef around Moorea Island, French Polynesia. Nu'urua and Iumaru communities along the coast. The outer reef slope is seen adjacent to deep blue oceanic water with white waves breaking against the reef edge. Next, a wide shallow reef flat occurs dotted with coral bommies. Inside of that, a shallow protected lagoon is formed against the island. Tall, rugged, eroded mountains are seen hinting at the age of the ancient volcano that originally formed the island and that is now sinking back down, leaving the encircling reef behind. :: Image #40666
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #40611
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40469
Photo of Isla San Pedro Martir at sunset with extensive forest of Cardon Cactus seen on the summit ridge of the island, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. San Pedro Martir Island and its marine life are, since 2002, part of the San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve, and is regarded as a natural laboratory of adaptive evolution, similar to that of the Galapagos Islands. It is home to 292 species of fauna and flora (both land-based and aquatic), with 42 species protected by Mexican law, and 30 listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. San Pedro Martir is also unique in the area for its year-round quantity of birds. The island is the only island in the area with a perpetually swirling cloud of sea birds. This is because the water around the island, has some of the most successful marine productivity in the world :: Image #40397
Photo of Cardon Cactus grow on Isla Angel de la Guarda at Sunset, Aerial Photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Guardian Angel island is part of the Midriff Islands in Mexico's Sea of Cortez :: Image #40340
Photo of Endangered Brown Pelican Flying with Wings Spread Ready to Land. The brown pelican's wingspan can reach 7 feet. :: Image #40096
Photo of Aerial photo of Crystal Pier with Holiday Christmas Lights at night. The Crystal Pier, Holiday Lights and Pacific Ocean at sunset, 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. :: Image #40000
Photo of Study of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail :: Image #39871
Photo of Aerial photo of the San Rafael Reef at dawn. A fold in the Earth's crust leads to this inclined section of the San Rafael Reef, at the eastern edge of the San Rafael Swell. Clearly seen are the characteristic triangular flatiron erosion patterns that typical this formation. The colors seen here arise primarily from Navajo and Wingate sandstone. :: Image #39784
Photo of Aerial Photo of Raplee Ridge near Mexican Hat, Utah. Raplee Ridge is a spectacular series of multicolored triangular flatirons near the San Juan River. Often called "the Raplee Anticline" the geologic structure is in fact better described as a monocline, according to the Utah Geological Survey. :: Image #39490
Photo of Aerial photo of three blue whales socializing near San Diego. :: Image #39429
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39421
Photo of Two Adult Acorn Woodpeckers in their Nest Hole, Lake Hodges :: Image #39397
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap, La Jolla :: Image #38954
Photo of Brown Pelican Flying Along Sheer Ocean Cliffs, rare westerly winds associated with a storm allow pelicans to glide along La Jolla's cliffs as they approach shelves and outcroppings on which to land. Backlit by rising sun during stormy conditions. :: Image #38871
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, early morning light just after sunrise. :: Image #38810
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #38742
Photo of Sandhill Cranes in Flight at Sunrise, Bosque del Apache NWR. At sunrise, sandhill cranes will fly out from the pool in which they spent the night to range over Bosque del Apache NWR in search of food, returning to the pool at sunset. :: Image #38733
Photo of Sandhill cranes landing in water ponds at dusk, spending the night standing in water as a protection against coyotes and other predators. Motion blur. :: Image #38731
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38717
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #38715
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. This particular sea lion bears an orange tag on his left foreflipper, probably as a result of rescue and release as a young sea lion years earlier. :: Image #38652
Photo of Self portrait, Kelp Forest, Catalina Island :: Image #38479
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38305
Photo of Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. In this image, the male is below and inverted (belly up) and the female is at the surface. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating. :: Image #38295
Photo of Dawn breaks over the Bentonite Hills in the Utah Badlands. Striations in soil reveal layers of the Morrison Formation, formed in swamps and lakes in the Jurassic era. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38062
Photo of Fremont Cottonwood Tree in winter sillhouette against red Zion Canyon walls :: Image #37795
Photo of Belt of Venus over Horseshoe Bend on the Colorado River. The Colorado River makes a 180-degree turn at Horseshoe Bend. Here the river has eroded the Navajo sandstone for eons, digging a canyon 1100-feet deep. The Belt of Venus, or anti-twilight arch, is the shadow of the earth cast upon the atmosphere just above the horizon, and occurs a few minutes before sunrise or after sunset. :: Image #37781
Photo of Royal tern, winter adult phase :: Image #37723
Photo of Ghostly California brown pelican glides over breaking surf, abstract with motion blur and pastel pre-dawn colors :: Image #37676
Photo of San Diego Sheraton Hotel on San Diego Bay, at dawn :: Image #37637
Photo of Brandt's cormorant cormorant in flight :: Image #37628
Photo of Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head :: Image #37293
Photo of Giant Kelp Forest, West End Catalina Island, rendered in the round by a circular fisheye lens. :: Image #37279
Photo of Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis. The lower sea fan has its polyps retracted while the upper sea fan has all of its polyps extended into the current. Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California :: Image #37266
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37202
Photo of Gorgonian (yellow) that has been parasitized by zoanthid anemone (Savalia lucifica), and red gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis), Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #37185
Photo of Hickman Bridge, Capitol Reef National Park :: Image #37011
Photo of Scripps Pier at Sunset with Christmas Lights :: Image #36677
Photo of San Diego and Tijuana City Skyline, viewed from Mount Soledad :: Image #36661
Photo of San Diego Convention Center and its waterfront at Night :: Image #36646
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head :: Image #36606
Photo of California Sea Lion mother with her pup, mother has injury, open wound, La Jolla, California :: Image #36583
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36492
Photo of Sargassum and Marine Algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #36491
Photo of Garibaldi and Marine Algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #36490
Photo of California Sea Lion hunting Zebra Perch, Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36484
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36480
Photo of Sierra Nevada Fall Colors, North Lake, Bishop Creek Canyon :: Image #36437
Photo of Half Dome and the Glacier Point Road, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36380
Photo of Typical vibrant invertebrate life, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35311
Photo of California Poppies in Bloom, Elsinore :: Image #35225
Photo of Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around :: Image #34658
Photo of California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #34580
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. :: Image #34564
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. :: Image #34560
Photo of Half Dome at Sunset, Yosemite National Park :: Image #34545
Photo of Steller Sea Lions atop Norris Rocks, Hornby Island and Vancouver Island, panoramic photo :: Image #34468
Photo of California sea lion in breaking wave and whitewater foam, La Jolla :: Image #34280
Photo of California sea lions, La Jolla :: Image #34275
Photo of Coral reef expanse composed primarily of porites lobata, Clipperton Island, near eastern Pacific :: Image #32998
Photo of Clipperton Rock, a 95' high volcanic remnant, is the highest point on Clipperton Island, a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32940
Photo of Barcena volcano crater, highest point on San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #32922
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32811
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater bubble display, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32802
Photo of Dive Boat Naia, M/V Naia, at anchor off Wakaya Island, Fiji :: Image #31856
Photo of Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31367
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31353
Photo of Branching whip coral (Ellisella sp.) captures passing planktonic food in ocean currents, Fiji :: Image #31345
Photo of California sea lion at oil rig Eureka, underwater, among the pilings supporting the oil rig. :: Image #31088
Photo of California sea lion at oil rig Eureka, underwater, among the pilings supporting the oil rig. :: Image #31087
Photo of Aerial Panoramic Photo of Point La Jolla and La Jolla Cove, Boomer Beach, Scripps Park. Panoramic aerial photograph of La Jolla Cove and Scripps Parks (center), with La Jolla’s Mount Soledad rising above, La Jolla Shores and La Jolla Caves to the left and the La Jolla Coast with Children’s Pool (Casa Cove) to the right. The undersea reefs of Boomer Beach are seen through the clear, calm ocean waters. This extremely high resolution panorama will print 50″ high by 130″ long with no interpolation :: Image #30773
Photo of Aerial Photo of Tijuana River Mouth SMCA. Tijuana River Mouth State Marine Conservation Area borders Imperial Beach and the Mexican Border. :: Image #30649
Photo of Aerial photo of San Dieguito Lagoon and Dog Beach. San Dieguito Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area near Del Mar in San Diego County. :: Image #30604
Photo of Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja. :: Image #30463
Photo of California Brown Pelican flying over a breaking wave :: Image #30374
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head. :: Image #30339
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head. :: Image #30327
Photo of California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. :: Image #30277
Photo of California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave, La Jolla coastline in the distant background :: Image #30262
Photo of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. :: Image #30187
Photo of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, viewed from Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #29540
Photo of Full Moon Rising over Hotel del Coronado, 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. :: Image #29420
Photo of Milky Way over Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees, Inyo National Forest :: Image #29318
Photo of Mesa Arch Sunrise, Canyonlands National Park, Utah :: Image #29304
Photo of Milky Way and Stars through Wilson Arch. Wilson Arch rises high above route 191 in eastern Utah, with a span of 91 feet and a height of 46 feet. :: Image #29275
Photo of Lunar Eclipse and blood red moon sequence, over Juniper and Standing Rock, composite image, Joshua Tree National Park, April 14/15 2014. :: Image #29204
Photo of Torrey Pines cliffs at sunset :: Image #29112
Photo of California 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. :: Image #29086
Photo of Milky Way and stars at night above Mount Rainier. :: Image #28731
Photo of Milky Way and stars at night above Mount Rainier. :: Image #28728
Photo of 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 :: Image #28720
Photo of Paradise Meadows, wildflowers and Mount Rainier, summer :: Image #28715
Photo of Yosemite Valley and stars lit by full moon, evening. :: Image #28702
Photo of Yosemite Valley and stars lit by full moon, evening. :: Image #28697
Photo of Mesquite Dunes sunrise, dawn, clouds and morning sky, sand dunes. :: Image #28688
Photo of Full moon over Zabriskie Point landscape :: Image #28676
Photo of Crater Lake National Park :: Image #28672
Photo of Crater Lake and Wizard Island at sunrise. :: Image #28668
Photo of Milky Way and stars over Crater Lake at night. Panorama of Crater Lake and Wizard Island at night, Crater Lake National Park. :: Image #28635
Photo of Panorama of Crater Lake from Watchman Lookout Station, panoramic picture. The Watchman Lookout Station No. 168 is one of two fire lookout towers in Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon. For many years, National Park Service personnel used the lookout to watch for wildfires during the summer months. It is also a popular hiking destination because it offers an excellent view of Crater Lake and the surrounding area. :: Image #28633
Photo of The Wave at Night, under a clear night sky full of stars. 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. :: Image #28621
Photo of Monument Valley panorama :: Image #28597
Photo of The Virgin River Narrows, where the Virgin River has carved deep, narrow canyons through the Zion National Park sandstone, creating one of the finest hikes in the world. :: Image #28579
Photo of The Virgin River Narrows, where the Virgin River has carved deep, narrow canyons through the Zion National Park sandstone, creating one of the finest hikes in the world. :: Image #28578
Photo of Sky Rock at night, light by moonlight with stars in the clear night sky above. Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. :: Image #28505
Photo of Newport Pier, underneath the pier, pilings and ocean. :: Image #28471
Photo of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Research Pier at night, lit with stars in the sky, old La Jolla town in the distance. :: Image #28451
Photo of Live Oak and Milky Way, rocks and stars, Joshua Tree National Park at night :: Image #28417
Photo of Joshua Tree National Park, Milky Way and Moon, Shooting Star, Comet Panstarrs, Impending Dawn. :: Image #28408
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, scratching throat pouch, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch but not yet displaying the brown hind neck feathers. :: Image #28329
Photo of Delicate Arch and the Moon at Sunset. The moon and clouds, with stars showing faintly in the sky, as sunset fades into night. :: Image #27859
Photo of Balanced Rock and Milky Way stars at night. :: Image #27835
Photo of The Milky Way Galaxy shines in the night sky with a Joshua Tree silhouetted in the foreground. :: Image #27805
Photo of Star trails and Arch Rock. Polaris, the North Star, is at the center of the circular arc star trails as they pass above this natural stone archway in Joshua Tree National Park. :: Image #27709
Photo of Mobius Arch at sunrise, framing snow dusted Lone Pine Peak and the Sierra Nevada Range in the background. Also known as Galen's Arch, Mobius Arch is found in the Alabama Hills Recreational Area near Lone Pine. :: Image #27627
Photo of Oceanside Pier at sunset, clouds with a brilliant sky at dusk, the lights on the pier are lit. :: Image #27614
Photo of Panamic Green Moray Eel, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27466
Photo of California brown pelican preening, the tip of the bill seen spreading preen oil on feathers. :: Image #27262
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve. :: Image #27248
Photo of Sunset and incoming surf, gorgeous colors in the sky and on the ocean at dusk, the incoming waves are blurred in this long exposure. :: Image #27159
Photo of Coronado Bridge, linking San Diego to Coronado, sunrise, viewed from Coronado Island. San Diego Coronado Bridge, known locally as the Coronado Bridge, links San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge was completed in 1969 and was a toll bridge until 2002. It is 2.1 miles long and reaches a height of 200 feet above San Diego Bay. :: Image #27101
Photo of Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres professional baseball team, overlooking downtown San Diego at dusk. :: Image #27049
Photo of The Milky Way galaxy arcs above Arch Rock, panoramic photograph, cylindrical projection. :: Image #26848
Photo of Boulders and sunset in Joshua Tree National Park. The warm sunlight gently lights unusual boulder formations at Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, California. :: Image #26726
Photo of Scripps Pier, sunrise. :: Image #26456
Photo of Sunset falls upon Torrey Pines State Reserve, viewed from the Torrey Pines glider port. La Jolla, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Scripps Pier are seen in the distance. :: Image #26436
Photo of Snow geese in flight, wings are blurred in long time exposure as they are flying. :: Image #26211
Photo of Sandhill crane in flight, wings extended. :: Image #26197
Photo of Snow geese in flight. :: Image #26196
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. :: Image #25953
Photo of Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. :: Image #25396
Photo of Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #25394
Photo of Racetrack Playa, an ancient lake now dried and covered with dessicated mud. :: Image #25263
Photo of Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. :: Image #25250
Photo of Brown pelican, golden sunrise light, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning :: Image #23624
Photo of California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. :: Image #23422
Photo of Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave. :: Image #23295
Photo of Bald eagle, appears to be calling vocalizing, actually is swallowing a fish, a bit of which is just visible in the eagles mouth. :: Image #22603
Photo of Two bald eagles in flight, wings spread, soaring, aloft. :: Image #22602
Photo of Bald eagle standing on perch, talons grasping wood, wings spread as it balances. :: Image #22601
Photo of 30 bald eagles, part of a group of several hundred, perch on driftwood and stand on the ground waiting to be fed frozen herring as part of the Homer "Eagle Lady's" winter eagle feeding program. :: Image #22600
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, wing spread, soaring. :: Image #22599
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, snow falling, trees and Kenai Mountains in background. :: Image #22598
Photo of Two bald eagles on wooden perch. :: Image #22597
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, sidelit, cloudy sky and Kenai Mountains in the background. :: Image #22596
Photo of Bald eagle, closeup of head and shoulders showing distinctive white head feathers, yellow beak and brown body and wings. :: Image #22595
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, Kachemak Bay in background. :: Image #22594
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #22529
Photo of Joshua Trees silhouetted against predawn sunrise light. :: Image #22115
Photo of Snow geese at dawn. Snow geese often "blast off" just before or after dawn, leaving the ponds where they rest for the night to forage elsewhere during the day. :: Image #21800
Photo of Great white shark, underwater. :: Image #21362
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. :: Image #21249
Photo of Dawn patrol morning surf, hollow wave. :: Image #20797
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. Adult winter breeding plumage. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Adult winter breeding plumage showing brown hindneck and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20073
Photo of Brown pelican slows to land, spreading its large wings wide to brake. :: Image #20052
Photo of 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. :: Image #15125
Photo of Juvenile garibaldi in motion. :: Image #2343
Photo of Salema schooling amid kelp forest. :: Image #1022
Photo of Cruising Sailboats at anchor in lagoon, Moorea, French Polynesia, aerial view. Opunohu Bay in the distance. :: Image #40671
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale with a rainbow in its blow (spout), near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #40612
Photo of Hungry Black-Backed Jackal Kits Greet Adult at the Den, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39721
Photo of Dorsal and Caudal fins of the Ocean Sunfish Mola mola, as it Swims in the Open Ocean, near San Diego. The caudal fin is not a true tail but is a tail-like structure called a clavus that serves as a rudder. The dorsal (top) and anal (bottom) fins are used for propulsion. :: Image #39407
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, breaking waves and surf in the background, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38953
Photo of Juvenile California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, early morning light just after sunrise. :: Image #38808
Photo of California Brown Pelican claps its jaws, sometimes rapidly several times, perhaps to dislodge debris or simply because its fun and feels good. This is not the same as the "yawn" that precedes a head throw. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. Mandible clap, jaw clap. :: Image #38593
Photo of Brown pelican head throw in soft pre-sunrise light, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38586
Photo of Brown pelican head throw in soft pre-sunrise light, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38585
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38310
Photo of Bass Lake, Aerial Panoramic Photo :: Image #38216
Photo of Belt of Venus over Grand Canyon at sunrise, viewed from Hopi Point on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The Belt of Venus, or anti-twilight arch, is the shadow of the earth cast upon the atmosphere just above the horizon, and occurs a few minutes before sunrise or after sunset. :: Image #37765
Photo of Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head :: Image #37294
Photo of Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Catalina Island, California :: Image #37282
Photo of Rattlesnake Canyon, a beautiful slot canyon that is part of the larger Antelope Canyon system. Page, Arizona. :: Image #36039
Photo of Northern elephant seals, Piedras Blancas :: Image #35136
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch :: Image #34198
Photo of Brittlebush bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33193
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33168
Photo of Blotcheye soldierfish and Clipperton Island coral reef, Porites sp. :: Image #32951
Photo of The French tricolor flag flies over Clipperton Island at sunset. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32902
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32809
Photo of Fijian Sunset, South Pacific Sunset :: Image #31859
Photo of Fijian Sunset, South Pacific Sunset :: Image #31857
Photo of Pink Soft Corals and Pristine Hard Corals on South Pacific Reef, Fiji. Large coral head is Platygyra lamellina. :: Image #31416
Photo of Various hard corals on pristine Fijian coral reef :: Image #31375
Photo of Bigeye Trevally Jacks, Schooling, Fiji :: Image #31365
Photo of Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31362
Photo of Gorgonians and Stony Corals, Tropical Coral Reef, Fiji :: Image #31360
Photo of A Large Dendronephthya Soft Coral extends into ocean currents to grasp passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31356
Photo of Humpnose Bigeye Bream, Monotaxis grandoculis, Fiji :: Image #31348
Photo of Freckled Hawkfish (Black-sided Hawkfish), Paracirrhites forsteri, Fiji :: Image #31347
Photo of Corynactis anemones on Oil Rig Elly underwater structure :: Image #31121
Photo of The Kelp Forest offshore of La Jolla, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands :: Image #30986
Photo of California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. :: Image #30279
Photo of Milky Way and Stars over Delicate Arch, at night, Arches National Park, Utah :: Image #29294
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy :: Image #29085
Photo of 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. :: Image #28962
Photo of 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 :: Image #28357
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. :: Image #28336
Photo of Waves rush in at sunset, Carlsbad beach sunset and ocean waves, seascape, dusk, summer. :: Image #27971
Photo of Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible. :: Image #27958
Photo of Yosemite Falls reflected in a meadow pool, spring. :: Image #27745
Photo of Oceanside Pier at sunset, clouds and palm trees with a brilliant sky at dusk. :: Image #27610
Photo of Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. :: Image #27331
Photo of Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. :: Image #27324
Photo of The Grand Tetons, reflected in the glassy waters of the Snake River at Schwabacher Landing, on a beautiful summer morning. :: Image #26923
Photo of Panoramic photo of San Diego embarcadero, showing the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina (center), Roy's Restaurant (center) and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left) viewed from the San Diego Embarcadero Marine Park. :: Image #26568
Photo of Rising sun creates the photographers shadow on a sandstone wall. :: Image #26474
Photo of California brown pelican, showing characteristic winter plumage including red/olive throat, brown hindneck, yellow and white head colors. :: Image #26463
Photo of Roosevelt elk, adult bull male with large antlers. This bull elk has recently shed the velvet that covers its antlers. While an antler is growing, it is covered with highly vascular skin called velvet, which supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone; once the antler has achieved its full size, the velvet is lost and the antler's bone dies. This dead bone structure is the mature antler, which is itself shed after each mating season. Roosevelt elk grow to 10' and 1300 lb, eating grasses, sedges and various berries, inhabiting the coastal rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. :: Image #25878
Photo of A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. :: Image #25239
Photo of King penguin, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak. :: Image #24581
Photo of Paraglider soaring at Torrey Pines Gliderport, sunset, flying over the Pacific Ocean. :: Image #24286
Photo of 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. :: Image #24071
Photo of Magellanic penguins, coming ashore on a sandy beach. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans :: Image #23924
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck. :: Image #23647
Photo of A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year. :: Image #22562
Photo of Great white shark, underwater. :: Image #21360
Photo of Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight in the surf for access for mating females that are in estrous. Such fighting among elephant seals can take place on the beach or in the water. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. :: Image #20369
Photo of Brown pelican in flight in golden early-morning light. 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. :: Image #20293
Photo of Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #20258
Photo of Brown pelican, non-breeding winter plumage. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. :: Image #20087
Photo of Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. :: Image #20074
Photo of Breaking wave, tube, hollow barrel, morning surf. :: Image #19535
Photo of Breaking wave, tube, hollow barrel, morning surf. :: Image #19534
Photo of Cormorants rest on sandstone seacliffs above the ocean. Likely Brandts and double-crested cormorants. :: Image #18345
Photo of Tube, Cylinders, the Wedge. :: Image #16996
Photo of Bubble ring. :: Image #6998
Photo of Guadalupe fur seal. :: Image #3741
Photo of Ocean sunfish and photographer, open ocean. :: Image #3324
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40772
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40770
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater inspects my glove by gently mouthing it. This is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old. Sea lions are tactile creatures and learn about objects and their surroundings by biting on them. Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40767
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40765
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. :: Image #40761
Photo of Two male California sea lions mock joust and fight underwater, not yet full grown, they are learning how to contend with one another when they become bulls and gather their own harems of females. Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40760
Photo of California sea lion pup with open mouth inspecting the dome port on my underwater camera, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40757
Photo of Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Pups spend much of their time playing with one another in the water, strengthening their swimming skills and mock jousting. :: Image #40755
Photo of A beautiful golden-brown female California Sea Lion at the Coronado Islands, posing on a carpet of purple marine algae, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40740
Photo of A mother California sea lion (right) and her pup (left), underwater at the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Mothers and pups spend much time together with the mother teaching her young padawan learner how to pursue prey. :: Image #40739
Photo of Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Pups spend much of their time playing with one another in the water, strengthening their swimming skills and mock jousting. :: Image #40738
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. :: Image #40737
Photo of California sea lion laying on pink marine algae and eyeing the photographer, Coronado Islands, Mexico. :: Image #40735
Photo of California sea lion laying on pink marine algae and eyeing the photographer, Coronado Islands, Mexico. :: Image #40733
Photo of A mother California sea lion (bottom) and her pup (top), underwater at the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Mothers and pups spend much time together with the mother teaching her young padawan learner how to pursue prey. :: Image #40732
Photo of California sea lions swimming underwater, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40727
Photo of California Sea Lions and Underwater Photographer Celia Kujala at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #40726
Photo of Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Pups spend much of their time playing with one another in the water, strengthening their swimming skills and mock jousting. :: Image #40725
Photo of Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Pups spend much of their time playing with one another in the water, strengthening their swimming skills and mock jousting. :: Image #40724
Photo of Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Pups spend much of their time playing with one another in the water, strengthening their swimming skills and mock jousting. :: Image #40723
Photo of Children's Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #40711
Photo of California sea lions swimming underwater, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40685
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40681
Photo of California sea lions swimming underwater, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40680
Photo of Mother, Calf and Escort South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40679
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40661
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whales and Short Finned Pilot Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40652
Photo of Inquisitive Calf South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40650
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, showing all-white underside of the fluke and ventral caudal stem, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40647
Photo of Inquisitive Calf South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40643
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40636
Photo of Tracy Meets a South Pacific Humpback Whale Calf Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia. Interspecies diplomacy. :: Image #40620
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #40610
Photo of Newborn Baby Common Dolphin Leaping. This tiny newborn dolphin is so young embryonic folds are still visible on its sides. :: Image #40606
Photo of Common Dolphin Leaping, Breaching the Ocean Surface :: Image #40604
Photo of Great egret, White Egret, Ardea alba, Florida :: Image #40601
Photo of Black-crowned Night Heron in Flight, Nycticorax nycticorax, Venice Rookery, Florida :: Image #40592
Photo of Burrowing owl, Cape Coral, Florida, subspecies Athene cunicularia floridana. This 10-inch-tall burrowing owl is standing beside its burrow. These burrows are usually created by squirrels, prairie dogs, or other rodents and even turtles, and only rarely dug by the owl itself. :: Image #40587
Photo of Burrowing owl, Cape Coral, Florida, subspecies Athene cunicularia floridana. This 10-inch-tall burrowing owl is standing beside its burrow. These burrows are usually created by squirrels, prairie dogs, or other rodents and even turtles, and only rarely dug by the owl itself. :: Image #40586
Photo of Osprey in Flight with Fish Prey, Fort De Soto, Florida :: Image #40582
Photo of Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres, Fort De Soto, Florida :: Image #40572
Photo of Greater Yellowlegs at sunrise, Tringa melanoleuca, Fort De Soto, Florida :: Image #40568
Photo of Wood Stork in flight, Mycteria americana :: Image #40562
Photo of Wood Stork, mated pair courting at the nest, Mycteria americana :: Image #40555
Photo of Roseate Spoonbill in Flight, Platalea ajaja, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40548
Photo of White Ibis in flight, Eudocimus albus, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40546
Photo of Roseate Spoonbill in Flight, Platalea ajaja, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40542
Photo of Giant kelpfish in underwater kelp forest, Catalina Island :: Image #40523
Photo of The bright orange garibaldi fish, California's state marine fish. :: Image #40513
Photo of The bright orange garibaldi fish, California's state marine fish. :: Image #40512
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #40506
Photo of Whale shark opens mouth wide to slurp clouds of mysid shrimp and krill, Rhincodon typus, Bahia de los Angeles, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40478
Photo of Barspot Cardinalfish, Apogon retrosell, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40445
Photo of Acanthemblemaria crockeri, Brown-cheek barnacle-blenny, Islas San Lorenzo, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40444
Photo of Barspot Cardinalfish, Apogon retrosell, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40442
Photo of Aerial photo of Islas San Lorenzo in the Sea of Cortez. San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park is a national park of Mexico located on San Lorenzo Island part of an archipelago in the Gulf of California off the eastern coast of Baja California. The San Lorenzo Archipelago is considered one of the most important ecological areas of the Gulf of California. The Island and surrounding areas are part of a rich ecosystem comprised by a grand variety of flora and marine fauna. This area is protected by the Mexican federal government Norma Oficial Mexicana because of its importance as a habitat for several endangered species. :: Image #40441
Photo of Gorgonians on Lush Rocky Reef, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez. Gorgonians are colonial filter feeders, spreading their branches into the currents flowing over the reef in order to gather passing bits of food. :: Image #40415
Photo of Black Coral on Rocky Reef, Unidentified species, isla San Pedro Martir, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40411
Photo of Gorgonians on Lush Rocky Reef, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez. Gorgonians are colonial filter feeders, spreading their branches into the currents flowing over the reef in order to gather passing bits of food. :: Image #40408
Photo of Pink Sponges Encrusting Rocky Reef alongside various species of algae and gorgonians, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40374
Photo of Dive boat Rocio del Mar anchored at Isla Angel de la Guarda at Sunset, Aerial Photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Guardian Angel island is part of the Midriff Islands in Mexico's Sea of Cortez :: Image #40370
Photo of Blue-banded goby in the Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40364
Photo of Tambja eliora nudibranch, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40362
Photo of Tambja eliora nudibranch, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40360
Photo of Norris' Chromodorid, Felimida norrisi, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40356
Photo of Barberfish, Black-Nosed Butterflyfish, Johnrandallia nigrirostris, Isla de la Guarda, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40344
Photo of Cardon Cactus grow on Isla Angel de la Guarda at Sunset, Aerial Photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Guardian Angel island is part of the Midriff Islands in Mexico's Sea of Cortez :: Image #40338
Photo of The blue-spotted jawfish is a species of jawfish native to the Gulf of California. It is an inhabitant of reefs where it is found in large colonies at depths of around 12 metres. This species hides in its burrow at night, completely sealing the entrance. Every morning, it rebuilds the burrow entrance. :: Image #40315
Photo of Allen's Hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin, La Jolla :: Image #40309
Photo of Spring Wildflowers Bloom in an Colorful Bouquet in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Dune evening primrose (white) is mixed with sand verbena (purple) and desert sunflower (yellow) near Henderson Canyon Road, Spring 2024. :: Image #40294
Photo of Desert Lily Blooming in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. While the Desert Lily is typically an uncommon or rare flower, in Spring 2024 it was present in enormous numbers. 2024 was the Year of the Desert Lily. :: Image #40293
Photo of A California Sea Lion Surfing a Big Wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40279
Photo of Spring Wildflowers Bloom in an Colorful Bouquet in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Dune evening primrose (white) is mixed with sand verbena (purple) near Henderson Canyon Road, Spring 2024. Sunrise light barely illuminating the flowers. :: Image #40271
Photo of Rufous Hummingbird Brilliant Gorget Display While Perched, Coast Walk, La Jolla :: Image #40260
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult breeding plumage coloration :: Image #40252
Photo of Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla :: Image #40249
Photo of Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla :: Image #40243
Photo of California Brown Pelican claps its jaws mandibles, sometimes rapidly several times, perhaps to dislodge debris or simply because its fun and feels good. This is not the same as the "yawn" that precedes a head throw. Adult winter breeding plumage with brown hind-neck. :: Image #40239
Photo of California sea lion surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40232
Photo of A small harbor seal pup only a few hours old, resting on a sand beach in San Diego between episodes of nursing on its mother. :: Image #40218
Photo of Sunrise Portrait of California Sea Lion at La Jolla Cove on the Point La Jolla Reef :: Image #40190
Photo of Royal Tern in Flight over the Ocean in La Jolla :: Image #40182
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap, sea lions and waves in the background :: Image #40181
Photo of Heermann's Gulls in Flight with Ocean Background :: Image #40164
Photo of Ring-Billed Gull in Flight, top view :: Image #40162
Photo of California ground squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi, La Jolla :: Image #40160
Photo of Male Brandt's Cormorant Skypointing, Courtship Display, Breeding Plumage with blue throat and a few white pin-feathers, La Jolla. Skypointing is an interesting courtship behavior that many birds practice. Among Brandt's Cormorants the male performs this, likely as a way of attracting a mate to the nest he has built by showing off his striking blue throat. He tips his head backward showing off his striking blue throat, and partially raises his wings. Seen here on seacliffs above the ocean. :: Image #40133
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant In Flight Carrying Nesting Material in its Beak :: Image #40132
Photo of Endangered Brown Pelican Flying with Wings Spread Ready to Land. The brown pelican's wingspan can reach 7 feet. :: Image #40097
Photo of Endangered Brown Pelican Flying with Wings Spread Ready to Land. The brown pelican's wingspan can reach 7 feet. :: Image #40095
Photo of California sea lions surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40088
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Spreading Wings to Land on sea cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean :: Image #40084
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Note the classic winter breeding plumage, with bright red throat, yellow and white head and neck, and brown hind neck. Other birds at the periphery of the image hint at how crowded the cliff is. :: Image #40069
Photo of California brown pelican carrying nesting material as it flies over the ocean with its wings spread wide. :: Image #40068
Photo of This California Brown Pelican has its wings spread full wide as it flies over the ocean. The wingspan of the brown pelican can reach 7 feet wide. :: Image #40066
Photo of A California Sea Lion Bodysurfing on a Big Wave at Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #40052
Photo of A California Sea Lion Bodysurfing on a Big Wave at La Jolla Cove :: Image #40051
Photo of Downtown San Diego Skyline and Waterfront at Sunrise. :: Image #40048
Photo of Royal Tern in Flight over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #40042
Photo of Royal Tern in Flight over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #40041
Photo of A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Adult winter breeding plumage. :: Image #40020
Photo of Brown pelican in flight. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT in part to protect bird species like the brown pelican . Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009 :: Image #40011
Photo of North Coronado Island with Middle and South Coronado Islands in the Distance, near Tijuana, Mexico, aerial photograph. Islas Coronado :: Image #39989
Photo of Large Adult Male California Sea Lion Bull Underwater, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the prominent bump on the top of his head, is clearly seen. A few bubbles trail behind him because he typically barks underwater as he swims. This bull had assembled a large group of adult females and remained in a 75-yard stretch of rocky shoreline to guard them from other males. Here he is seen patrolling the underwater perimeter of his harem territory, something he does often. :: Image #39986
Photo of A young California sea lion pup hovers upside down, looking down curiously at the photographer below it, in the shallows of the sea lion colony at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39967
Photo of Young Adult Male California Sea Lion Underwater, his sagittal crest (bump on his head) is starting to be visible. :: Image #39966
Photo of Inverted California Sea Lion Checks Out the Underwater Photographer taking its picture at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39965
Photo of Two Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39964
Photo of A young California sea lion pup hovers upside down, looking down curiously at the photographer below it, in the shallows of the sea lion colony at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39963
Photo of Young California Sea Lion Pup Looks at the Underwater Camera That Is Taking Its Photograph, in the Coronado Islands, Baja, Mexico. In this shallow cobblestone-strewn cove, sea lions often chase zebra perch two of which are seen in the background. :: Image #39962
Photo of Two Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39961
Photo of Female California Sea Lion with Severe Fishing Line Entanglement Injury, in the Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. The line is buried in the sea lion's tissue so far that is difficult to see. It is possible this synthetic line will continue to cut into the skin of this sea lion until it succumbs to infection or blood loss. I have never seen any marine mammal rescue teams at the Coronado islands and suspect this poor animal will not live long. :: Image #39959
Photo of Young Adult Male California Sea Lion Underwater, his sagittal crest (bump on his head) is starting to be visible. :: Image #39958
Photo of Adult Male California Sea Lion with Several Young Pups, Mexico. This male sea lion is not yet large and mature enough to form his own harem so he swims at the underwater periphery of the territories of the more established males to see what females he can approach without being challenged and chased off by a bigger male. :: Image #39957
Photo of A young California sea lion pup hovers upside down, looking down curiously at the photographer below it, in the shallows of the sea lion colony at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39956
Photo of A young California sea lion pup hovers upside down, looking down curiously at the photographer below it, in the shallows of the sea lion colony at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39955
Photo of Sunset at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Spectacular sunsets at Bosque del Apache, rich in reds, oranges, yellows and purples, make for striking reflections of the thousands of cranes and geese found in the refuge each winter. :: Image #39951
Photo of Sandhill cranes, flying across a colorful sunset sky :: Image #39949
Photo of Sandhill cranes, flying across a colorful sunset sky :: Image #39945
Photo of Snow geese resting, on a still pond in early morning light, in groups of several thousands :: Image #39938
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #39936
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #39931
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight in Large Flock, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge :: Image #39921
Photo of Snow Geese Take Flight at Sunrise, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #39913
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #39905
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #39904
Photo of California Brown Pelican with Wings Outstretched Ready to Land on Ocean Cliffs in La Jolla, early morning light. :: Image #39886
Photo of Brown Pelican with Identification Tags on Legs, blue on left leg and metal alloy on right leg. These tags aid scientists in understanding how the birds travel and recover if they have been rehabilitated. :: Image #39885
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Flying in La Jolla, lit by early morning sun, non-breeding plumage :: Image #39883
Photo of Holiday Christmas Lights on Scripps Pier, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, sunset, aerial :: Image #39880
Photo of Big Surf Breaking at Boomer Beach, La Jolla, Scripps Institute of Oceanography in the distance :: Image #39874
Photo of California Sea Lion on Golden Sand Beach La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #39852
Photo of Chonky Pacific harbor seal on wet gold-colored sandy beach in La Jolla :: Image #39833
Photo of Young Red Shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus in La Jolla :: Image #39829
Photo of Large Flock of Brown Pelicans Take Flight From Ocean Cliffs :: Image #39819
Photo of Sunrise Portrait of Brown Pelican Perched Over the Pacific Ocean, non-breeding adult winter plumage :: Image #39814
Photo of Brown Pelican Spreads Wings to Land on Sea Cliffs over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #39813
Photo of Brown Pelican on Pedestal Rock Portrait at Sunrise, adult non-breeding winter plumage :: Image #39810
Photo of California sea lions hauled out on rocks in La Jolla Cove, splashed by huge waves. :: Image #39790
Photo of Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, breaking waves in the background, La Jolla :: Image #39773
Photo of Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, breaking waves in the background, La Jolla :: Image #39772
Photo of California sea lions playing underwater, socializing at North Coronado Island, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #39770
Photo of Portrait of Solitary Lion in Soft Light and Tall Grass, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39727
Photo of Lioness with Fresh-Killed Thomson's Gazelle, Mara North Conservancy :: Image #39723
Photo of Bataleur Eagle in flight, Terathopius ecaudatus, Mara North Conservancy :: Image #39716
Photo of Young Lions Playing and Socializing, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39713
Photo of Young Lions Playing on a Dead Tree, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39710
Photo of Nursing lion cubs, Mara Triangle, Kenya :: Image #39706
Photo of Adult Male Lion with Fresh Wounds to Face and Leg, Greater Masai Mara, Mara North Consevancy. :: Image #39703
Photo of Two Adult Male Lions Fight to Establish Territory, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya. Both of these large males emerged from the battle with wounds, and it was not clear who prevailed. :: Image #39701
Photo of African Crowned Crane in Flight, Balearica regulorum, Mara Triangle, Kenya :: Image #39695
Photo of Two lions alongside a downed tree, Mara Triangle, Kenya :: Image #39692
Photo of Yellow-Billed Oxpecker, Buphaga africana, on Cape Buffalo, Mara North Conservancy :: Image #39679
Photo of Pride of lions traveling, older lioness leading younger lions, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39672
Photo of Pride of lions traveling, older lioness leading younger lions, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39667
Photo of Adult lioness traveling with younger lions in her care, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39665
Photo of Pride of lions traveling, older lioness leading younger lions, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39664
Photo of African Elephant Family at Sunrise, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39660
Photo of Lion Cub Eight Weeks Old, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39656
Photo of Cheetah, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39651
Photo of Hippos, Mara River :: Image #39649
Photo of African Elephants Drinking from the Mara River, Mara Triangle, Kenya :: Image #39648
Photo of Sunrise over the Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39644
Photo of Lioness at Sunset in the Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39643
Photo of Baby Warthog in Marsh, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39638
Photo of Mating pair of African lions, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39635
Photo of Adult and calf African Elephants, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39630
Photo of Cheetah in tall grass in the Masai Mara, Acinonyx jubatus, Kenya :: Image #39628
Photo of Ruppells Long-Tailed Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Masai Mara :: Image #39622
Photo of Wildebeest Migration in the Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya :: Image #39618
Photo of Ballooning over the Maasai Mara National Reserve and Mara River, Kenya :: Image #39614
Photo of Olive Baboon, Papio anubis, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39608
Photo of Flamingo in flight mirrored over Lake Amboseli, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39605
Photo of Stars and Magellanic Clouds over Mount Kilimanjaro before Sunrise, from Tortilis Camp :: Image #39599
Photo of African elephants, small adult group grazing in grass, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39597
Photo of A large herd of African elephants, composed of at least two familial groups, gathers at sunset to graze and socialize, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39594
Photo of African elephants, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39591
Photo of A large herd of African elephants, composed of at least two familial groups, gathers at sunset to graze and socialize, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39590
Photo of Adult and young African elephant, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39588
Photo of African Elephants, Large Herd Gathers at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39583
Photo of Secretary Bird in Flight, Sagittarius serpentarius, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39581
Photo of Elephant herd crossing Lake Kioko, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39574
Photo of Solitary African Elephant at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39566
Photo of African elephant herd crossing dry lake bed, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39559
Photo of African elephant herd crossing dry lake bed, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39558
Photo of Craig, the Famous Old Male Tusker Elephant with the World's Largest Tusks, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39556
Photo of African elephant on dry lake bed at sunrise, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39554
Photo of Mount Kilimanjaro at Sunset, from Amboseli National Park :: Image #39550
Photo of African elephant matriarch and young crossing dry lake bed, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39548
Photo of Cheetah mother and cub, Nairobi National Park, Kenya :: Image #39544
Photo of Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #39539
Photo of Western Gull Chick on Sea Cliff over the Ocean, Larus occidentalis, La Jolla Cove :: Image #39517
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant carrying surf grass nesting material, Phalacrocorax penicillatus :: Image #39513
Photo of American Flag Flying Over The Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39476
Photo of Divers Swim Over the Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 at San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39475
Photo of Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Swims in the Open Ocean, near San Diego. :: Image #39463
Photo of Giant black sea bass in the kelp forest at Catalina Island. An Endangered Giant Sea Bass can reach up to 8 feet in length and 500 pounds, seen here amid the giant kelp forest of Catalina Island. Once nearly fished to extinction and now thought to be at risk of a genetic bottleneck, the giant sea bass is slowly recovering and can be seen in summer months in California's kelp forests. :: Image #39439
Photo of Broad Tail of a Black Sea Bass in the California Kelp Forest showing distinctive unique black spots that allow researchers to identify individual giant sea bass. :: Image #39438
Photo of Giant Black Sea Bass with Distinctive Identifying Black Spots that allow researchers to carry out sight/resight studies on the animals distributions and growth. Black sea bass can reach 500 pounds and 8 feet in length. :: Image #39437
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale exhalilng with a giant blow at the ocean surface near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39424
Photo of Acorn Woodpecker Adult Feeding Chick at Nest :: Image #39413
Photo of Acorn Woodpecker Adult Feeding Chick at the Nest, Lake Hodges :: Image #39396
Photo of House on Fire Ruin in Mule Canyon, Utah. Part of the Bears Ears National Monument, House on Fire Ruin is an ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames when reflected sunlight hits the ceiling above the ruin. :: Image #39373
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight seen through tall grasses, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39306
Photo of Peregrine Falcon fledglings on perch, female on left, male on right, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39305
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight along Torrey Pines sandstone cliffs, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39304
Photo of Peregrine Falcon on perch over Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39303
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39302
Photo of SCUBA Diver Underwater at Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39216
Photo of Wreck of the Portland Maru, some structure still visible, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Portland Maru was a 117-meter Japanese cargo ship which struck a submerged object and was beached near Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, on March 19, 1935. :: Image #39215
Photo of Western Blue Groper, Achoerodus gouldii, Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39214
Photo of Sunrise on the North Coast of Kangaroo Island, near Western River, South Australia :: Image #39213
Photo of Longsnout Boarfish, Pentaceropsis recurvirostris, Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39212
Photo of Horseshoe Leatherjacket, Meuschenia hippocrepis, Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39211
Photo of Rapid Bay Jetty Aerial Photo, South Australia. The now-derelict jetty (wharf, pier) at Rapid Bay is famous for great SCUBA diving, including opportunities to see leafy sea dragons. :: Image #39210
Photo of Yellowtail Kingfish at the South Neptune Islands :: Image #39199
Photo of Australian Sea Lions in Kelp, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39162
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39161
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39160
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39159
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39158
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39145
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39144
Photo of A young Pacific Harbor Seal pup with milk on its face from nursing. Mother harbor seals will only nurse their pups for about four to six weeks, at which point the small seal is weaned and must begin to forage and fend for itself. That short period of time is crucial for the young seal to learn how to hunt, socialize and swim. :: Image #39130
Photo of California Sea Lion Amidst Crashing Waves on Point La Jolla :: Image #39126
Photo of Two male California Sea Lions mock jousting, on Point La Jolla :: Image #39125
Photo of California Sea Lions jumping into the ocean, from seaside cliff on Point La Jolla, while waves crash below :: Image #39123
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach :: Image #39122
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Mother and Pup Emerge from the Ocean, they will remain close for four to six weeks until the pup is weaned from its mother's milk. :: Image #39118
Photo of Pacific harbor seal pup with umbilical cord. Only a few days old, this seal pup still has a remnant umbilicus that will fall off in a few more days. :: Image #39114
Photo of Pacific harbor seal pup with umbilical cord. Only a few days old, this seal pup still has a remnant umbilicus that will fall off in a few more days. :: Image #39113
Photo of A mother Pacific harbor seal nuzzles her pup, born only a few days before. The pup must bond and imprint on its mother quickly, and the pair will constantly nuzzle and rub against one another in order to solidify that bond. :: Image #39112
Photo of A Western seagull picks at placenta on sand beach, as the seal pup born just moments before watches and tries to understand what is going on. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim. :: Image #39111
Photo of A newborn harbor seal pup rests alongside its mother, as placenta is born from the mother just a few moments after the pup was born. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim. :: Image #39110
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Mother and Pup Emerge from the Ocean, they will remain close for four to six weeks until the pup is weaned from its mother's milk. :: Image #39108
Photo of A mother Pacific harbor seal nuzzles her pup, born only a few hours earlier. The pup must bond and imprint on its mother quickly, and the pair will constantly nuzzle and rub against one another in order to solidify that bond. :: Image #39107
Photo of A young Pacific Harbor Seal pup nursing. Mother harbor seals will only nurse their pups for about four to six weeks, at which point the small seal is weaned and must begin to forage and fend for itself. That short period of time is crucial for the young seal to learn how to hunt, socialize and swim. :: Image #39105
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39104
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39103
Photo of Newborn harbor seal pup just a few minutes old, has already taken to the water to learn to swim and forage. Here it is coming ashore on a sand beach, splashed by small wave as it emerges from the ocean. :: Image #39102
Photo of A newborn harbor seal pup in the water at the oceans edge, born just moments before in the ocean and immediately able to swim ashore. The pups placenta and mother are seen in the background. :: Image #39100
Photo of A mother Pacific harbor seal nuzzles her pup, born only a few hours earlier. The pup must bond and imprint on its mother quickly, and the pair will constantly nuzzle and rub against one another in order to solidify that bond. :: Image #39099
Photo of A mother Pacific harbor seal nuzzles her pup, born only a few hours earlier. The pup must bond and imprint on its mother quickly, and the pair will constantly nuzzle and rub against one another in order to solidify that bond. :: Image #39098
Photo of A mother Pacific harbor seal nuzzles her pup, born only a few hours earlier. The pup must bond and imprint on its mother quickly, and the pair will constantly nuzzle and rub against one another in order to solidify that bond. :: Image #39097
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39096
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Mother and Newborn Pup Emerge from the Ocean, they will remain close for four to six weeks until the pup is weaned from its mother's milk. :: Image #39094
Photo of A small harbor seal pup only a few hours old, explores a sand beach in San Diego :: Image #39092
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup looks at neighboring seals between bouts of nursing on its mothers milk. :: Image #39090
Photo of Young Harbor Seal Pup Watches Approaching Sea Gull :: Image #39088
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39083
Photo of A young Pacific Harbor Seal pup nursing. Mother harbor seals will only nurse their pups for about four to six weeks, at which point the small seal is weaned and must begin to forage and fend for itself. That short period of time is crucial for the young seal to learn how to hunt, socialize and swim. :: Image #39082
Photo of Adult Pacific Harbor Seal splashed by a wave at the waters edge, on a white sand beach in San Diego. :: Image #39064
Photo of A young Pacific Harbor Seal pup nursing. Mother harbor seals will only nurse their pups for about four to six weeks, at which point the small seal is weaned and must begin to forage and fend for itself. That short period of time is crucial for the young seal to learn how to hunt, socialize and swim. :: Image #39063
Photo of Desert Sand Verbena in the Coyote Canyon Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39041
Photo of Desert Sand Verbena in the Coyote Canyon Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39040
Photo of Desert Sand Verbena During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39039
Photo of Mixed Wildflowers in the Coyote Canyon Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39038
Photo of Desert Sunflower in the Coyote Canyon Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39037
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose in the Coyote Canyon Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39036
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose in the Coyote Canyon Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39035
Photo of Desert Sunflower in the Coyote Canyon Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39034
Photo of Desert Sand Verbena near Henderson Canyon Road During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39033
Photo of California sea lions gather on Point La Jolla with waves crashing around them :: Image #38993
Photo of California sea lions bodysurfing and leaping way out of the water, in La Jolla at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38992
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38976
Photo of Two Bodysurfing Sea Lions. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla :: Image #38975
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38974
Photo of Mother and Pup Bodysurfing Sea Lions Side by Side. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla :: Image #38973
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, breaking waves and surf in the background, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38951
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #38944
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, La Jolla, wings outstretched, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Adult winter breeding plumage colors. :: Image #38938
Photo of Brown Pelican with open mouth and throat pouch, with Distant Ocean in Background, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult non-breeding plumage coloration :: Image #38936
Photo of Spectacular Red and Magenta Sunrise Cloud Colors, San Diego :: Image #38918
Photo of La Jolla Cove and Point La Jolla at Dawn, waves blur into abstract white, pre-sunrise soft light :: Image #38916
Photo of Spectacular Sunrise over San Diego Bay and Downtown San Diego. Mount San Miguel in the distance. :: Image #38908
Photo of Spectacular Sunrise over San Diego Bay and Downtown San Diego. Mount San Miguel in the distance. :: Image #38907
Photo of La Jolla Cove Big Surf, Saturday January 14 2023 :: Image #38898
Photo of La Jolla Cove Big Surf, Saturday January 14 2023 :: Image #38897
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch, immature plumage :: Image #38882
Photo of Brown Pelican Flying Along Sheer Ocean Cliffs, rare westerly winds associated with a storm allow pelicans to glide along La Jolla's cliffs as they approach shelves and outcroppings on which to land. Backlit by rising sun during stormy conditions. :: Image #38872
Photo of Brown Pelicans Flying Along Sheer Ocean Cliffs, rare westerly winds associated with a storm allow pelicans to glide along La Jolla's cliffs as they approach shelves and outcroppings on which to land. Backlit by rising sun during stormy conditions. :: Image #38869
Photo of Brown Pelican Flying Along Sheer Ocean Cliffs, rare westerly winds associated with a storm allow pelicans to glide along La Jolla's cliffs as they approach shelves and outcroppings on which to land. Backlit by rising sun during stormy conditions. :: Image #38868
Photo of Two California Brown Pelicans Side by Side Portrait, in overcast light, both transitioning to winter adult breeding plumage :: Image #38859
Photo of California Brown Pelican Head Throw, Pelecanus occidentalis :: Image #38840
Photo of Vrksasana, Tree Pose, pelican yoga. Unusual Brown Pelican Coloration. This California brown pelican has an unusual man bun (or samurai top knot) of brown feathers as opposed the usual back of the neck coverage. Note also the unusual mottling and spots on the head feathers. Odd bird, perhaps a sub-adult transition to adulthood? :: Image #38838
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38832
Photo of California Brown Pelican in flight over the Pacific Ocean, wingspan can reach 7' or more. :: Image #38829
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38828
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38823
Photo of California Brown Pelican wings spread wide and it turns and glides over the Pacific Ocean. :: Image #38817
Photo of Many California Brown Pelicans Flying over the Ocean in a large gathering. :: Image #38816
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38815
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38814
Photo of California Brown Pelican glides over the ocean in La Jolla :: Image #38812
Photo of California Brown Pelican soars over the ocean, with Point La Jolla in the background. :: Image #38811
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38741
Photo of Sandhill crane and corn fields, Bosque del Apache :: Image #38740
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly Over Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38739
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #38738
Photo of Snow geese resting, on a still pond in early morning light, in groups of several thousands :: Image #38737
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38736
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38735
Photo of Sandhill cranes landing in water ponds at dusk, spending the night standing in water as a protection against coyotes and other predators. Motion blur. :: Image #38730
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38726
Photo of Sandhill cranes landing in water ponds at dusk, spending the night standing in water as a protection against coyotes and other predators. Motion blur. :: Image #38725
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38724
Photo of Northern Shoveler in flight, Bosque del Apache :: Image #38721
Photo of Sandhill cranes in synchronous flight side by side, matching their wingbeats perfect as they fly over Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38718
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38714
Photo of A juvenile brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Adult winter non-breeding plumage. Pelican yoga. :: Image #38693
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38668
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38666
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. This particular sea lion bears an orange tag on his left foreflipper, probably as a result of rescue and release as a young sea lion years earlier. :: Image #38653
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38641
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38640
Photo of California brown pelican full body portrait, perched on rock over the ocean in sunlight, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38591
Photo of Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, slowing as it returns from the ocean to land on seacliffs, juvenile plumage :: Image #38589
Photo of Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, slowing as it returns from the ocean to land on seacliffs, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38588
Photo of Brown pelican close-up portrait, orange-red bill with pink tissue surrounding eyes, yellow and white head feathers, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38587
Photo of A beautiful golden-brown female California Sea Lion at the Coronado Islands, posing on a carpet of purple marine algae, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #38566
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38565
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38564
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38563
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38562
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38561
Photo of California sea lion hanging upside-down underwater, watching the photographer, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #38560
Photo of Capital Butte panorama, the town of Sedona spreadout in the valley below, Arizona :: Image #38552
Photo of Capital Butte night panorama, the town of Sedona lighting up valley below, Arizona :: Image #38551
Photo of Garibaldi and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38510
Photo of Garibaldi and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38509
Photo of Various marine algae, San Clemente Island :: Image #38508
Photo of SCUBA divers, San Clemente Island :: Image #38507
Photo of Sunrise at San Clemente Island, south end showing China Hat (Balanced Rock) and Pyramid Head, near Pyramid Cove. Panoramic photo. :: Image #38506
Photo of Spectacular underwater rocky reef topography at San Clemente Island, typified by crevices, walls and profuse vertical relief on the rocky ocean bottom below the kelp forest. :: Image #38505
Photo of Garibaldi and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38504
Photo of Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are typically oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38503
Photo of Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are typically oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38502
Photo of Garibaldi and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38501
Photo of Giant Kelp Forest, West End Catalina Island, rendered in the round by a circular fisheye lens. :: Image #38481
Photo of Giant Kelp Forest, West End Catalina Island, rendered in the round by a circular fisheye lens. :: Image #38480
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38459
Photo of Southern right whale raises its fluke tail out of the water prior to diving. :: Image #38458
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38456
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38455
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38453
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38452
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38451
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38449
Photo of Southern right whale fluke raised out of the water, tail slapping :: Image #38445
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38444
Photo of South American sea lions hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38436
Photo of Southern right whale fluke raised out of the water, tail slapping :: Image #38435
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38431
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38430
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38428
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38426
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38425
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38424
Photo of Patagonian burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina :: Image #38423
Photo of Hairy armadillo, Peludo, Chaetophractus villosus, Patagonia :: Image #38421
Photo of Southern elephant seal pup taking its first breath. Just moments before the pup was still wrapped in placenta and had to free its head in order to breathe, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula :: Image #38420
Photo of Southern elephant seal, mother and pup, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula :: Image #38418
Photo of Southern elephant seal, mother and pup, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula :: Image #38414
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38412
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38411
Photo of Long-tailed meadowlark, Leistes loyca, Patagonia :: Image #38410
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38407
Photo of Breaching southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38406
Photo of Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38404
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38402
Photo of Southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38399
Photo of Southern right whale opens blowholes as it breathes at the ocean surface :: Image #38398
Photo of Mature adult male South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38396
Photo of Portrait of a Southern Right Whale Underwater, Eubalaena australis. This particular right whale exhibits a beautiful mottled pattern on its sides. :: Image #38392
Photo of Portrait of a Southern Right Whale Underwater, Eubalaena australis. This particular right whale exhibits a beautiful mottled pattern on its sides. :: Image #38390
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38382
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales are seen here as part of a larger courtship group, with adult males interested in mating with the mother. The calf has no choice but to stay by her mother's side during the courting activities. :: Image #38380
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whale stir up sand in shallow water, aerial photo. The water is so shallow that just by swimming the mother and calf can stir up the sand beneath them. :: Image #38377
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whale stir up sand in shallow water, aerial photo. The water is so shallow that just by swimming the mother and calf can stir up the sand beneath them. :: Image #38376
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38373
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38372
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38370
Photo of Southern right whale eyeballing the camera up close, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen clearly in the folds and crevices around the whales eye and lip groove. :: Image #38369
Photo of Southern right whale eyeballing the camera up close, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen clearly in the folds and crevices around the whales eye and lip groove. :: Image #38368
Photo of South American sea lions hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38364
Photo of South American sea lions hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38362
Photo of Courting group of southern right whales, aerial photo. Mating may occur as a result of this courting and social behavior. The white whale seen here is a serious player named El Copulador (the copulator) and is often seen in mating and courting groups of southern right whales at Peninsula Valdes. His light coloration is an indication that he was a white calf, but he did not darken as he aged in the way most white southern right whale calves do. :: Image #38360
Photo of Courting group of southern right whales, aerial photo. Mating may occur as a result of this courting and social behavior. The white whale seen here is a serious player named El Copulador (the copulator) and is often seen in mating and courting groups of southern right whales at Peninsula Valdes. His light coloration is an indication that he was a white calf, but he did not darken as he aged in the way most white southern right whale calves do. :: Image #38359
Photo of Courting group of southern right whales, aerial photo. Mating may occur as a result of this courting and social behavior. The white whale seen here is a serious player named El Copulador (the copulator) and is often seen in mating and courting groups of southern right whales at Peninsula Valdes. His light coloration is an indication that he was a white calf, but he did not darken as he aged in the way most white southern right whale calves do. :: Image #38356
Photo of Courting group of southern right whales, aerial photo. Mating may occur as a result of this courting and social behavior. The white whale seen here is a serious player named El Copulador (the copulator) and is often seen in mating and courting groups of southern right whales at Peninsula Valdes. His light coloration is an indication that he was a white calf, but he did not darken as he aged in the way most white southern right whale calves do. :: Image #38355
Photo of Southern right whale fluke raised out of the water, tail slapping :: Image #38354
Photo of Aerial panorama of sea cliffs and Golfo Nuevo, near Puerto Piramides, Argentina :: Image #38352
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38351
Photo of Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38346
Photo of Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating. The male is below, upside down and trying to access the female belly-to-belly. However, the female does not want to mate, so she has positioned herself upside down at the surface so that the males in the courting group cannot reach her genital slit. :: Image #38345
Photo of South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38343
Photo of The Pyramid for which Puerto Piramides was named, with full moon rising as the sun sets. Patagonia. :: Image #38342
Photo of Southern right whale raises its fluke tail out of the water prior to diving. :: Image #38340
Photo of Southern right whale fluke raised out of the water, tail slapping :: Image #38336
Photo of Southern right whale raises its fluke tail out of the water prior to diving. :: Image #38335
Photo of Seagull picks skin off a southern right whale, leaving a lesion that may become infected and which scientists have shown to be stressful to young calves. :: Image #38334
Photo of Rostrum and callosities of southern right whale, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen attached to the collosities, which are patches of thickened keratinized tissue, like calluses (thus the name). The pattern of callosities on a right whale are unique and serve as a way to identify individuals throughout their lifetime. :: Image #38330
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale visits a boat, Eubalaena australis, aerial photo :: Image #38327
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale visits a boat, Eubalaena australis, aerial photo :: Image #38324
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38320
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38319
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38315
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38314
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38312
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater :: Image #38307
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38304
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38289
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38287
Photo of Southern right whales very close to shore, people watching from the beach, aerial photo, Playa El Doradillo, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38286
Photo of Kelp gull, Larus dominicanus, Dominican gull, large flock in flight over the ocean, Patagonia :: Image #38285
Photo of Breaching southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38282
Photo of Breaching southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38280
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis. About five per cent of southern right whales are born white due to a condition known as grey morphism and will gradually turn dark as they age. They are not albino (which is a complete lack of pigmentation). Sometimes referred to as "brindled", the white coloration is a recessive genetic trait and only lasts a few months. Typically, but not always, white calves will become much darker as they mature but will still be somewhat lighter than normal even as adults. :: Image #38278
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis. About five per cent of southern right whales are born white due to a condition known as grey morphism and will gradually turn dark as they age. They are not albino (which is a complete lack of pigmentation). Sometimes referred to as "brindled", the white coloration is a recessive genetic trait and only lasts a few months. Typically, but not always, white calves will become much darker as they mature but will still be somewhat lighter than normal even as adults. :: Image #38277
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis. About five per cent of southern right whales are born white due to a condition known as grey morphism and will gradually turn dark as they age. They are not albino (which is a complete lack of pigmentation). Sometimes referred to as "brindled", the white coloration is a recessive genetic trait and only lasts a few months. Typically, but not always, white calves will become much darker as they mature but will still be somewhat lighter than normal even as adults. :: Image #38276
Photo of South American sea lions hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38275
Photo of South American sea lions hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38274
Photo of South American sea lions hauled out on rocks to rest and warm in the sun, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38273
Photo of South American sea lions underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38272
Photo of South American sea lion underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38271
Photo of South American sea lions underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38268
Photo of South American sea lions underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38267
Photo of South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38265
Photo of South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38263
Photo of Southern right whale fluke tail, underwater :: Image #38262
Photo of Southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38260
Photo of Aerial panorama of sea cliffs and Golfo Nuevo, near Puerto Piramides, Argentina :: Image #38259
Photo of Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe, aerial panoramic photo of the mouth of the bay, early morning :: Image #38256
Photo of Sandstone Fins at sunset, near Moab Utah. Fins like these form in sandstone and eventually some will continue to erode until they form natural stone arches, such as those in Arches National Park. :: Image #38224
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance :: Image #38220
Photo of Fletcher Cove and Pillbox Beach at sunset, panoramic aerial photograph :: Image #38219
Photo of Cascade Lake near Lake Tahoe, aerial photo :: Image #38211
Photo of Water Tower Hill and Denk Mountain, and view to the west, highest point in Carlsbad :: Image #38203
Photo of Boat Horizon at San Clemente Island, anchored near Balanced Rock and Pyramid Cove point :: Image #38199
Photo of SIO Scripps Pier at sunset, aerial photo :: Image #38178
Photo of Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, Bentonite layers are seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands, part of the Chinle Formation formed during the Upper Triassic Period. Aerial photograph. :: Image #38177
Photo of Boat Horizon at San Clemente Island :: Image #38176
Photo of Boat Horizon at San Clemente Island :: Image #38174
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38169
Photo of Batiquitos Lagoon and Ponto, stormy sunset, aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38168
Photo of Spring Flowers and Grasses above Lake Hodges, aerial panoramic photo, Del Dios and Lake Hodges, San Diego :: Image #38164
Photo of Olowalu reef and West Maui mountains, Maui, Hawaii, aerial photo :: Image #38163
Photo of Olowalu reef and West Maui mountains, Maui, Hawaii, aerial photo :: Image #38160
Photo of Aerial Panoramic Photo of Children's Pool, Casa Cove and La Jolla Coastline. The underwater reef is exposed by extreme low tide. :: Image #38158
Photo of Honolua Bay in West Maui aerial photo, morning, with snorkel boat at anchor, panorama :: Image #38156
Photo of La Quinta and Coachella Valley, aerial view, panorama :: Image #38154
Photo of Three Arch Bay, Mussel Cove and Three Arch Rock, Laguna Beach Coastline, Aerial Photo. The Whale / Turtle Rock is front and center. :: Image #38149
Photo of Abalone Point and Cameo Cove, Laguna Beach, Aerial Photo :: Image #38146
Photo of La Jolla Caves and Coastline, Goldfish Point, Aerial Panoramic Photo :: Image #38144
Photo of Aerial Photo of Point La Jolla and Scripps Park, La Jolla Coastline :: Image #38143
Photo of San Elijo Lagoon aerial photo, panorama :: Image #38138
Photo of Sand Harbor Lake Tahoe at sunset, aerial photo :: Image #38134
Photo of Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, aerial photo :: Image #38124
Photo of Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, aerial photo :: Image #38123
Photo of Gray whale blowing at the ocean surface, aerial photo :: Image #38085
Photo of Aerial Photo of Point La Jolla and Scripps Park, La Jolla Coastline :: Image #38083
Photo of Twin Points, Crescent Bay and Shaws Cove, Laguna Beach Coastline, Aerial Photo :: Image #38081
Photo of Point La Jolla and Scripps Park aerial photo, sunset, sea lions and sea gulls and tourists looking down on Boomer Beach. Aerial panoramic photo. :: Image #38073
Photo of Goldfish Point and La Jolla Caves aerial photograph, La Jolla. :: Image #38068
Photo of Factory Butte at sunrise. An exceptional example of solitary butte surrounded by dramatically eroded badlands, Factory Butte stands alone on the San Rafael Swell. :: Image #38054
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38038
Photo of Childrens Pool seawall and Casa Cove aerial photo, La Jolla, California. Sunset. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38037
Photo of Lower Blue Hills Badlands, sunrise, Utah :: Image #38031
Photo of Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, Bentonite layers are seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands. The Bentonite Hills are composed of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation. This layer was formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes. Aerial photograph. :: Image #38029
Photo of Molly's Castle, aerial view, Goblin Valley State Park :: Image #38016
Photo of La Jolla Underwater Park visible at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #38008
Photo of Los Penasquitos Lagoon and Torrey Pines State Beach, aerial photo :: Image #38007
Photo of South Carlsbad State Beach and campground, aerial photo :: Image #38006
Photo of Batiquitos Lagoon and Ponto, stormy sunset, aerial photo :: Image #38005
Photo of Grandview Beach, Aerial Photo, Encinitas and Carlsbad :: Image #38004
Photo of La Jolla Shores Beach and La Jolla Submarine Canyon, aerial photo :: Image #38000
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37997
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37994
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37986
Photo of La Jolla Underwater Park visible at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #37985
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37982
Photo of Laguna Beach Coastline including Views South to Three Arch Bay, Aerial Photo :: Image #37978
Photo of Dana Point harbor and marina, with lots of boats, aerial photo :: Image #37976
Photo of Exposed reef near Windansea, seen during King Low Tide, aerial panoramic photo :: Image #37972
Photo of Swamis Reef viewed from above, Encinitas, California :: Image #37969
Photo of Solana Beach and Del Mar dog beach, aerial panoramic photo :: Image #37968
Photo of Fletcher Cove and Solana Beach Aerial Photo, aerial panorama of Pillbox and Solana Beach coastline :: Image #37965
Photo of Blacks Beach and Mushroom House, aerial photo :: Image #37964
Photo of Amtrak train over San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas :: Image #37961
Photo of Seal Rocks and Laguna Beach Coastline :: Image #37959
Photo of Glass Rock overlooking Bass Lake, California. Sierra Nevada. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37955
Photo of La Jolla Caves and the Coast Walk, La Jolla. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37953
Photo of The Windows at sunset, Arches National Park :: Image #37868
Photo of The Organ at sunrise, Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park :: Image #37859
Photo of Clark's grebe, Aechmophorus clarkii, Lake Hodges, San Diego :: Image #37857
Photo of Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second :: Image #37852
Photo of California sea lion entangled in fishing line, deep laceration around neck, Point La Jolla. :: Image #37835
Photo of Two California sea lions bodysurfing in tandem in La Jolla :: Image #37828
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla :: Image #37821
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37812
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37811
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37804
Photo of Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #37774
Photo of Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #37771
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant portrait, set against the Pacific Ocean :: Image #37745
Photo of Bodysurfing Sea Lion. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla. The original bodysurfer. :: Image #37742
Photo of Young California sea lions mock jousting on a reef in La Jolla :: Image #37730
Photo of A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. :: Image #37693
Photo of The Children's Pool, also known as Casa Cove, in pre-dawn light, La Jolla. Seal Rock in the foreground :: Image #37673
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla :: Image #37662
Photo of Allen's hummingbird, adult male, Selasphorus sasin, La Jolla :: Image #37653
Photo of California Brown pelican performing a head throw, with breeding plumage including distinctive yellow and white head feathers, red gular throat pouch, brown hind neck and greyish body. :: Image #37635
Photo of Ghost Pelican, flying in pre-dawn light, over the ocean :: Image #37631
Photo of A California brown pelican preening, rubbing the back of its head and neck on the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck and red gular throat pouch (but transitioning to brown hind neck). :: Image #37627
Photo of Children's Pool and Lifeguard Station, at dawn with Torrey Pines in the distance :: Image #37619
Photo of San Diego Bay and City Skyline at Sunrise, Mount San Miguel, viewed from Point Loma :: Image #37617
Photo of Sunset and King Tide on Del Mar Beach, Dog Beach, Solana Beach, looking north into North County San Diego :: Image #37616
Photo of Portrait of two California brown pelicans with breeding plumage, note the striking red throat, yellow and white head :: Image #37607
Photo of Brown pelicans jousting, with bright red throat, yellow and white head and brown hind neck, winter plumage. :: Image #37606
Photo of Sunset on the Del Mar Bluffs and Train Tracks, with North County coastline. The highest peaks in the distance are Santiago Peak and Modjeska Peak, the pair commonly known as Saddleback :: Image #37604
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach on the extreme low King Tide, people walking on the beach, sunset light and La Jolla in the distance. :: Image #37601
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant portrait :: Image #37596
Photo of California sea lion pups gather on the beach, Point La Jolla :: Image #37577
Photo of Two California Brown Pelicans performing a perfectly synchronous simultaneous head throw. Both display classic winter breeding plumage. Set against the Pacific Ocean. :: Image #37564
Photo of California sea lion body surfing on large waves, shorebreak, La Jolla :: Image #37531
Photo of California sea lions body surfing on large waves, shorebreak, La Jolla :: Image #37530
Photo of Beautiful golden-brown adult female California Sea Lion, resting on rocks in the morning sun, La Jolla, catching a little splash from a wave breaking on the reef just behind her. :: Image #37528
Photo of Carlsbad Coast Highway Sunset, Terramar and North Ponto to Oceanside with Camp Pendleton in the distance. Rising in the distance is San Onofre Mountain (1722') topped by a tall signal tower, one of the southern peaks in the Santa Ana Mountains. :: Image #37478
Photo of Belt of Venus and Earth Shadow at Dawn. The Belt of Venus is actually alpenglow visible near the horizon during twilight, above the antisolar point. Like alpenglow, the backscatter of reddened sunlight also creates the Belt of Venus. Unlike alpenglow, the sunlight scattered by fine particulates that cause the rosy arch of the Belt shines high in the atmosphere and lasts for a while after sunset or before sunrise :: Image #37476
Photo of Male Brandt's Cormorant Skypointing, a Courtship Display, La Jolla :: Image #37441
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, note the distinctive winter mating plumage with chestnut brown hind neck and bright red throat, La Jolla, California :: Image #37435
Photo of Yellow Morph California Brown Pelican Portrait, note the distinctive winter mating plumage but the unusual yellow throat, La Jolla, California :: Image #37433
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, note the distinctive winter mating plumage with chestnut brown hind neck and bright red throat, La Jolla, California :: Image #37430
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, note the distinctive winter mating plumage, this one exhibits the white hind neck, La Jolla, California :: Image #37429
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, note the distinctive winter mating plumage, this one exhibits the white hind neck, La Jolla, California :: Image #37428
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37427
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37426
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37425
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37424
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37423
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37422
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37421
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37420
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37419
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37418
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37417
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37416
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37415
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #37413
Photo of Southern Live Oaks form a shady canopy, Magnolia Plantation, Charleston, South Carolina :: Image #37406
Photo of Oak Alley at Boone Hall Plantation, a shaded tunnel of huge old southern live oak trees, Charleston, South Carolina :: Image #37403
Photo of Oak Alley at Boone Hall Plantation, a shaded tunnel of huge old southern live oak trees, Charleston, South Carolina :: Image #37397
Photo of Oak Alley at Boone Hall Plantation, a shaded tunnel of huge old southern live oak trees, Charleston, South Carolina. Plantation owners planted long palisades of Southern Live Oaks to provide a shaded, cool allee (from the French) on which they could stroll, entertain and find diversion from the intense heat of the South. :: Image #37394
Photo of Southern Live Oaks form a long shaded Oak Alley at Wormsloe Plantation, Savannah, Georgia. Wormsloe State Historic Site. :: Image #37384
Photo of Giant Kelp Forest, West End Catalina Island :: Image #37301
Photo of Giant Kelp Forest, West End Catalina Island :: Image #37300
Photo of Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. :: Image #37297
Photo of Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, Catalina Island :: Image #37295
Photo of Chestnut cowrie with mantle withdrawn, in front of golden gorgonian :: Image #37289
Photo of Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, Catalina Island :: Image #37256
Photo of Purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California :: Image #37238
Photo of Unidentified fish eyeball closeup :: Image #37214
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37213
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37210
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37209
Photo of Cadlina luteomarginata, Yellow-edged Cadlina, a type of nudibranch of sea slug. :: Image #37207
Photo of Nudibranch egg mass, likely that of Peltodoris nobilis. :: Image #37206
Photo of California Golden gorgonian polyps. The golden gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by :: Image #37204
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37203
Photo of Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts, giant kelp forest, Catalina Island :: Image #37199
Photo of Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts, giant kelp forest, Catalina Island :: Image #37193
Photo of Red gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis) on Farnsworth Banks reef. Farnsworth Banks holds some of the most lush and colorful reefs to be found in California. :: Image #37181
Photo of California reef covered with purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica) and palm kelp, with orange garibaldi fish whizzing by, Catalina Island. :: Image #37175
Photo of Garibaldi maintains a patch of algae (just in front of the fish) to entice a female to lay a clutch of eggs :: Image #37144
Photo of Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. :: Image #37100
Photo of Sunlight glows throughout a giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #37086
Photo of Stephanocystis dioica kelp algae on a shallow rocky reef, reflected underneath the surface of the ocean. :: Image #37063
Photo of Yosemite Falls in Spring, viewed from Yosemite Falls trail :: Image #36907
Photo of Half Dome and Yosemite High Country from Sierra Point :: Image #36905
Photo of Sea World Fireworks San Diego Mission Bay. Sea World shows evening fireworks over Mission Bay. :: Image #36902
Photo of Clarks Grebes (left) and Western Grebe (right), arguing over a rock, Lake Hodges :: Image #36883
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant portrait :: Image #36875
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest :: Image #36872
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material in its beak :: Image #36870
Photo of California Sea Lion Resting in the Sun, on rocky reef :: Image #36856
Photo of Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating :: Image #36847
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Flying with Nesting Material, a clump of seaweed (marine algae), La Jolla :: Image #36837
Photo of Western Gull in Flight, La Jolla :: Image #36834
Photo of California Sea Lions Resting in the Sun, on rocky reef, La Jolla :: Image #36821
Photo of California Sea Lions Resting in the Sun, on rocky reef, La Jolla :: Image #36795
Photo of California Sea Lions Resting in the Sun, on rocky reef, La Jolla :: Image #36794
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant on the nest, nesting material composed of kelp and sea weed, La Jolla :: Image #36793
Photo of Western Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, amidst a mix of Western Grebes and Clarks Grebes :: Image #36790
Photo of Western Grebes Ratchet Pointing in preparation for rushing, a courtship ceremony, Lake Hodges, San Diego :: Image #36781
Photo of Three Western Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges :: Image #36779
Photo of Double-crested cormorant, La Jolla, California, USA :: Image #36774
Photo of Double-crested cormorant feather detail, La Jolla, California, USA :: Image #36770
Photo of Double-crested cormorant in breeding plumage showing crest feathers on head. La Jolla, California, USA :: Image #36769
Photo of California sea lion portrait, La Jolla :: Image #36761
Photo of Heermanns gull portrait with open beak, La Jolla, California :: Image #36757
Photo of Spectacular Sunset, Terramar Beach, Carlsbad. Pink and Purple pastel hues are mirrored on the wet side as the tide retreats. :: Image #36754
Photo of Hotel Del Coronado and Coronado Island City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma :: Image #36747
Photo of Snow-covered Mount Laguna and San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36738
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #36727
Photo of Three California brown pelicans mock jousting, displaying vividly-colored throat skin and mating plumage. Two display full breeding plumage with brown hind-neck, the third appears to be sub-adult. Note also these three display yellow, orange and the more-typical red throat coloration. :: Image #36725
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch :: Image #36722
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the unusual yellow coloration of the gular pouch, which is normally red in winter adults. Yellow morph. :: Image #36714
Photo of California 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. :: Image #36706
Photo of California 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. :: Image #36705
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch. Mandible clap, jaw clap. :: Image #36690
Photo of Sunrise over The Mount Soledad Cross, a landmark in La Jolla, California. The Mount Soledad Cross is a 29-foot-tall cross erected in 1954. Aerial photo. :: Image #36689
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch :: Image #36688
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #36687
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #36686
Photo of 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. :: Image #36685
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch :: Image #36684
Photo of Brown pelican preening, cleaning its feathers after foraging on the ocean, with distinctive winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers, although this one displays a yellow (rather than the usual red) gular throat pouch. :: Image #36683
Photo of Scripps Pier at Sunset with Christmas Lights :: Image #36676
Photo of Scripps Pier and Blacks Beach, Sunset, Panorama :: Image #36675
Photo of La Jolla Shores Coastline and Scripps Pier, Blacks Beach and Torrey Pines Golf Course and State Reserve, aerial photo, sunset. The Gold Coast of La Jolla basks in the warm waning light of a winter afternoon. :: Image #36669
Photo of La Jolla Shores Coastline and Scripps Pier, Blacks Beach and Torrey Pines, aerial photo, sunset :: Image #36666
Photo of Scripps Pier with Christmas Lights :: Image #36665
Photo of San Diego and Tijuana City Skyline, panoramic photo, viewed from Mount Soledad :: Image #36664
Photo of Mission Bay, Ocean Beach, Point Loma and Coronado islands, at night :: Image #36663
Photo of San Diego and Tijuana City Skyline, viewed from Mount Soledad :: Image #36662
Photo of North County Coastline at Dusk, viewed from Mount Soledad :: Image #36660
Photo of San Diego Mormon Temple with Christmas Lights :: Image #36659
Photo of Beautiful Sunset over San Diego :: Image #36658
Photo of San Diego Mormon Temple :: Image #36656
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36654
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36653
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36652
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36651
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36650
Photo of Full Moon over San Diego City Skyline, San Diego Convention Center :: Image #36649
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36648
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Night :: Image #36647
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36645
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36644
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36643
Photo of 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. The Hotel Del 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. :: Image #36642
Photo of Beautiful Sunset over San Diego :: Image #36641
Photo of Beautiful Sunset over San Diego :: Image #36640
Photo of 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. The Hotel Del 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. :: Image #36639
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Night :: Image #36638
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36637
Photo of Full Moon Rises over the San Diego City Skyline and Mount Laguna, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36636
Photo of Full Moon Rises over the San Diego City Skyline and Mount Laguna, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36635
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #36633
Photo of Hotel Del Coronado and Coronado Island City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma :: Image #36632
Photo of Scripps Pier and Huge Waves, long exposure, sunrise :: Image #36631
Photo of Point La Jolla viewed from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, big waves at sunrise :: Image #36630
Photo of Scripps Pier with Christmas Lights and Full Moon at Sunrise :: Image #36629
Photo of Portrait of the California Race of the Brown Pelican, La Jolla, California :: Image #36628
Photo of Portrait of the California Race of the Brown Pelican, La Jolla, California :: Image #36627
Photo of Portrait of a California Brown Pelican In Flight, colorful adult winter breeding plumage, La Jolla California :: Image #36626
Photo of California Brown Pelican In Flight, La Jolla California :: Image #36625
Photo of California Brown Pelican In Flight, La Jolla California :: Image #36624
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, La Jolla California :: Image #36623
Photo of California Brown Pelican In Flight, La Jolla California :: Image #36622
Photo of 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. The Hotel Del 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 :: Image #36621
Photo of Coronado Shores condos reflected in Glorietta Bay, San Diego Bay, evening :: Image #36620
Photo of Conjuction of Saturn and Jupiter over Scripps Institution of Oceanography Research Pier at sunset, with Christmas Lights and Christmas Tree. :: Image #36616
Photo of Scripps Institution of Oceanography Research Pier at sunset, with Christmas Lights and Christmas Tree. :: Image #36615
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, near San Diego California :: Image #36612
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, near San Diego California :: Image #36611
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, near San Diego California :: Image #36610
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, near San Diego California :: Image #36609
Photo of Portrait of the California Race of the Brown Pelican, La Jolla, California :: Image #36607
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head :: Image #36605
Photo of Portrait of the California Race of the Brown Pelican, La Jolla, California :: Image #36604
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, high surf crashing in the background :: Image #36603
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, near San Diego California :: Image #36598
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, high surf crashing in the background :: Image #36595
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, high surf crashing in the background :: Image #36592
Photo of California Sea Lion Posing of Rocks in La Jolla, near San Diego California :: Image #36590
Photo of California Sea Lion mother sleeping with her pup, La Jolla, California :: Image #36582
Photo of California Sea Lion portrait, La Jolla, California :: Image #36576
Photo of California Sea Lions fighting, La Jolla :: Image #36571
Photo of Earth Shadow over the Pacific, Torrey Pines, California :: Image #36566
Photo of Broken Hill in soft pre-dawn light, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve. :: Image #36565
Photo of Torrey Pines sea cliffs at sunset, Flat Rock at low tide, looking north. :: Image #36556
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36539
Photo of Marine Algae on Underwater Reef, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #36538
Photo of Beautiful Field of Red Marine Algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #36537
Photo of Young California Sea Lion Discovers a Seashell, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36536
Photo of California Sea Lions Playing with Kelp, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36535
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36534
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36533
Photo of California Sea Lion Swimming Fast with Bubbles, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36532
Photo of Underwater Photographer and California Sea Lions, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36531
Photo of North Coronado Island aerial photo, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36502
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36496
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36495
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36494
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36493
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36486
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36485
Photo of California Sea Lions hunting Zebra Perch, Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36483
Photo of Marine Photographer Celia Kujala and California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36481
Photo of California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36479
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36478
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36477
Photo of California Sea Lion hunting zebra perch, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36476
Photo of California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #36475
Photo of Garibaldi and Marine Algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #36468
Photo of Black oaks in autumn in Yosemite National Park, fall colors, Quercus kelloggii :: Image #36460
Photo of Aspen Trees and Sierra Nevada Fall Colors, Bishop Creek Canyon :: Image #36450
Photo of Aspen Trees and Sierra Nevada Fall Colors, Bishop Creek Canyon :: Image #36447
Photo of Quaking Aspen Trees, Sierra Nevada Fall Colors, Bishop Creek Canyon :: Image #36443
Photo of Paiute Peak, Aspen Trees and North Lake, fal colors, Bishop Creek Canyon :: Image #36435
Photo of Sierra Nevada fall colors in soft predawn light, North Lake, Bishop Creek Canyon :: Image #36431
Photo of Greenstone Lake and North Peak, Hoover Wilderness :: Image #36420
Photo of Sunlight and sand ripples, Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe :: Image #36410
Photo of Comet NEOWISE over Bass Lake, California :: Image #36407
Photo of The Grizzly Giant Sequoia Tree in Yosemite. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park. :: Image #36401
Photo of Sunset light on Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36392
Photo of Sunset light on Half Dome and Clouds Rest, Tenaya Canyon at lower left, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36391
Photo of Climbers' lights visible at dusk on Half Dome, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36385
Photo of Pastel sunset light on Half Dome, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36384
Photo of Sunset light on the face of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36381
Photo of Rainbow in Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36378
Photo of El Capitan and the Merced River in spring, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36377
Photo of Lupine bloom in burned area after a forest fire, near Wawona, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36367
Photo of Sentinel Dome summit compass marker, with Half Dome in the distance, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36363
Photo of Yosemite Falls framed by Pine Trees, Cook's Meadow, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36360
Photo of The Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36356
Photo of El Capitan and the Merced River, early morning, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36355
Photo of Three Brothers and Merced River in spring, Yosemite National Park :: Image #36354
Photo of SCUBA Diver and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36133
Photo of SCUBA Diver and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36130
Photo of Photographer Celia Kujala and Steller Sea Lions Underwater, underwater photographer, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36128
Photo of Sunset on Terra Mar and the Carlsbad coastline, looking north to Oceanside, Camp Pendleton and San Onofre. The Oceanside Pier, lit up at night, is seen further up the coast. Rising in the distance is San Onofre Mountain (1722') topped by a tall signal tower, one of the southern peaks in the Santa Ana Mountains. :: Image #36117
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36076
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36072
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36067
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36056
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #36051
Photo of Owl Canyon, a beautiful slot canyon that is part of the larger Antelope Canyon system. Page, Arizona. :: Image #36030
Photo of Canyon X, a spectacular slot canyon near Page, Arizona. Slot canyons are formed when water and wind erode a cut through a (usually sandstone) mesa, producing a very narrow passage that may be as slim as a few feet and a hundred feet or more in height. :: Image #36009
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, closely approaches cameraman, Argentina :: Image #35956
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, closely approaches cameraman, Argentina :: Image #35955
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, closely approaches cameraman, Argentina :: Image #35954
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35953
Photo of White southern right whale calf underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35952
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, closely approaches cameraman, Argentina :: Image #35951
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf underwater, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35950
Photo of Magellanic penguin in its burrow, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #35949
Photo of Southern elephant seal, adult male, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina :: Image #35948
Photo of Southern elephant seal, adult male, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina :: Image #35947
Photo of Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina :: Image #35946
Photo of Ten southern right whales very close to shore, including four calves and a rare white calf, people watching from the beach, Playa El Doradillo, aerial photo, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #35945
Photo of Southern right whale breaching, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35944
Photo of Upper Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #35931
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35918
Photo of Courtship group of six Southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35915
Photo of Aerial view of mother and white calf, Southern right whale, Argentina :: Image #35912
Photo of Carlsbad Coast Highway Sunset, Terramar and North Ponto to Oceanside with Camp Pendleton in the distance. Rising in the distance is San Onofre Mountain (1722') topped by a tall signal tower, one of the southern peaks in the Santa Ana Mountains. :: Image #35902
Photo of North Coronado Island, Mexico, northern point looking south with Middle and South Islands in the distance, aerial photograph :: Image #35894
Photo of Young California sea lions playing underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #35855
Photo of Young California sea lions playing underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #35853
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance :: Image #35848
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance :: Image #35846
Photo of Sunrise over Broken Hill, overlooking La Jolla and the Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Reserve :: Image #35845
Photo of Sunrise over Broken Hill, overlooking La Jolla and the Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Reserve :: Image #35844
Photo of Aspen trees cover Bishop Creek Canyon above Aspendel :: Image #35836
Photo of Aspen grove, Dunderberg Meadows, eastern Sierra Nevada :: Image #35835
Photo of Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island :: Image #35830
Photo of Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #35828
Photo of Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy. :: Image #35827
Photo of Pyrosome in Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island :: Image #35826
Photo of Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #35825
Photo of Braided glacial river, highlands of Southern Iceland :: Image #35720
Photo of Louvre, Paris :: Image #35604
Photo of La Tour Eiffel. The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who designed the tower in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The Eiffel tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world. :: Image #35603
Photo of The Ceiling of the Pantheon, Rome :: Image #35548
Photo of Saint Peter's Basilica over the Tiber River, Vatican City :: Image #35547
Photo of White metridium anemones fed by strong ocean currents, cover a cold water reef teeming with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35347
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35346
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35345
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35344
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35343
Photo of Starfish cling to a rocky reef, surrounded by other colorful invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35342
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35341
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35340
Photo of Anemones are found in abundance on a spectacular British Columbia underwater reef, rich with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35339
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35338
Photo of Bull kelp forest near Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Strait, Browning Pass, Canada :: Image #35337
Photo of Anemones are found in abundance on a spectacular British Columbia underwater reef, rich with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35336
Photo of Moon jelly, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35335
Photo of Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, Vancouver Island :: Image #35334
Photo of White metridium anemones fed by strong ocean currents, cover a cold water reef teeming with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35333
Photo of Kent Island anchorage, British Columbia, aerial photo :: Image #35332
Photo of Bull kelp forest near Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte Strait, Browning Pass, Canada :: Image #35331
Photo of Browning Pass aerial photo, with Nigei Island (left) and Balackava Island (right). :: Image #35330
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35329
Photo of Balaklava Island at sunset, aerial photo, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35328
Photo of Red Irish Lord sculpinfish, Browning Pass, British Columbia :: Image #35327
Photo of Starfish cling to a rocky reef, surrounded by other colorful invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35326
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35325
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35324
Photo of Sea urchins cling to a shallow reef in Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35323
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35322
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35321
Photo of Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island :: Image #35318
Photo of Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island :: Image #35317
Photo of Tiny fish, unidentified, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35315
Photo of Starfish detail, sea star skin details, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35314
Photo of Starfish detail, sea star skin details, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35313
Photo of Metridium tentacle detail, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35312
Photo of Mussels gather on a rocky reef, filtering nutrients from passing ocean currents. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35310
Photo of Typical vibrant invertebrate life, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35309
Photo of Shallow water reef with coniferous forest hanging over the water, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35308
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35307
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35306
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35305
Photo of Shallow water reef with coniferous forest hanging over the water, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35304
Photo of Colorful starfish (sea stars) cling to the reef, covered with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35303
Photo of Beautiful tableau of cold water invetebrate life on a Vancouver Island reef, Browning Pass :: Image #35302
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35301
Photo of Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35300
Photo of A forest of bull kelp rises above a colorful cold water reef, rich with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35299
Photo of Beautiful tableau of cold water invetebrate life on a Vancouver Island reef, Browning Pass :: Image #35298
Photo of Mussels gather on a rocky reef, filtering nutrients from passing ocean currents. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35297
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #35296
Photo of A forest of bull kelp rises above a colorful cold water reef, rich with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35295
Photo of Colorful starfish (sea stars) cling to the reef, covered with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35294
Photo of Colorful starfish (sea stars) cling to the reef, covered with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35293
Photo of Barnacle filtering food from passing ocean currents, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35292
Photo of Clown Nudibranch, Triopha catalinae, Browning Passage, Vancouver Island :: Image #35291
Photo of Sea grass in motion, shallow water. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. :: Image #35290
Photo of Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #35289
Photo of Red Irish Lord sculpinfish, Browning Pass, British Columbia :: Image #35288
Photo of California Poppies in Bloom, Elsinore :: Image #35230
Photo of Desert Sunflower Blooming Across Anza Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #35197
Photo of Desert Sunflower Blooming Across Anza Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #35196
Photo of Desert Sunflower Blooming Across Anza Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #35195
Photo of Desert Lily Hersperocallis undulata, Anza Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #35194
Photo of California Poppies, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #35191
Photo of California Poppies, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #35190
Photo of California Poppies, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #35188
Photo of California Poppies, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #35187
Photo of California Poppies, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #35186
Photo of California poppies cover the hillsides in bright orange :: Image #35162
Photo of Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males :: Image #35149
Photo of 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 :: Image #35144
Photo of Middle Coronado Rock Island, aerial photo :: Image #35085
Photo of Aggregating anemones Anthopleura elegantissima on oil rigs, southern California :: Image #35082
Photo of Aggregating anemones Anthopleura elegantissima on oil rigs, southern California :: Image #35081
Photo of Aggregating anemones Anthopleura elegantissima on oil rigs, southern California :: Image #35080
Photo of Spiny brittle stars (starfish) detail. :: Image #35079
Photo of Unidentified likely hydroid, filtering nutrients from passing ocean currents, oil rigs, southern California :: Image #35078
Photo of Spiny brittle stars (starfish) detail. :: Image #35077
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #35076
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #35075
Photo of Spiny brittle stars (starfish) detail. :: Image #35074
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #35073
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #35072
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #35071
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #35070
Photo of Del Mar Beach at Sunset, northern San Diego County :: Image #35067
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34917
Photo of Fishiminatus unknownicus, Fiji :: Image #34916
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #34915
Photo of Vibrant displays of color among dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34883
Photo of Vibrant displays of color among dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34882
Photo of Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34881
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34880
Photo of Coral polyp detail, Fiji :: Image #34879
Photo of Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34878
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #34877
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34876
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #34875
Photo of Bubble coral polyp detail, Plerogyra sinuosa, Fiji :: Image #34874
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #34873
Photo of Lyretail Anthias foraging for bits of food passing by in ocean currents, Pseudanthias squamipinnis, Fiji :: Image #34827
Photo of Bluestripe clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, Fiji :: Image #34826
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34825
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34824
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #34823
Photo of Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34822
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34821
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34820
Photo of Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. :: Image #34819
Photo of Sarcophyton leather coral polyp detail, close up view, Fiji. :: Image #34818
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34817
Photo of Sarcophyton leather coral on coral reef, Fiji :: Image #34813
Photo of Anemone tentacles and mouth, Fiji :: Image #34812
Photo of Kleins Butterflyfish, Chaetodon kleinii, Fiji :: Image #34811
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji :: Image #34810
Photo of Golden Damselfish, Fiji :: Image #34809
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34808
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34807
Photo of Anthias fish school around green fan coral, Fiji :: Image #34806
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34805
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34803
Photo of Colorful and exotic coral reef in Fiji, with soft corals, hard corals, anthias fishes, anemones, and sea fan gorgonians. :: Image #34802
Photo of Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji :: Image #34795
Photo of Ring-tailed cardinal fish, Male tending eggs in his mouth, Ostorhinchus aureus, Fiji :: Image #34786
Photo of Arc-eye Hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus, Fiji :: Image #34784
Photo of Crinoid (feather star) extends its tentacles into ocean currents, on pristine south pacific coral reef, Fiji :: Image #34767
Photo of Aerial View of Vatu-i-Ra Coral Seascape, Fiji :: Image #34688
Photo of Aerial View of Namena Marine Reserve and Coral Reefs, Namena Island, Fiji :: Image #34687
Photo of Aerial View of Vatu-i-Ra Coral Seascape, Fiji :: Image #34681
Photo of Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure and invertebrate Life :: Image #34664
Photo of Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure. :: Image #34663
Photo of Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure. :: Image #34662
Photo of Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure. :: Image #34659
Photo of Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure. :: Image #34657
Photo of Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around :: Image #34656
Photo of Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure. :: Image #34655
Photo of A giant black sea bass is an endangered species that can reach up to 8 feet in length and 500 pounds, often found amid the giant kelp forest, Once nearly fished to extinction and now thought to be at risk of a genetic bottleneck, the giant sea bass is slowly recovering and can be seen in summer months in California's kelp forests. :: Image #34616
Photo of California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #34581
Photo of California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #34578
Photo of Aerial Photo of North Coronado Island, southern point looking north, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #34569
Photo of Bridalveil Falls at sunset, with clouds and blue sky in the background. Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite drops 620 feet (188 m) from a hanging valley to the floor of Yosemite Valley. :: Image #34540
Photo of Honolua Bay in West Maui with Molokai in the distance, Maui, Hawaii :: Image #34526
Photo of Full Moon and Earth Shadow over Haleakala crater, Maui, Hawaii. The dark band on the horizon is the shadow of the earth, while the lighter pink band is atmosphere that is still lit by the setting sun. :: Image #34517
Photo of Seymour Narrows with strong tidal currents. Between Vancouver Island and Quadra Island, Seymour Narrows is about 750 meters wide and has currents reaching 15 knots. Aerial photo. :: Image #34466
Photo of Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina on kelp and rocky reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #34353
Photo of Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #34344
Photo of Pink Soft Coral, Gersemia Rubiformis, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #34343
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #34342
Photo of White plumose anemones Metridium senile with purple sponge and barnacle, Vancouver Island :: Image #34341
Photo of Beautiful Anemone on Rocky Reef near Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Strait, Browning Pass, Canada :: Image #34340
Photo of Beautiful Anemone on Rocky Reef near Vancouver Island, Queen Charlotte Strait, Browning Pass, Canada :: Image #34339
Photo of Spotted Leopard Dorid, Diaulula odonoghuei, Vancouver Island :: Image #34338
Photo of Colorful starfish cling to submarine rocks, on the subtidal reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island :: Image #34336
Photo of California sea lion, La Jolla :: Image #34285
Photo of California sea lion, La Jolla :: Image #34284
Photo of California sea lion, La Jolla :: Image #34283
Photo of California sea lions, La Jolla :: Image #34282
Photo of California sea lion, La Jolla :: Image #34281
Photo of California sea lion, La Jolla :: Image #34277
Photo of California sea lions, La Jolla :: Image #34276
Photo of Invertebrate life covers the undersea pilings of a oil platform. :: Image #34244
Photo of Common Dolphin Breaching the Ocean Surface :: Image #34236
Photo of Common Dolphin Breaching the Ocean Surface :: Image #34235
Photo of Common Dolphin Breaching the Ocean Surface :: Image #34234
Photo of Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja :: Image #34233
Photo of Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja :: Image #34232
Photo of Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja :: Image #34231
Photo of Gray whale, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja :: Image #34230
Photo of Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by :: Image #34219
Photo of Kelp holdfast attaches the plant to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current :: Image #34212
Photo of Submarine Reef with Hydrocoral and Invertebrates, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #34194
Photo of Longnose hawkfish on black coral, underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California :: Image #33616
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33486
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33485
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33484
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33483
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33482
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33481
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33480
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33479
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33478
Photo of A corynactis anemone polyp, Corynactis californica is a corallimorph found in genetically identical clusters, club-tipped anemone :: Image #33456
Photo of A corynactis anemone polyp, Corynactis californica is a corallimorph found in genetically identical clusters, club-tipped anemone :: Image #33454
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33446
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33445
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33444
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33443
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33442
Photo of Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. :: Image #33441
Photo of Giant kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Small gas bladders -- pneumatocysts -- connect the kelp's stipes ("stems") to its blades ("leaves"). These bladders help elevate the kelp plant from the bottom, towards sunlight and the water's surface. :: Image #33440
Photo of Giant kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Small gas bladders -- pneumatocysts -- connect the kelp's stipes ("stems") to its blades ("leaves"). These bladders help elevate the kelp plant from the bottom, towards sunlight and the water's surface. :: Image #33439
Photo of Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island :: Image #33379
Photo of Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest :: Image #33378
Photo of A male giant sea bass nudges a female giant sea bass to encourage spawning as they swim in a tight circle. This courting pair of giant sea bass is deep in the kelp forest at Catalina Island. In summer months, giant sea bass gather in kelp forests in California to form courtship and mating aggregations, eventually leading to spawning. :: Image #33364
Photo of A giant black sea bass is an endangered species that can reach up to 8 feet in length and 500 pounds, often found amid the giant kelp forest, Once nearly fished to extinction and now thought to be at risk of a genetic bottleneck, the giant sea bass is slowly recovering and can be seen in summer months in California's kelp forests. :: Image #33363
Photo of Two Giant sea bass comprise a courting pair as part of a larger mating aggregation amid the kelp forest at Catalina Island. In summer months, giant seabass gather in kelp forests in California to form mating aggregations leading to spawning. Courtship behaviors include circling of pairs of giant sea bass, production of booming sounds by presumed males, and nudging of females by males in what is though to be an effort to encourage spawning. :: Image #33362
Photo of Five giant black sea bass in a mating and courtship aggregation in the kelp forest at Catalina Island. In summer months, black seabass gather in kelp forests in California to form mating aggregations leading to spawning. Courtship behaviors include circling of pairs of giant sea bass, production of booming sounds by presumed males, and nudging of females by males in what is though to be an effort to encourage spawning. :: Image #33361
Photo of Two Giant black sea bass hover in the kelp forest as a courting pair, part of a larger mating aggregation at Catalina Island. In summer months, giant black seabass gather in kelp forests in California to form mating aggregations leading to spawning. Courtship behaviors include circling of pairs of giant sea bass, production of booming sounds by presumed males, and nudging of females by males in what is though to be an effort to encourage spawning. :: Image #33360
Photo of Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island :: Image #33359
Photo of An Endangered Giant Sea Bass can reach up to 8 feet in length and 500 pounds, seen here amid the giant kelp forest of Catalina Island :: Image #33358
Photo of Two giant black sea bass swim in a courtship circle, part of a larger gathering of a mating aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. In summer months, black seabass gather in kelp forests in California to form mating aggregations. Courtship behaviors include circling of pairs of giant sea bass, production of booming sounds by presumed males, and nudging of females by males in what is though to be an effort to encourage spawning. :: Image #33357
Photo of Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33316
Photo of Giant Manta Ray at San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33281
Photo of San Diego Morning Glory (Calystegia macrostegia tenuifolia), Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #33261
Photo of A Panorama of Wildflowers blooms across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33254
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33253
Photo of A Panorama of Wildflowers blooms across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33239
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33238
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33236
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33235
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33234
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33232
Photo of Mustard and other Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33231
Photo of A Panorama of Wildflowers blooms across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33230
Photo of A Panorama of Wildflowers blooms across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33229
Photo of A Panorama of Wildflowers blooms across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33228
Photo of Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33226
Photo of Wildflowers, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #33225
Photo of Wildflowers, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #33224
Photo of Wildflowers, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #33213
Photo of Wildflowers, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #33206
Photo of Brittlebush bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33198
Photo of Wildflowers bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33173
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33170
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom under the stars in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33166
Photo of Panorama of California Poppies, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #33164
Photo of Wildflowers Bloom in Spring, Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #33146
Photo of Wildflowers Bloom in Spring, Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #33142
Photo of California Poppies, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad :: Image #33120
Photo of California Poppies, Elsinore :: Image #33115
Photo of Mustard in bloom during the 2017 Superbloom, Anza Borrego :: Image #33111
Photo of Sunrise over Clipperton Island, Panorama :: Image #33103
Photo of Plastic Trash and Debris, Clipperton Island :: Image #33098
Photo of Nazca Booby, Clipperton Island :: Image #33093
Photo of Brown booby, Clipperton island :: Image #33088
Photo of Underwater ROV Preparing to Dive at Clipperton Island :: Image #32964
Photo of Aerial view of the lagoon inside Clipperton Island. The lagoon within the atoll was formerly open to the ocean but has been closed and stagnant for many decades. Some experts believe erosion will open the lagoon up to the ocean again soon. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32864
Photo of Ophiodon elongatus, Lingcod, Hornby Island, Canada :: Image #32820
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32818
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32817
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32816
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32814
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32813
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32812
Photo of Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen, Hornby Island, British Columbia :: Image #32810
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater bubble display, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32757
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32734
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32733
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32732
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32731
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32730
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater bubble display, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32729
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32728
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32727
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32726
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32725
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32724
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32723
Photo of Steller sea lion nibbles my fin, curiousity and playfulness, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32722
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32721
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32720
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32719
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32718
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32717
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32716
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32715
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32714
Photo of Young Steller sea lions mock jousting underwater, a combination of play and mild agreession, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32713
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32712
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32711
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32710
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32709
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32708
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32707
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32706
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32705
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32704
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32703
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32702
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32701
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32700
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32699
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32698
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32697
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32696
Photo of Young Steller sea lions mock jousting underwater, a combination of play and mild agreession, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32695
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32694
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32693
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32692
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32691
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32690
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32689
Photo of Young Steller sea lions mock jousting underwater, a combination of play and mild agreession, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32688
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32687
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32686
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32683
Photo of Selfie with Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32682
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32681
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32680
Photo of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32679
Photo of Kanarra Creek Falls in Kanarra Canyon, Utah :: Image #32644
Photo of Fall Colors in the Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah :: Image #32635
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32361
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32356
Photo of Boulders underwater, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32354
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32352
Photo of Boulders underwater, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32351
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32350
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32348
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32347
Photo of Underwater Light and Sand, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32346
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32343
Photo of Boulders underwater, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32342
Photo of Boulders underwater, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32338
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32337
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32336
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32335
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32334
Photo of Boulders underwater, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32333
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32332
Photo of Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada :: Image #32330
Photo of Mount Moran and Teton Range at sunrise from Willow Flats, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32318
Photo of Mount Moran at sunrise from Oxbow Bend, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32317
Photo of T.A. Moulton Barn and Teton Range at dusk, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32314
Photo of Teton Range from Schwabacher Landing, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32312
Photo of Teton Range from Schwabacher Landing, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32307
Photo of Milky Way over John Moulton Barn, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32301
Photo of Teton Range from Schwabacher Landing, afternoon, Grand Teton National Park :: Image #32300
Photo of Aspens show fall colors in Mineral King Valley, part of Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California :: Image #32257
Photo of Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32254
Photo of Elkhorn coral, Grand Caymand Island :: Image #32250
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian on coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32249
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian on coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32238
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32237
Photo of Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32215
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32214
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32211
Photo of Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32209
Photo of Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32207
Photo of Pillar coral Dendrogyra cylindrus, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32205
Photo of Underwater cavern, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32204
Photo of Cayman Islands Caribbean reef scene, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32203
Photo of Rain hitting ocean surface from underneath, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32202
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32200
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32199
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32198
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32191
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32190
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32186
Photo of Cayman Islands Caribbean reef scene, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32182
Photo of Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32181
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32179
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32177
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32173
Photo of Grouper on coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32172
Photo of Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32169
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32165
Photo of Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32158
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32152
Photo of SCUBA divers on the wreck of the USS Kittiwake, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction. :: Image #32148
Photo of SCUBA divers on the wreck of the USS Kittiwake, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction. :: Image #32146
Photo of USS Kittiwake wreck, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction. :: Image #32145
Photo of USS Kittiwake wreck, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction. :: Image #32143
Photo of USS Kittiwake wreck, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction. :: Image #32141
Photo of Compass Point Resort on Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32140
Photo of Grand Cayman Island, East End :: Image #32139
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32130
Photo of Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32128
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32125
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32122
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian on coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32121
Photo of Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32118
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32114
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32108
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32107
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32105
Photo of Beautiful Caribbean coral reef, sponges and hard corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32101
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32100
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32088
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32087
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32070
Photo of Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32068
Photo of Schooling fish over coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32061
Photo of Tarpon, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32059
Photo of Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32056
Photo of Schooling fish over coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32053
Photo of Cayman Islands Caribbean reef scene, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32052
Photo of Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32041
Photo of Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32039
Photo of Gorgonian soft corals, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32038
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32037
Photo of Sponges on Caribbean coral reef, Grand Cayman Island :: Image #32035
Photo of Lemon shark :: Image #32020
Photo of Lemon shark :: Image #32019
Photo of Lemon shark :: Image #32018
Photo of Lemon shark :: Image #32017
Photo of Lemon shark :: Image #32015
Photo of Caribbean reef shark :: Image #31983
Photo of Caribbean reef shark with fishing hook :: Image #31980
Photo of Panorama of large Tiger shark over white sand :: Image #31905
Photo of Tiger shark and SCUBA diver :: Image #31904
Photo of Tiger shark and SCUBA diver :: Image #31903
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31902
Photo of Tiger shark and underwater photographer :: Image #31900
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31898
Photo of Pregnant tiger shark, gravid tiger shark :: Image #31896
Photo of Tiger shark and underwater photographer :: Image #31895
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31894
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31893
Photo of Two tiger sharks :: Image #31892
Photo of Two tiger sharks :: Image #31891
Photo of Tiger shark swimming over coral reef :: Image #31889
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31888
Photo of Panorama of a large Tiger shark swimming over white sand :: Image #31887
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31886
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31885
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31884
Photo of Wananavu Beach Resort, Viti Levu Island, Fiji :: Image #31866
Photo of Wananavu Beach Resort, Viti Levu Island, Fiji :: Image #31864
Photo of Wananavu Beach Resort, Viti Levu Island, Fiji :: Image #31863
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian and dendronephthya soft coral on coral reef. Both the sea fan gorgonian and the dendronephthya are type of alcyonacea soft corals that filter plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31447
Photo of Sarcophyton leather coral and sea fan gorgonian on pristine coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31446
Photo of Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Fiji :: Image #31445
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian and dendronephthya soft coral on coral reef. Both the sea fan gorgonian and the dendronephthya are type of alcyonacea soft corals that filter plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31444
Photo of Sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31443
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31442
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with gorgonian sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #31441
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31440
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and dendronephthya soft coral on coral reef. Both the sea fan gorgonian and the dendronephthya are type of alcyonacea soft corals that filter plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31439
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian and dendronephthya soft coral on coral reef. Both the sea fan gorgonian and the dendronephthya are type of alcyonacea soft corals that filter plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31438
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31437
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31436
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31435
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31433
Photo of Crinoids (feather stars) on hard corals, with anthias fish schooling in ocean currents, Fiji :: Image #31432
Photo of Colorful dendronephthya soft corals and various hard corals, flourishing on a pristine healthy south pacific coral reef. The soft corals are inflated in strong ocean currents, capturing passing planktonic food with their many small polyps. :: Image #31431
Photo of Vibrant colorful soft corals reaching into ocean currents, capturing passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31430
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31429
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31428
Photo of Anthias fairy basslet fish school over a Fijian coral reef, polarized and swimming together again a strong current. Fiji :: Image #31427
Photo of Anthias fairy basslet fish school over a Fijian coral reef, polarized and swimming together again a strong current. Fiji :: Image #31426
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31425
Photo of Branching whip coral (Ellisella sp.) captures passing planktonic food in ocean currents, Fiji :: Image #31424
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31423
Photo of Dendronephthya soft coral inflated in ocean current, filtering plankton, Fiji :: Image #31422
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31421
Photo of Sinularia flexibilis finger leather soft coral, Fiji :: Image #31420
Photo of Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis). Pink Anemonefish (Amphiprion perideraion) and Magnificent Anemone (Heteractis sp) over South Pacific Coral Reef :: Image #31419
Photo of Soft corals (gorgonians, dendronephthya) and hard corals cover a pristine and beautiful south Pacific coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31418
Photo of Colorful dendronephthya soft corals and various hard corals, flourishing on a pristine healthy south pacific coral reef. The soft corals are inflated in strong ocean currents, capturing passing planktonic food with their many small polyps. :: Image #31417
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31415
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31414
Photo of Pristine South Pacific tropical coral reef, with vibrant colorful dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31413
Photo of Spectacular pristine tropical reef, including dendronephthya soft corals, sarcophyton leather corals and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31412
Photo of Pristine South Pacific tropical coral reef, with vibrant colorful dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31411
Photo of Pristine South Pacific tropical coral reef, with vibrant colorful dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31410
Photo of Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31409
Photo of Various stony and soft corals on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. :: Image #31408
Photo of Colorful dendronephthya soft corals and various hard corals, flourishing on a pristine healthy south pacific coral reef. The soft corals are inflated in strong ocean currents, capturing passing planktonic food with their many small polyps. :: Image #31407
Photo of Acropora coral (foreground) on South Pacific Coral Reef, Fiji :: Image #31406
Photo of Sarcophyton leather coral on diverse coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31405
Photo of Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Fiji :: Image #31404
Photo of Sinularia flexibilis finger leather soft coral, Fiji :: Image #31403
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31402
Photo of Beautiful tropical reef in Fiji. The reef is covered with dendronephthya soft corals and sea fan gorgonians, with schooling Anthias fishes swimming against a strong current. :: Image #31401
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31400
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31399
Photo of Juvenile blue-green chromis schooling in ocean current over hard corals, Fijii :: Image #31398
Photo of Sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31397
Photo of Yellow crinoid, green fan coral and red gorgonian on colorful and pristine coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31396
Photo of Red Gorgonian and Yellow Crinoid on Coral Reef, Fiji :: Image #31395
Photo of Coral reefscape in Fiji. Stony corals, such as the various species in this image, grow a calcium carbonate skeleton which they leave behind when they die. Over years, this deposit of calcium carbonate builds up the foundation of the coral reef. Fiji. :: Image #31393
Photo of Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji :: Image #31392
Photo of Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji :: Image #31391
Photo of Bigeye Trevally Jacks, Schooling, Fiji :: Image #31390
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31389
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31388
Photo of Colorful dendronephthya soft corals and various hard corals, flourishing on a pristine healthy south pacific coral reef. The soft corals are inflated in strong ocean currents, capturing passing planktonic food with their many small polyps. :: Image #31387
Photo of Acropora sp. hard coral on South Pacific coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31386
Photo of Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji :: Image #31385
Photo of Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji :: Image #31384
Photo of Colorful dendronephthya soft corals and various hard corals, flourishing on a pristine healthy south pacific coral reef. The soft corals are inflated in strong ocean currents, capturing passing planktonic food with their many small polyps. :: Image #31383
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31382
Photo of Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with gorgonian sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji :: Image #31381
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31380
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31379
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31378
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31377
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31376
Photo of Anthias fairy basslet fish school over a Fijian coral reef, polarized and swimming together again a strong current. Fiji :: Image #31374
Photo of Gorgonian Sea Fan on Coral Reef, Fiji :: Image #31373
Photo of Brain corals on tropical coral reef, Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji. Left brain coral is Symphllia, right bain coral is Platygyra lamellina. :: Image #31371
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji :: Image #31370
Photo of Branching whip coral (Ellisella sp.) captures passing planktonic food in ocean currents, Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji :: Image #31369
Photo of Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Mount Mutiny, Bligh Waters, Fiji :: Image #31368
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31366
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31364
Photo of Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31363
Photo of Leather coral, Sinularia sp., Fiji :: Image #31359
Photo of Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. :: Image #31358
Photo of Spectacularly colorful dendronephthya soft corals on South Pacific reef, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji :: Image #31357
Photo of Crinoid clinging to gorgonian sea fan, Fiji :: Image #31355
Photo of Vibrant Dendronephthya soft corals, green fan coral and schooling Anthias fish on coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31354
Photo of Vibrant Dendronephthya soft corals, green fan coral and schooling Anthias fish on coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31352
Photo of Colorful Dendronephthya soft corals and red gorgonian and schooling Anthias fish on coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31351
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan gorgonian and schooling Anthias on pristine and beautiful coral reef, Fiji :: Image #31350
Photo of Remora, Slender Suckerfish, Echeneis naucrates, Fiji :: Image #31346
Photo of Plexauridae sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31344
Photo of Sea fan or gorgonian on coral reef. This gorgonian is a type of colonial alcyonacea soft coral that filters plankton from passing ocean currents. :: Image #31343
Photo of Wreck of the Nasi Yalo Dina, Fiji. The Nasi Yalodina was a Fijian medical ship that sunk after striking the reef here in 2001 :: Image #31342
Photo of Mexican Barracuda, Los Islotes, Baja Califorinia :: Image #31252
Photo of Large adult male sea lion underwater :: Image #31248
Photo of Sea lion harem of females, underwater :: Image #31247
Photo of Sardines and Scad, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31246
Photo of California sea lion and school of sardines underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California :: Image #31245
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31244
Photo of Sea lion scratches its back on underwater stones :: Image #31243
Photo of Sea lion blowing underwater bubbles as it stands on its flippers :: Image #31240
Photo of Young California sea lion pup underwater, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31239
Photo of Young California sea lion pup underwater, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31238
Photo of Young California sea lion pups underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31237
Photo of California sea lions and school of sardines underwater, Baja California, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31236
Photo of California sea lion and school of sardines underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California :: Image #31235
Photo of California sea lion with scar around neck from monofiliment fishing line entanglement at Los Islotes in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31234
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31233
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31232
Photo of California sea lion underwater, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31231
Photo of Blue-bronze sea chub schooling, Sea of Cortez :: Image #31230
Photo of Milky Way over Tenaya Lake, Polly Dome (left), Tenaya Peak (center), Yosemite National Park :: Image #31185
Photo of Panorama of Bear Creek Spire over Long Lake at Sunrise, Little Lakes Valley, John Muir Wilderness, Inyo National Forest :: Image #31173
Photo of Perseid Meteor Shower over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, Aug 13, 2014 :: Image #31144
Photo of Oak Alley Plantation and its famous shaded tunnel of 300-year-old southern live oak trees (Quercus virginiana). The plantation is now designated as a National Historic Landmark. :: Image #31018
Photo of Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by :: Image #30956
Photo of California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef below kelp forest, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, San Clemente Island. :: Image #30909
Photo of Garibaldi and red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by :: Image #30870
Photo of Garibaldi and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by :: Image #30864
Photo of Aerial Photo of South La Jolla State Marine Reserve :: Image #30748
Photo of Aerial Photo of San Diego Scripps Coastal SMCA. Blacks Beach and Torrey Pines State Reserve :: Image #30736
Photo of Lunar Eclipse Setting over Joshua Tree National Park, April 4 2015 :: Image #30720
Photo of Aerial photo of Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad. The Batiquitos Lagoon is a coastal wetland in southern Carlsbad, California. Part of the lagoon is designated as the Batiquitos Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area, run by the California Department of Fish and Game as a nature reserve :: Image #30665
Photo of Aerial Photo of San Diego Scripps Coastal SMCA. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Research Pier. :: Image #30626
Photo of Aerial Photo of San Diego Scripps Coastal SMCA. Blacks Beach and Torrey Pines State Reserve :: Image #30622
Photo of Aerial photo of Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad. The Batiquitos Lagoon is a coastal wetland in southern Carlsbad, California. Part of the lagoon is designated as the Batiquitos Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area, run by the California Department of Fish and Game as a nature reserve :: Image #30569
Photo of Aerial photo of Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad. The Batiquitos Lagoon is a coastal wetland in southern Carlsbad, California. Part of the lagoon is designated as the Batiquitos Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area, run by the California Department of Fish and Game as a nature reserve :: Image #30563
Photo of Sand verbena wildflowers on sand dunes, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #30495
Photo of Adult male killer whale, tall dorsal fin, Palos Verdes :: Image #30435
Photo of Killer whale attacking sea lion. Biggs transient orca and California sea lion. :: Image #30429
Photo of Heermanns gull in flight :: Image #30348
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #30303
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch :: Image #30300
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch :: Image #30299
Photo of Brown pelican preening, cleaning its feathers after foraging on the ocean, with distinctive winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch :: Image #30298
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch :: Image #30295
Photo of A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. :: Image #30290
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. :: Image #30287
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. :: Image #30284
Photo of California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. :: Image #30276
Photo of California Brown Pelicans flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. Encinitas and Carlsbad coastline in the background. :: Image #30275
Photo of Unridden wave at Torrey Pines, La Jolla in the distance. :: Image #30274
Photo of Ocotillo Wind Energy Turbines, at night with stars and the Milky Way in the sky above, the moving turbine blades illuminated by a small flashlight. :: Image #30239
Photo of San Diego Bay and Skyline, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #30208
Photo of San Diego Bay and Skyline, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #30204
Photo of Tombstones at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, with downtown San Diego in the distance :: Image #30200
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, over the ocean. :: Image #30183
Photo of Incoming waves at sunset, Carlsbad :: Image #30177
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, over the ocean. :: Image #30172
Photo of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. :: Image #30169
Photo of Cormorants in flight, wings blurred by time exposure :: Image #30163
Photo of Leopard, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #30032
Photo of Maasai Giraffe, Maasai Mara National Reserve :: Image #29960
Photo of Lion female, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya :: Image #29917
Photo of Mixed Herd of Wildebeest and Zebra, aerial photo, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya :: Image #29823
Photo of Lionness and two week old cub, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya :: Image #29793
Photo of Milky Way galaxy over Mobius Arch at night, Alabama Hills. :: Image #29409
Photo of San Miguel Island south side, aerial photograph :: Image #29385
Photo of Point Bennett, San Miguel Island, aerial photograph :: Image #29381
Photo of Webster Point, Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph :: Image #29365
Photo of San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island :: Image #29358
Photo of Palomar Observatory at Night under the Milky Way, Panoramic photograph :: Image #29345
Photo of Milky Way over Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees, Inyo National Forest :: Image #29325
Photo of Milky Way over Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees, Inyo National Forest :: Image #29319
Photo of Sunset over Garden of the Gods, Arches National Park :: Image #29264
Photo of Milky Way over Sandstone Fins. Sandstone fins stand on edge. Vertical fractures separate standing plates of sandstone that are eroded into freestanding fins, that may one day further erode into arches. :: Image #29254
Photo of False Kiva at Sunset, Canyonlands National Park, Utah :: Image #29252
Photo of Stars and Iridium Flare over Double Arch, Arches National Park :: Image #29250
Photo of Stars over Corona Arch at Night, Moab, Utah :: Image #29241
Photo of Balboa Pier, sunrise :: Image #29139
Photo of Balboa Pier, sunrise :: Image #29138
Photo of Torrey Pines cliffs :: Image #29133
Photo of Full Moon rising over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Harbor Island :: Image #29120
Photo of Gray whale blowing at the ocean surface, exhaling and breathing as it prepares to dive underwater. :: Image #29045
Photo of Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. :: Image #29001
Photo of Brown pelican, entangled in monofilament fishing line, showing winter mating plumage colors :: Image #28966
Photo of Oceanside Pier at Dawn :: Image #28876
Photo of Full Moon over Oceanside Pier at Dawn :: Image #28875
Photo of Laguna Beach coastline at night, lit by a full moon :: Image #28863
Photo of La Jolla Cove and pre-dawn light. :: Image #28847
Photo of Encinitas city sign lit at night over Highway 101 :: Image #28841
Photo of San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left) viewed from the San Diego Embarcadero Marine Park, sunrise :: Image #28819
Photo of Milky Way over Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #28411
Photo of The Milky Way stretches across the sky above Arch Rock in Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #28407
Photo of Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise. :: Image #28395
Photo of San Diego City Skyline at Sunrise :: Image #28381
Photo of The Children's Pool, also known as Casa Cove, in pre-dawn light, La Jolla. :: Image #28359
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, skizzing just above a large breaking wave. :: Image #28354
Photo of 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 :: Image #28331
Photo of Delicate Arch and Milky Way, lit by quarter moon, hiker's flashlight and the fading blue sky one hour after sunset. Arches National Park, Utah. :: Image #27855
Photo of The coast of Oceanside California, waves and surfers, beach houses, just before sunset, winter, looking south. :: Image #27606
Photo of California brown pelican on Oceanside Pier, sitting on the pier railing, sunset, winter. :: Image #27602
Photo of Large group of bachelor adult male California sea lions, underwater view, at Isla Las Animas near La Paz, Sea of Cortez, Baja California. :: Image #27460
Photo of California sea lion injured by fishing line, at Los Islotes in the Southern Sea of Cortez :: Image #27419
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve. :: Image #27247
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve. :: Image #27194
Photo of San Diego harbor and skyline, viewed at sunset. :: Image #27146
Photo of A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance. :: Image #27130
Photo of Mono Lake sunset, Sierra Nevada mountain range and tufas, clouds reflected in the still waters of Mono Lake. :: Image #26978
Photo of Sun pillar rises over the Sierra Nevada and this Mono Lake sunset, Sierra Nevada mountain range and tufas, clouds reflected in the still waters of Mono Lake. :: Image #26968
Photo of Parry's Nolina, or Giant Nolina, a flowering plant native to southern California and Arizona founds in deserts and mountains to 6200'. It can reach 6' in height with its flowering inflorescence reaching 12'. :: Image #26725
Photo of San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina viewed from the San Diego Embacadero Marine Park. :: Image #26559
Photo of La Jolla Cove and earth shadow at dawn. Just before sunrise the shadow of the Earth can seen as the darker sky below the pink sunrise :: Image #26523
Photo of Fire Arch or Windstone Arch, also known as Fire Cave, is a tiny cave with a miniature arch and a group of natural pocket holes. Many people walk by this cave without realizing it is there! :: Image #26475
Photo of Arch Rock at sunrise, Valley of Fire State Park. Natural arch formed in sandstone. Sunrise with the full moon setting over mountains in the distance. :: Image #26472
Photo of Sockeye salmon, swim upstream in the Adams River, traveling to reach the place where they hatched four years earlier in order to spawn a new generation of salmon eggs. :: Image #26165
Photo of A sockeye salmon swims in the shallows of the Adams River, with the surrounding forest visible in this split-level over-under photograph. :: Image #26156
Photo of A sockeye salmon swims in the shallows of the Adams River, with the surrounding forest visible in this split-level over-under photograph. :: Image #26148
Photo of A school of sockeye salmon, swimming up the Adams River to spawn, where they will lay eggs and die. :: Image #26146
Photo of Photographer in the Virgin River Narrows, with flowing water, autumn cottonwood trees and towering red sandstone cliffs. :: Image #26106
Photo of The Virgin River flows through the Zion Narrows, with tall sandstone walls towering hundreds of feet above. :: Image #26103
Photo of The Subway, a iconic eroded sandstone formation in Zion National Park. :: Image #26092
Photo of Yellow cottonwood trees in autumn, fall colors in the Virgin River Narrows in Zion National Park. :: Image #26091
Photo of Yellow cottonwood trees in autumn, fall colors in the Virgin River Narrows in Zion National Park. :: Image #26090
Photo of The Moon. Full Moon. :: Image #26047
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. :: Image #25956
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. :: Image #25954
Photo of Blue whale swims at the surface of the ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. :: Image #25952
Photo of Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. :: Image #25241
Photo of Sunset on the Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. :: Image #25240
Photo of Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave. :: Image #23294
Photo of Panorama of Nameless Lake (10709'), surrounded by glacier-sculpted granite peaks of the Cathedral Range, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. :: Image #23211
Photo of Panoramic view from Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country, looking south. A hiker appears twice in this curious panoramic photo, enjoying the spectacular view. Visible on the left are Parson's Peak (12147'), Gallison Lake and Bernice Lake, while Vogelsang Peak (11516') rises to the right. :: Image #23210
Photo of El Capitan eastern face, sunrise. :: Image #22770
Photo of Yosemite Falls, mist and and storm clouds. :: Image #22767
Photo of Yosemite Falls rises above the Merced River, viewed from Swinging Bridge. :: Image #22757
Photo of Juvenile bald eagle, second year coloration plumage, closeup of head, snowflakes visible on feathers. Immature coloration showing white speckling on feathers. :: Image #22612
Photo of Bald eagle in flight spreads its wings wide while slowing to land on a perch already occupied by other eagles. :: Image #22611
Photo of Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. :: Image #22610
Photo of Bald eagle forages in tide waters on sand beach, snow falling. :: Image #22609
Photo of Bald eagle, standing on snow-covered ground, other bald eagles in the background. :: Image #22608
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, banking at a steep angle before turning and diving, wings spread. :: Image #22607
Photo of Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. :: Image #22606
Photo of Bald eagle eating a fish, standing on snow-covered ground, other bald eagles visible in background. :: Image #22605
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, wing spread, soaring. :: Image #22604
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #22565
Photo of San Diego city skyline at sunset, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island. A panoramic photograph, composite of four separate images. :: Image #22253
Photo of Sea otters mating. The male holds the female's head or nose with his jaws during copulation. Visible scars are often present on females from this behavior. Sea otters have a polygynous mating system. Many males actively defend territories and will mate with females that inhabit their territory or seek out females in estrus if no territory is established. Males and females typically bond for the duration of estrus, or about 3 days. :: Image #21606
Photo of Great white shark, underwater. :: Image #21359
Photo of Great white shark, underwater. :: Image #21358
Photo of Great white shark, dorsal fin extended out of the water as it swims near the surface. :: Image #21353
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. :: Image #21256
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. :: Image #21254
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20232
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading its wings wide to slow before landing on cliffs overlooking the ocean. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #20230
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading its wings wide to slow before landing on cliffs overlooking the ocean. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #20229
Photo of Brown pelican closeup showing characteristic winter mating plumage, including yellow head, dark brown nape of neck and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20154
Photo of Brown pelican head throw, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #20148
Photo of Brown pelican, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck colors of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. :: Image #20081
Photo of Western gull, flying. :: Image #20061
Photo of Western gull, flying. :: Image #20060
Photo of 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. :: Image #20051
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #20012
Photo of Bull elk in sage brush with large rack of antlers during the fall rut (mating season). This bull elk has sparred with other bulls to establish his harem of females with which he hopes to mate. :: Image #19718
Photo of 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. :: Image #19700
Photo of Breaking wave, tube, hollow barrel, morning surf. :: Image #19532
Photo of Dorsal fin of a great white shark breaks the surface as the shark swims just below. :: Image #19490
Photo of Breaking wave, early morning surf. :: Image #19406
Photo of Breaking wave, early morning surf. :: Image #19405
Photo of Breaking wave, early morning surf. :: Image #19404
Photo of Sunset wave. :: Image #19396
Photo of Cardiff, morning surf. :: Image #17884
Photo of Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17785
Photo of Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17783
Photo of Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad, California. :: Image #17394
Photo of Darwin's Arch, a dramatic 50-foot tall natural lava arch, rises above the ocean a short distance offshore of Darwin Island. On June 10, 2021, Darwin's Arch broke and fell into the ocean, leaving behind two partial pillars. :: Image #16621
Photo of Double-crested cormorant, breeding plumage showing tufts. :: Image #15785
Photo of Pacific harbor seal, mother and pup. :: Image #15750
Photo of A Pacific harbor seal eyes the photographer while swimming in the shallows. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach. :: Image #15546
Photo of Brock Little, final round, Mavericks surf contest (third place), February 7, 2006. :: Image #15300
Photo of Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #15124
Photo of Brown pelican. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage with brown neck, yellow and white head and bright red gular throat pouch. :: Image #15123
Photo of Surf, wave, winter, morning, Ponto, South Carlsbad. :: Image #14980
Photo of San Diego city skyline at dusk, viewed from Harbor Island, the Star of India at right. :: Image #14533
Photo of Breaking wave at the Wedge. :: Image #14370
Photo of 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. :: Image #13843
Photo of Mount Rainier is reflected in Upper Tipsoo Lake. :: Image #13834
Photo of Lemon shark. :: Image #10767
Photo of A great white shark bearing a white plastic researcher's identification ID tag near its dorsal fin 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. :: Image #7739
Photo of Ocean sunfish schooling near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California. :: Image #6311
Photo of Ocean sunfish schooling near drift kelp, soliciting cleaner fishes, open ocean, Baja California. :: Image #6308
Photo of North Pacific humpback whales, part of a larger competitive group of humpbacks. :: Image #5946
Photo of Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. :: Image #5928
Photo of Blue whale, the largest animal ever to live on earth, underwater view in the open ocean. :: Image #5810
Photo of Cardon cactus, near La Paz, Baja California, Mexico. Known as the elephant cactus or Mexican giant cactus, cardon is largest cactus in the world and is endemic to the deserts of the Baja California peninsula. Some specimens of cardon have been measured over 21m (70) high. These slow-growing plants live up to 300 years and can weigh 25 tons. Cardon is often mistaken for the superficially similar saguaro of Arizona and Sonora, but the saguaro does not occupy Baja California. :: Image #5498
Photo of Barberfish. :: Image #5059
Photo of Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean :: Image #4879
Photo of Blue shark, Baja California. :: Image #4851
Photo of Pacific bottlenose dolphin. :: Image #4564
Photo of Large competitive group of humpback whales seen underwater. :: Image #4462
Photo of Northern elephant seal underwater at Guadalupe Island :: Image #3508
Photo of California Golden gorgonian polyps. The golden gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by. :: Image #3481
Photo of Gray whale baleen. :: Image #3388
Photo of Gray whales at sunset, Laguna San Ignacio. :: Image #3387
Photo of Pacific harbor seal swims in the protected waters of Childrens Pool in La Jolla, California. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach. :: Image #3018
Photo of Pacific harbor seal swims in the protected waters of Childrens Pool in La Jolla, California. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach. :: Image #3015
Photo of California sea lion. :: Image #2981
Photo of Humpback whale competitive group, underwater, swimming quickly and one trailing a stream of bubbles. :: Image #2854
Photo of Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next. :: Image #2794
Photo of Blue shark, open ocean. :: Image #2290
Photo of Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean. :: Image #1910
Photo of Blue shark showing ampullae of Lorenzini, eye and small portion of nictitating membrane. :: Image #1076
Photo of Polyp of a strawberry anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph). :: Image #1039
Photo of Rose Islet. :: Image #839
Photo of North Pacific humpback whale, peduncle throw. :: Image #443
Photo of Barrier Reef around Moorea Island, French Polynesia. Cook's Bay to the left, Opunohu Bay to the right. The outer reef slope is seen adjacent to deep blue oceanic water with white waves breaking against the reef edge. Next, a wide shallow reef flat occurs dotted with coral bommies. Inside of that, a shallow protected lagoon is formed against the island. Tall, rugged, eroded mountains are seen hinting at the age of the ancient volcano that originally formed the island and that is now sinking back down, leaving the encircling reef behind. :: Image #40673
Photo of Aerial View of the San Rafael Reef, Utah. This is a canyon-like section of the San Rafael Reef, photographed at sunrise. The "reef proper" is on the right, with its characteristic triangular flatiron erosion. The canyon in the center is a fold in the Earth's crust affiliated with the boundary of the San Rafael Swell. The colors seen here arise primarily from Navajo and Wingate sandstone. :: Image #39497
Photo of Ocean Sunfish Pooping as it Swims in the Open Ocean. Fish crapping. Fish poop. Fish shit. Defecation :: Image #39462
Photo of Red gorgonian with polyps retracted, Leptogorgia chilensis, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California :: Image #37263
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37211
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance :: Image #36741
Photo of California Sea Lion yawning, La Jolla, California :: Image #36572
Photo of California Sea Lion portrait, La Jolla, California :: Image #36569
Photo of Broken Hill by the first light of dawn, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve, La Jolla and Mount Soledad in the distance. :: Image #36568
Photo of Atop South Coronado Island, aerial photo :: Image #35088
Photo of Submarine Reef with Bryozoan clusters, Hydrocoral and Invertebrates, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #34189
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33126
Photo of Selfie with Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32685
Photo of Punta Colorada and San Gabriel Bay, aerial photo, Isla Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #32368
Photo of Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja. :: Image #30467
Photo of Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja. :: Image #30464
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head. :: Image #30413
Photo of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. :: Image #30194
Photo of Serval cat, melanistic variation (all black) with prey, Meru National Park, Kenya :: Image #29689
Photo of The OVRO 40 meter Telescope, part of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory located near Big Pine, California, USA. The telescope is used to conduct interferometric observations along with the other telescopes in the observatory, as a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) station and as a single dish instrument. Its main focus today is on the monitoring of blazars. :: Image #28793
Photo of The OVRO 40 meter Telescope, part of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory located near Big Pine, California, USA. The telescope is used to conduct interferometric observations along with the other telescopes in the observatory, as a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) station and as a single dish instrument. Its main focus today is on the monitoring of blazars. :: Image #28788
Photo of Zodiacal Light and planet Jupiter in the northeastern horizon, above Half Dome and the Yosemite high country. :: Image #28745
Photo of View from Crater Lake Lodge, Crater Lake National Park :: Image #28673
Photo of Crater Lake panoramic photograph. Panorama picture of Crater Lake National Park. :: Image #28663
Photo of Monument Valley panorama, sunrise, dawn, stars in the sky. :: Image #28598
Photo of Light Beam in Upper Antelope Slot Canyon. Thin shafts of light briefly penetrate the convoluted narrows of Upper Antelope Slot Canyon, sending piercing beams through the sandstone maze to the sand floor below. :: Image #28563
Photo of Owachomo Bridge and Star Trails, at night. Owachomo Bridge, a natural stone bridge standing 106' high and spanning 130' wide,stretches across a canyon with the Milky Way crossing the night sky. :: Image #28550
Photo of Owachomo Bridge and Milky Way. Owachomo Bridge, a natural stone bridge standing 106' high and spanning 130' wide,stretches across a canyon with the Milky Way crossing the night sky. :: Image #28545
Photo of Tufa and Stars at Night, Milky Way galaxy :: Image #28519
Photo of Torrey Pines Cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Razor Point view to La Jolla, San Diego, California. :: Image #28485
Photo of Milky Way over Joshua Tree National Park at Astronomical Twilight, Pre-dawn :: Image #28414
Photo of River Seine and Notre Dame Cathedral at Sunrise. Notre Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris. :: Image #28210
Photo of Sacre-Coeur Basilica. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacre-Coeur Basilica, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. :: Image #28118
Photo of The Louvre Pyramid at Night, Pyramide du Louvre, large glass and metal pyramid in the main courtyard (Cour Napoleon) of the Louvre Palace (Palais du Louvre) in Paris :: Image #28095
Photo of Arc de Triomphe. The Arc de Triomphe (Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile) is one of the most famous monuments in Paris. It stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (originally named Place de l'Etoile), at the western end of the Champs-Elysees. The Arc de Triomphe (in English: "Triumphal Arch") honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The monument was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806, and its iconographic program pitted heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail. It set the tone for public monuments, with triumphant patriotic messages. The monument stands 50 metres (164 ft) in height, 45 m (148 ft) wide and 22 m (72 ft) deep. :: Image #28083
Photo of False Kiva at Sunset, Canyonlands National Park, Utah :: Image #28017
Photo of Sailing stone on the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter :: Image #27691
Photo of California sea lion underwater. :: Image #27420
Photo of Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging for food. :: Image #27352
Photo of Blue whale feeding on krill underwater closeup photo. A picture of a blue whale with its throat pleats inflated with a mouthful of krill. :: Image #27309
Photo of California brown pelican, bill detail. :: Image #27267
Photo of California brown pelican preening, bill and feather detail. :: Image #27260
Photo of Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. :: Image #27113
Photo of Breaking wave fast motion and blur. The Wedge. :: Image #27073
Photo of Northern elephant seal. :: Image #26698
Photo of California brown pelican, pre-sunrise. :: Image #26283
Photo of Flock of red-winged blackbirds, in flight, blurred in time exposure. :: Image #26200
Photo of Snow goose in flight. :: Image #26199
Photo of Southern humpback whale in Antarctica, with significant diatomaceous growth (brown) on the underside of its fluke, lifting its fluke before diving in Neko Harbor, Antarctica. :: Image #25647
Photo of Adelie penguin on an iceberg. :: Image #25006
Photo of Mountains, glaciers and ocean, the rugged and beautiful topography of South Georgia Island. :: Image #24580
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck. :: Image #23654
Photo of California pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean. The wingspan of this large ocean-going seabird can reach 7' from wing tip to wing tip. :: Image #23652
Photo of California pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean. The wingspan of this large ocean-going seabird can reach 7' from wing tip to wing tip. :: Image #23651
Photo of Brown pelican stretches its neck, to keep its throat pouch limber. The characteristic winter mating plumage of the California race of brown pelican is shown, with deep red gular throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck. :: Image #23648
Photo of Brown pelican, juvenile with blue and gray identification bands on its legs. These tags aid scientists in understanding how the birds travel and recover if they have been rehabilitated. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning :: Image #23630
Photo of Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning :: Image #23627
Photo of Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning :: Image #23622
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20231
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20080
Photo of Brown pelican, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck colors of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. :: Image #20075
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #20018
Photo of Brown pelican spreads its enormous wings to slow before landing on seaside cliffs. Brown pelicans appear awkward but in fact are superb and efficient fliers, ranging far over the ocean in search of fish to dive upon. They typically nest on offshore islands and inaccessible ocean cliffs. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. :: Image #20017
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #20016
Photo of San Diego harbor skyline, late afternoon, storm clouds and mountains, Lyons Peak in the distance. :: Image #15672
Photo of Brown pelicans feeding en masse on clouds of krill, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #3171
Photo of California sea lion. :: Image #2943
Photo of Guadalupe fur seals resting. :: Image #2106
Photo of Osprey in Flight in La Jolla :: Image #39855
Photo of Osprey in Flight in La Jolla :: Image #39854
Photo of A California Brown Pelican flying over the Pacific Ocean, spreads its large wings wide to slow down as it banks, turns in midair, to land on seacliffs in La Jolla. Winter adult non-breeding plumage. :: Image #39788
Photo of La Jolla Cove and Point La Jolla at Dawn, waves blur into abstract white, pre-sunrise soft light :: Image #38915
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, captured beautifully as it soars over cliffs and the ocean in La Jolla, California. :: Image #37575
Photo of Sea Caves, the famous La Jolla sea caves lie below tall cliffs at Goldfish Point. Sunny Jim Cave. Sunrise. Sea gulls floating in the water blur in this time exposure. Cormorants rest on jagged edges of the cliffs. :: Image #37470
Photo of Female sea lion at the Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #37311
Photo of Selfie, giant kelp forest, Catalina Island :: Image #37296
Photo of Brown gorgonian and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef below kelp forest, Catalina Island. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #37292
Photo of Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis with yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthis giveni, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California :: Image #37269
Photo of Garibaldi maintains a patch of orange algae (just in front of the fish) to entice a female to lay a clutch of eggs, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #37255
Photo of Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #37220
Photo of The corallimorph Corynactis californica, similar to both stony corals and anemones, is typified by a wide oral disk and short tentacles that radiate from the mouth. The tentacles grasp food passing by in ocean currents. :: Image #37200
Photo of Yosemite Falls in Spring, viewed from Yosemite Falls trail :: Image #36906
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest :: Image #36874
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest :: Image #36873
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #36737
Photo of Brown pelicans and a double-crested cormorant rest onseacliffs above the ocean. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage with brown neck, yellow and white head and bright red-orange gular throat pouch. :: Image #36711
Photo of California Sea Lion pup nuzzles its mother, La Jolla, California :: Image #36578
Photo of California Sea Lion pup playing on top of its resting mother, La Jolla, California :: Image #36577
Photo of California Sea Lion portrait, La Jolla, California :: Image #36574
Photo of Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35320
Photo of Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35319
Photo of Hooded Nudibranch Melibe leonina swimming in mid water column, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada :: Image #35316
Photo of Middle Coronado Island, aerial photo. Moonlight Cove on the left. Middle Rocks (Middle Grounds) and North Coronado Island in the distance. :: Image #35087
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch :: Image #34197
Photo of Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California :: Image #33688
Photo of Corynactis anemone polyp, a corallimorph, extends its arms into passing ocean currents to catch food :: Image #33477
Photo of Desert Sunflower blooms in a spectacular display in Anza Borrego Desert State Park during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33188
Photo of Wildflowers bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33179
Photo of Wildflowers bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33154
Photo of Fishing Longline, Wrapped and Embedded in Coral Head, Clipperton Island :: Image #32955
Photo of Cabo Pearce on Socorro Island, aerial photo, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico :: Image #32909
Photo of Selfie with Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32684
Photo of Great hammerhead shark :: Image #31969
Photo of Expert hand feeds multiple tiger sharks in the Bahamas :: Image #31899
Photo of Tiger shark :: Image #31890
Photo of Corynactis anemones on Oil Rig Elly underwater structure :: Image #31130
Photo of Oak Alley Plantation and its famous shaded tunnel of 300-year-old southern live oak trees (Quercus virginiana). The plantation is now designated as a National Historic Landmark. :: Image #31015
Photo of Milky Way during Full Lunar Eclipse over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, April 4 2015 :: Image #30718
Photo of Aerial Photo of Tijuana River Mouth SMCA. Tijuana River Mouth State Marine Conservation Area borders Imperial Beach and the Mexican Border. :: Image #30648
Photo of Fluke (tail) of killer whale, Biggs Transient Orca, Palos Verdes :: Image #30436
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. :: Image #30283
Photo of African elephant herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #29536
Photo of African elephant herd, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #29510
Photo of Milky Way at Night over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #29196
Photo of California 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 :: Image #28972
Photo of Sunrise Clouds and Surf, Hospital Point, La Jolla :: Image #28829
Photo of Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. :: Image #28589
Photo of Panorama of Natural Bridges National Monument at sunset. Owachomo Bridge is visible at far left, while Natural Bridges National Monument lies under a beautiful sunset. :: Image #28551
Photo of Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, panoramic photograph, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise. :: Image #28464
Photo of Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. :: Image #27990
Photo of Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. :: Image #27775
Photo of Torrey Pines balloon aerial survey photo. Torrey Pines seacliffs, rising up to 300 feet above the ocean, stretch from Del Mar to La Jolla. On the mesa atop the bluffs are found Torrey pine trees, one of the rare species of pines in the world. Peregrine falcons nest at the edge of the cliffs. This photo was made as part of an experimental balloon aerial photographic survey flight over Torrey Pines State Reserve, by permission of Torrey Pines State Reserve. :: Image #27271
Photo of Vernal Falls and Merced River in spring, heavy flow due to snow melt in the high country above Yosemite Valley. :: Image #26878
Photo of The Milky Way galaxy above Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park, night star field exposure. :: Image #26862
Photo of Cathedral Rocks at sunrise, reflected in a spring meadow flooded by the Merced River. :: Image #26856
Photo of Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean. :: Image #26817
Photo of Boulders and sunset in Joshua Tree National Park. The warm sunlight gently lights unusual boulder formations at Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, California. :: Image #26730
Photo of Boulders and sunset in Joshua Tree National Park. The warm sunlight gently lights unusual boulder formations at Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, California. :: Image #26720
Photo of Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel at sunset, viewed from the San Diego Embarcadero Marine Park. :: Image #26560
Photo of Western gull. :: Image #26466
Photo of Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water. :: Image #26340
Photo of Sandhill cranes flying, wings blurred from long time exposure. :: Image #26216
Photo of Adams River sockeye salmon. A female sockeye salmon swims upstream in the Adams River to spawn, having traveled hundreds of miles upstream from the ocean. :: Image #26170
Photo of Adams River sockeye salmon. A female sockeye salmon swims upstream in the Adams River to spawn, having traveled hundreds of miles upstream from the ocean. :: Image #26168
Photo of Two male sockeye salmon, swimming together against the current of the Adams River. After four years of life and two migrations of the Fraser and Adams Rivers, they will soon fertilize a female's eggs and then die. :: Image #26163
Photo of Sockeye salmon, swim upstream in the Adams River, traveling to reach the place where they hatched four years earlier in order to spawn a new generation of salmon eggs. :: Image #26155
Photo of Carcasses of dead sockeye salmon, line the edge of the Adams River. These salmon have already completed their spawning and have died, while other salmon are still swimming upstream and have yet to lay their eggs. :: Image #26154
Photo of Sockeye salmon, swimming upstream in the shallow waters of the Adams River. When they reach the place where they hatched from eggs four years earlier, they will spawn and die. :: Image #26152
Photo of Adams River sockeye salmon. A female sockeye salmon swims upstream in the Adams River to spawn, having traveled hundreds of miles upstream from the ocean. :: Image #26145
Photo of Catalina Island, West End. :: Image #25979
Photo of Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's pink throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. :: Image #25660
Photo of Brittlebush at sunrise, dawn, springtime bloom, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. :: Image #24301
Photo of Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning :: Image #23638
Photo of Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning :: Image #23626
Photo of Panorama of Vogelsang basin, surrounding Vogelsang Lake in Yosemite's High Sierra, viewed from near Vogelsang Pass (10685'). Left is Vogelsang Peak (11516'), Choo-choo Ridge is in the distant middle, and the western flank of Fletcher Peak is to the right. :: Image #23217
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, banking over Kachemak Bay and beach. :: Image #22620
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, snow falling, overcast sky, snow covered beach and Kachemak Bay in the background. :: Image #22619
Photo of Two bald eagles on wooden perch. :: Image #22618
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, Kachemak Bay and the Kenai Mountains in the background. :: Image #22617
Photo of Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. :: Image #22616
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, wings spread as it slows to land, talons raised. :: Image #22615
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, wings spread. :: Image #22614
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, banking over beach with Kachemak Bay in background. :: Image #22613
Photo of 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. :: Image #22143
Photo of Sunrise in Joshua Tree National Park. :: Image #22101
Photo of Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. :: Image #21255
Photo of Pacific harbor seal on wet sandy beach. :: Image #20214
Photo of Brown pelican head throw, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #20204
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, winter mating plumage with distinctive dark brown nape and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20158
Photo of Brown pelican raising its bill in a head throw to stretch is throat. Winter plumage, non-mating coloration. :: Image #20155
Photo of Brown pelicans preening. After wiping its long beak on the uropygial gland near the base of its tail, the pelican spreads the preen oil on feathers about its body, helping to keep them water resistant, an important protection for a bird that spends much of its life diving in the ocean for prey. :: Image #20034
Photo of Brown pelican with wings spread during flight. The large wings of an adult brown pelican can reach over 7 feet from end to end. :: Image #19926
Photo of Self portrait, panorama of Exit Glacier. Exit Glacier, one of 35 glaciers that are spawned by the enormous Harding Icefield, is the only one that can be easily reached on foot. :: Image #19112
Photo of Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17779
Photo of 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. :: Image #15394
Photo of Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. Long exposure shows motion as a blur. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage with dark brown hindneck and bright red gular throat pouch. :: Image #15136
Photo of Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning. :: Image #13852
Photo of Northern elephant seal, sunset. Scars on neck and chest are from territorial battles with other adult males. Big Sur. :: Image #10037
Photo of Scalloped hammerhead shark swims underwater at Cocos Island. 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. :: Image #3192
Photo of Blue whale, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. :: Image #1964
Photo of Whale shark. :: Image #1502
Photo of Inquisitive Calf South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40648
Photo of Wood Stork, Mycteria americana :: Image #40557
Photo of Royal Tern in Flight over the Ocean in La Jolla :: Image #40187
Photo of California ground squirrel, Otospermophilus beecheyi, La Jolla :: Image #40157
Photo of Double-crested cormorant drys its wings in the sun following a morning of foraging in the ocean, La Jolla cliffs, near San Diego :: Image #40156
Photo of Mated pair of Brandt's Cormorants tend to the nest they have built on sea cliffs. Note the colors they assume during mating season: striking blue gular pouch (throat) along with faint blue-green iridescence in their plumage. :: Image #40135
Photo of Brown Pelican Carry Nesting Material as it Flies over the Ocean :: Image #40122
Photo of Brown Pelican in Flight Approaching Crowded Ocean Cliffs to Land :: Image #40103
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying in Front of a Big Wave in La Jolla :: Image #40098
Photo of Aerial photo of Crystal Pier with Holiday Christmas Lights at night. The Crystal Pier, Holiday Lights and Pacific Ocean at sunset, 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. :: Image #39999
Photo of California Sea Lions in Golden Morning LIght at La Jolla Cove :: Image #39853
Photo of A California Brown Pelican flying over the Pacific Ocean, spreads its large wings wide to slow down as it banks, turns in midair, to land on seacliffs in La Jolla. Winter adult non-breeding plumage. :: Image #39798
Photo of Juvenile Western Gull in Flight, La Jolla. Note the dark tail, pale barred rump, and dark brown primaries and secondaries. :: Image #39778
Photo of Juvenile Western Gull in Flight, La Jolla. Note the dark tail, pale barred rump, and dark brown primaries and secondaries. :: Image #39776
Photo of First Winter Juvenile Heermann's Gull in Flight, La Jolla :: Image #39775
Photo of Ocean Sunfish Under a Boat in the Open Ocean near San Diego :: Image #39464
Photo of Reflection of Yosemite Falls in Flooded Cooks Meadow. The Merced River overflows its banks following the historical storms of 2023, flooding Yosemite Valley and producing pools that reflect a roaring Upper Yosemite Falls. This is a reflection, flipped upside down. :: Image #39381
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Portrait in Overcast Light :: Image #39043
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap, La Jolla. California sea lion in the background. :: Image #38955
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, breaking waves and surf in the background, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38947
Photo of Pelican in Flight over Huge Waves in La Jolla, foamy ocean background, adult winter breeding plumage, wings spread wide. :: Image #38911
Photo of Snow geese resting, on a still pond in early morning light, in groups of several thousands :: Image #38722
Photo of Brown pelicans jousting with their long bills, competing for space on a sea cliff over the ocean, with bright red throat, yellow and white head, adult non-breeding winter plumage :: Image #38671
Photo of California brown pelican breeding plumage portrait. While this adult brown pelican exhibits the brown hind neck of a breeding adult, it displays an unusual yellow throat rather than the more typical red throat. :: Image #38670
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38644
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38643
Photo of Juvenile western gull portrait against ocean backdrop, suspected second or third winter plumage :: Image #38594
Photo of Ocean sunfish portrait underwater, Mola mola, San Diego :: Image #38538
Photo of Mist and storm clouds over Bass Lake, aerial photo, autumn :: Image #38531
Photo of Moonrise and spectacular pink sunset over Bass Lake, Goat Mountain rises to the right, aerial panoramic photo :: Image #38529
Photo of Stone Steps Beach at Sunset, Aerial Panorama, Encinitas, California :: Image #38093
Photo of Factory Butte at sunrise, aerial photo, Utah. An exceptional example of solitary butte surrounded by dramatically eroded badlands, Factory Butte stands alone on the San Rafael Swell. :: Image #38076
Photo of Western Grebes rushing in a courtship display. Rushiing grebes run across the water 60 feet (20m) or further with their feet hitting the water as rapidly as 20 times per second :: Image #37855
Photo of The Pulpit in the Temple of Sinawava, backlit by sun, early morning, Zion Canyon, Utah :: Image #37796
Photo of Contemplative brown pelican portrait on overcast day, with surf and foam in the background. Breeding plumage with yellow and white head, red throat, brown neck. :: Image #37638
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, wings spread as it soars over cliffs and the ocean in La Jolla, California. :: Image #37620
Photo of California brown pelican portrait with breeding plumage, note the striking red throat, yellow and white head :: Image #37610
Photo of Pacific torpedo ray Tetronarce californica, amidst huge schools of fish and baitfish, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island. This electric ray will shock the hell out of you if you are not careful. :: Image #37235
Photo of Red gorgonian (Lophogorgia chilensis) rises above fields of purple hydrocoral (Stylaster californicus, Allopora californica) on Farnsworth Bank, Catalina Island. :: Image #37179
Photo of Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. :: Image #37097
Photo of Coronado Islands Underwater Reefscape, various algae on rocky reef. :: Image #37052
Photo of Coronado Islands Underwater Reefscape, various algae on rocky reef. :: Image #37048
Photo of Clarks Grebes, courting pair, Lake Hodges :: Image #36881
Photo of A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Note the yellow throat of this individual, different than the more typical red throat. :: Image #36844
Photo of Canyon X, a spectacular slot canyon near Page, Arizona. Slot canyons are formed when water and wind erode a cut through a (usually sandstone) mesa, producing a very narrow passage that may be as slim as a few feet and a hundred feet or more in height. :: Image #36014
Photo of Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Argentina :: Image #35910
Photo of Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males :: Image #35147
Photo of A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing. Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California :: Image #35133
Photo of South Coronado Island, aerial photo :: Image #35091
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance :: Image #35057
Photo of Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure and invertebrate Life :: Image #34672
Photo of Boat at anchor at Lobster Shack Cove, Aerial Photo of North Coronado Island, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #34571
Photo of Panorama of Full Moon and Earth Shadow over Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii. The dark band on the horizon is the shadow of the earth, while the lighter pink band is atmosphere that is still lit by the setting sun. :: Image #34515
Photo of The Fish Eating Anemone Urticina piscivora, a large colorful anemone found on the rocky underwater reefs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia :: Image #34345
Photo of Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California :: Image #33575
Photo of Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest :: Image #33370
Photo of Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33320
Photo of Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33317
Photo of Giant Manta Ray at San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33277
Photo of Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island :: Image #32980
Photo of Booby looking underwater, Clipperton Island :: Image #32958
Photo of Sunset at Clipperton Island, aerial panoramic photo showing the entire atoll. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a small (2.3 sq mi) but spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32895
Photo of Steller sea lion underwater bubble display, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada :: Image #32801
Photo of Sea Lion Underwater, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez :: Image #32522
Photo of Sea Lions playing in shallow water, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez :: Image #32506
Photo of Tiger shark close up view, including nictating membrane covering the eye, nostrils and ampullae of Lorenzini :: Image #31925
Photo of Tiger shark with closed nictating membrane :: Image #31910
Photo of Thorny Oyster, Spondylus varians, Fiji :: Image #31449
Photo of Sardines and Scad, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #31250
Photo of Perseid Meteor Shower over Joshua Tree National Park, Aug 13, 2014 :: Image #31145
Photo of Oak Alley Plantation and its famous shaded tunnel of 300-year-old southern live oak trees (Quercus virginiana). The plantation is now designated as a National Historic Landmark. :: Image #31009
Photo of Aerial photo of San Dieguito Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area. San Dieguito Lagoon State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area near Del Mar in San Diego County. :: Image #30607
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose and Full Moon, Anza Borrego :: Image #30497
Photo of Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja. :: Image #30466
Photo of Western gull, flying :: Image #30450
Photo of Saddle patch and dorsal fins of killer whales, Palos Verdes :: Image #30421
Photo of La Jolla reef and clouds, surf, early morning. :: Image #30385
Photo of California Brown Pelican flying over a breaking wave :: Image #30371
Photo of California Brown Pelican flying over sea foam and waves :: Image #30367
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head. :: Image #30333
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head. :: Image #30328
Photo of California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. :: Image #30268
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch :: Image #30256
Photo of Stars rise above the Ocotillo Wind Turbine power generation facility, with a flashlight illuminating the turning turbine blades :: Image #30223
Photo of San Diego Bay and Skyline, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph :: Image #30209
Photo of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. :: Image #30168
Photo of Scripps Pier, Surfer's view from among the waves. Research pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography SIO, sunset. :: Image #30147
Photo of Maasai Giraffe, two males in courtship combat, jousting, Olare Orok Conservancy :: Image #30069
Photo of Safari guide spotting wildlife at sunrise, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #30047
Photo of Leopard, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #30036
Photo of Lionness with injury from water buffalo, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya :: Image #29915
Photo of Lion in a tree, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya :: Image #29870
Photo of Lionness and two week old cubs, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya :: Image #29794
Photo of Waterbuck, Meru National Park, Kenya :: Image #29694
Photo of Hippopotamus, Meru National Park, Kenya :: Image #29663
Photo of African elephant eating acacia, Meru National Park, Kenya :: Image #29652
Photo of Zebra running, Meru National Park, Kenya :: Image #29634
Photo of Cheetah, Meru National Park :: Image #29624
Photo of Cheetah, Meru National Park :: Image #29620
Photo of Cheetah, Meru National Park :: Image #29618
Photo of Zebra, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #29595
Photo of Maasai Giraffe, Amboseli National Park :: Image #29563
Photo of Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph :: Image #29371
Photo of Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph :: Image #29368
Photo of Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph :: Image #29361
Photo of Santa Barbara Island, Sutil Island, and thick kelp forests, aerial photograph :: Image #29359
Photo of Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree, White Mountain Wilderness, Inyo National Forest :: Image #29314
Photo of Balanced Rock and Moon at night, Arches National Park :: Image #29307
Photo of Arch Rock, Venus and Milky Way at Astronomical Twilight, Morning approaching, Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #29231
Photo of Milky Way at Night over Arch Rock, Joshua Tree National Park :: Image #29195
Photo of Black's Beach sea cliffs, sunset, looking north from Scripps Pier with Torrey Pines State Reserve in the distance :: Image #29165
Photo of Torrey Pines storm clouds at sunset :: Image #29164
Photo of Aerial Panorama of La Jolla, University City, showing (from left) University of California at San Diego, University City, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla Shores, Point La Jolla, Mount Soledad, in the background some of the mountains to the east of San Diego. The highest peak in the center of the panoram is Cuyamaca Peak (6512') while the rocky peak directly in front of it is El Cajon Mountain (3675'). :: Image #29098
Photo of Drift kelp, a kelp paddy, floating patch of kelp on the open ocean which attracts marine life and forms of moving oasis of life, an open ocean habitat, aerial photo :: Image #29083
Photo of Aqua Hedionda Lagoon and Encina Power Station, Warm Water Jetties beach, Carlsbad, California, aerial photo :: Image #29070
Photo of Nuclear submarine at the surface of the ocean, aerial photo :: Image #29069
Photo of Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. :: Image #29031
Photo of California 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 :: Image #28969
Photo of Oceanside Pier at Dawn :: Image #28878
Photo of A fiery sunrise explodes over the La Jolla coastline. :: Image #28872
Photo of Hospital Point, La Jolla, dawn, sunrise light and approaching storm clouds. :: Image #28857
Photo of Sunrise over the Pacific Ocean, cloudless, viewed from Guadalupe Island :: Image #28774
Photo of God Beams at Sunset, Guadalupe Island :: Image #28772
Photo of Blue Moon at Sunset over San Diego City Skyline. The third full moon in a season, this rare "blue moon" rises over San Diego just after sundown. :: Image #28754
Photo of Moon and Stars over Pauma Valley, viewed from Palomar Mountain State Park :: Image #28751
Photo of Moon and Milky Way over Palomar Mountain State Park :: Image #28748
Photo of Paradise Meadows, wildflowers and Mount Rainier, summer :: Image #28711
Photo of Mount Rainier, southern exposure viewed from High Skyline Trail near Paradise Meadows. :: Image #28709
Photo of Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning :: Image #28704
Photo of Half Dome reflected in the Merced River :: Image #28692
Photo of Hardened mud playa and sand dunes, dawn, Mesquite dunes. :: Image #28679
Photo of The Second Wave at Night. The Second Wave, a spectacular sandstone formation in the North Coyote Buttes, lies under a sky full of stars. :: Image #28628
Photo of The Wave at Night, under a clear night sky full of stars. 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. :: Image #28623
Photo of The Wave in the North Coyote Buttes, 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. :: Image #28603
Photo of The Wave in the North Coyote Buttes, 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. :: Image #28602
Photo of The Virgin River Narrows, where the Virgin River has carved deep, narrow canyons through the Zion National Park sandstone, creating one of the finest hikes in the world. :: Image #28585
Photo of Light Beam in Upper Antelope Slot Canyon. Thin shafts of light briefly penetrate the convoluted narrows of Upper Antelope Slot Canyon, sending piercing beams through the sandstone maze to the sand floor below. :: Image #28564
Photo of Agaltha Peak, also know as El Capitan Peak, rises to over 1500' in height near Kayenta, Arizona and Monument Valley. Agathla Peak is an eroded volcanic plug consisting of volcanic breccia cut by dikes of an unusual igneous rock called minette. :: Image #28553
Photo of Ancient bristlecone pine trees in Patriarch Grove, display 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 :: Image #28527
Photo of Ancient bristlecone pine trees in Patriarch Grove, display 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 :: Image #28525
Photo of Ancient bristlecone pine trees in Patriarch Grove, display 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 :: Image #28523
Photo of Mammoth Peak over Tuolumne Meadows, Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park :: Image #28514
Photo of God Beams, clouds and afternoon light over the Pacific Ocean. :: Image #28479
Photo of San Clemente Pier at dawn, San Clemente, California. :: Image #28468
Photo of Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections. :: Image #28463
Photo of Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections. :: Image #28455
Photo of Live Oak and Milky Way, rocks and stars, Joshua Tree National Park at night :: Image #28424
Photo of Notre Dame de Paris. Notre Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris. :: Image #28256
Photo of River Seine, Full Moon and Eiffel Tower at night, Paris. La Tour Eiffel. The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who designed the tower in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The Eiffel tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world :: Image #28203
Photo of River Seine, barge and Ile Saint-Louis, sunrise, Paris. Ile Saint-Louis, is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France. The island is named after King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis). The island is connected to the rest of Paris by bridges to both banks of the river and by the Pont Saint Louis to the Ile de la Cite. :: Image #28144
Photo of La Tour Eiffel, The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who designed the tower in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The Eiffel tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world :: Image #28113
Photo of Landscape Arch and Milky Way, stars rise over the arch at night. :: Image #27870
Photo of Stone columns rising in the night sky, milky way and stars and clouds filling the night sky overhead. :: Image #27848
Photo of Soda Springs Basin from Green River Overlook, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. :: Image #27841
Photo of Balanced Rock, a narrow sandstone tower, appears poised to topple. :: Image #27839
Photo of Tower of Babel in morning light. :: Image #27822
Photo of Canyonlands National Park panorama. :: Image #27817
Photo of Yosemite Falls rises above the Merced River, viewed from the Swinging Bridge. The 2425' falls is the tallest in North America. :: Image #27741
Photo of Boulders and stars, moonlight in Joshua Tree National Park. The moon gently lights unusual boulder formations at Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, California :: Image #27716
Photo of Darwin Falls in Death Valley, near the settlement of Panamint Springs. The falls are fed by a perennial stream that flows through a narrow canyon of plutonic rock, and drop of total of 80' (24m) in two sections. :: Image #27683
Photo of 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. :: Image #27673
Photo of Mobius Arch and stars at night, Alabama Hills, California. :: Image #27672
Photo of Racetrack sailing stone and star trails. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter :: Image #27667
Photo of Racetrack sailing stone and Milky Way, at night. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter :: Image #27640
Photo of Salt polygons. After winter flooding, the salt on the Badwater Basin playa dries into geometric polygonal shapes. :: Image #27631
Photo of Mount Whitney and Lone Pine Peak are framed by Lathe Arch in the Alabama Hills at sunrise, California. :: Image #27624
Photo of Yellow-tailed surgeonfish schooling, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27564
Photo of Panamic sargeant major fishes and sunburst, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27563
Photo of Beautiful underwater sunburst, glittering light through the ocean surface, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27562
Photo of Lesser electric ray, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27539
Photo of Panamic crown of thorns sea star. :: Image #27527
Photo of Reef with gorgonians and marine invertebrates, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27510
Photo of Finescale triggerfish underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27489
Photo of Finescale triggerfish underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. :: Image #27478
Photo of Large group of bachelor adult male California sea lions, underwater view, at Isla Las Animas near La Paz, Sea of Cortez, Baja California. :: Image #27462
Photo of California sea lion underwater. :: Image #27422
Photo of California sea lion underwater. :: Image #27421
Photo of Imperial Beach pier at sunrise, :: Image #27414
Photo of Ocean Beach Pier, also known as the OB Pier or Ocean Beach Municipal Pier, is the longest concrete pier on the West Coast measuring 1971 feet (601 m) long. :: Image #27391
Photo of Ocean Beach Pier, also known as the OB Pier or Ocean Beach Municipal Pier, is the longest concrete pier on the West Coast measuring 1971 feet (601 m) long. :: Image #27387
Photo of Leucadia wet sand beach and sea cliffs, sunset. :: Image #27377
Photo of Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Over 80' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. :: Image #27308
Photo of Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Over 80' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. :: Image #27293
Photo of Torrey Pines balloon aerial survey photo. Torrey Pines seacliffs, rising up to 300 feet above the ocean, stretch from Del Mar to La Jolla. On the mesa atop the bluffs are found Torrey pine trees, one of the rare species of pines in the world. Peregrine falcons nest at the edge of the cliffs. This photo was made as part of an experimental balloon aerial photographic survey flight over Torrey Pines State Reserve, by permission of Torrey Pines State Reserve. :: Image #27288
Photo of 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. :: Image #27239
Photo of Surf and sky at sunset, waves crash upon the sand at dusk. :: Image #27237
Photo of Surf and sky at sunset, waves crash upon the sand at dusk. :: Image #27236
Photo of Surf and sky at sunset, waves crash upon the sand at dusk. :: Image #27234
Photo of Sunrise on the coast of Oceanside California. :: Image #27232
Photo of Oceanside Pier at sunrise, dawn, morning. :: Image #27231
Photo of San Diego bay and skyline at sunrise, viewed from Coronado Island. :: Image #27177
Photo of San Diego harbor and skyline, viewed at sunset. :: Image #27151
Photo of Hotel del Coronado, 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. :: Image #27106
Photo of San Diego downtown city skyline and waterfront, sunrise, dawn, viewed from Coronado Island. :: Image #27090
Photo of Breaking wave fast motion and blur. The Wedge. :: Image #27072
Photo of Bottlenose dolphins swim through red tide, hunt a school of fish, lit by glowing bioluminescence caused by microscopic Lingulodinium polyedrum dinoflagellate organisms which glow blue when agitated at night. :: Image #27066
Photo of Lingulodinium polyedrum red tide dinoflagellate plankton, glows blue when it is agitated in wave and is visible at night. :: Image #27064
Photo of Star trails and Arch Rock. Polaris, the North Star, is at the center of the circular arc star trails as they pass above this natural stone archway in Joshua Tree National Park. :: Image #26794
Photo of Sunset and boulders, Joshua Tree National Park. Sunset lights the giant boulders and rock formations near Jumbo Rocks in Joshua Tree N.P. :: Image #26734
Photo of The Great Wall, Navajo Tribal Lands, Arizona. Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. :: Image #26643
Photo of Horseshoe Bend. The Colorado River makes a 180-degree turn at Horseshoe Bend. Here the river has eroded the Navajo sandstone for eons, digging a canyon 1100-feet deep. :: Image #26602
Photo of Pacific harbor seal, an sand at the edge of the sea. :: Image #26320
Photo of Sandhill crane in flight, wings extended. :: Image #26202
Photo of Eureka dune grass is a rare and federally endangered species of grass endemic to the Eureka Valley and Eureka Sand Dunes. The Last Chance mountains, lit by sunset, are visible in the distance. Swallenia alexandrae, a perennial grass, grows only in the southern portion of Eureka Valley Sand Dunes, in Inyo County, California. :: Image #25358
Photo of Sunset over the Racetrack Playa. The Cottonwood Mountains rise above the flat, dry, ancient lake bed. :: Image #25265
Photo of Racetrack Playa, an ancient lake now dried and covered with dessicated mud. :: Image #25264
Photo of Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. :: Image #25249
Photo of International Space Station flys over Death Valley shortly after sunset. :: Image #25247
Photo of The Galactic Center of the Milky Way galaxy rises in the sky on a clear night. :: Image #25246
Photo of Spring wildflower blooms on the Eureka sand dunes. :: Image #25245
Photo of Dried mud, arid land, Eureka Valley. :: Image #25244
Photo of Salt polygons. After winter flooding, the salt on the Badwater Basin playa dries into geometric polygonal shapes. :: Image #25242
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck. :: Image #23653
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck. :: Image #23649
Photo of 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. :: Image #23645
Photo of 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. :: Image #23644
Photo of Brown pelican, winter adult breeding plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning :: Image #23640
Photo of 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. :: Image #23633
Photo of Brown pelican, juvenile with blue and gray identification bands on its legs. These tags aid scientists in understanding how the birds travel and recover if they have been rehabilitated. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning :: Image #23631
Photo of 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. :: Image #23625
Photo of A California sea lion plays with a piece of kelp, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. :: Image #23427
Photo of Fletcher Peak (10319') at sunset, viewed from Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. :: Image #23248
Photo of 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. :: Image #23232
Photo of Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve. :: Image #22435
Photo of Wave breaking in early morning sunlight. :: Image #21779
Photo of Guadalupe Island, dark and gloomy clouds, northern approach. :: Image #21369
Photo of Guadalupe fur seal, hauled out upon volcanic rocks along the shoreline of Guadalupe Island. :: Image #21350
Photo of Blue whale fluking. An enormous blue whale raises its powerful fluke (tail) high out of the water as it makes a steep dive into the open ocean. :: Image #21261
Photo of Cresting wave, morning light, glassy water, surf. :: Image #20811
Photo of A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Note adult winter breeding plumage in display, with brown neck, red gular throat pouch and yellow and white head. :: Image #20295
Photo of Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #20259
Photo of Brown pelican head throw, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #20205
Photo of Brown pelican head throw, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #20188
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, winter mating plumage with distinctive dark brown nape and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20168
Photo of Brown pelican portrait, resting on sandstone cliffs beside the sea, winter mating plumage with distinctive dark brown nape and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20157
Photo of Brown pelican, non-breeding winter plumage. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. :: Image #20078
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing brown hindneck and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20077
Photo of 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. :: Image #20053
Photo of 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. :: Image #20028
Photo of Brown pelican spreads its enormous wings to slow before landing on seaside cliffs. Brown pelicans appear awkward but in fact are superb and efficient fliers, ranging far over the ocean in search of fish to dive upon. They typically nest on offshore islands and inaccessible ocean cliffs. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. :: Image #20014
Photo of California sea lion hauled out on rocks beside the ocean. :: Image #19934
Photo of A great white shark is countershaded, with a dark gray dorsal color and light gray to white underside, making it more difficult for the shark's prey to see it as approaches from above or below in the water column. The particular undulations of the countershading line along its side, where gray meets white, is unique to each shark and helps researchers to identify individual sharks in capture-recapture studies. Guadalupe Island is host to a relatively large population of great white sharks who, through a history of video and photographs showing their countershading lines, are the subject of an ongoing study of shark behaviour, migration and population size. :: Image #19468
Photo of Heermanns gull, moon setting, sunrise. :: Image #18272
Photo of Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch. :: Image #18044
Photo of Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. :: Image #17497
Photo of Double-crested cormorants in flight at sunrise, long exposure produces a blurred motion. :: Image #15280
Photo of Brown pelican, adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck and red gular throat pouch.. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning. :: Image #15130
Photo of Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is named for its tall, falcate dorsal fin. Mariners often refer to them as finback whales. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego). :: Image #12769
Photo of A great white shark underwater. A large great white shark cruises the clear oceanic waters of Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe). :: Image #10114
Photo of 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. :: Image #7733
Photo of 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. :: Image #7667
Photo of North Pacific humpback whales, socializing trio of adults. :: Image #5933
Photo of Sunrise on morros near south end of Guadalupe Island. :: Image #3706
Photo of Ocean sunfish referencing drift kelp in the open ocean near San Diego. :: Image #3563
Photo of Ocean sunfish sunning/basking at surface in the open ocean. :: Image #3498
Photo of Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) with mouth wide open for slurping zooplankton, open ocean. :: Image #3319
Photo of Ocean sunfish, basking at surface, viewed from underwater, open ocean. :: Image #3311
Photo of Humpback whale competitive group, several adult male escort whales swimming closely together as part of a larger competitive group. :: Image #2864
Photo of Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next. :: Image #2802
Photo of Manta ray and scuba diver. :: Image #2461
Photo of Manta ray and freediver. :: Image #2460
Photo of Manta ray and remora. :: Image #2456
Photo of Northern elephant seal, San Benito Islands. :: Image #2161
Photo of Blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, swims through the open ocean, underwater view. :: Image #1902
Photo of Gray whale, blow. :: Image #1173
Photo of Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean :: Image #1153
Photo of Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. :: Image #1082
Photo of Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean :: Image #1077
Photo of Garibaldi in kelp forest. :: Image #1055
Photo of California sea lion, with monofiliment cut, on the Monterey Breakwater :: Image #958
Photo of California sea lion, Coronados Islands. :: Image #956
Photo of North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and young calf swim near scientific research divers. :: Image #543
Photo of California bat ray in kelp forest. :: Image #267
Photo of Pink Whipray Stingray underwater, Pateobatis fai, in shallow lagoon, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40631
Photo of Isla San Pedro Martir at sunset with extensive forest of Cardon Cactus seen on the summit ridge of the island, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. San Pedro Martir Island and its marine life are, since 2002, part of the San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve, and is regarded as a natural laboratory of adaptive evolution, similar to that of the Galapagos Islands. It is home to 292 species of fauna and flora (both land-based and aquatic), with 42 species protected by Mexican law, and 30 listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. San Pedro Martir is also unique in the area for its year-round quantity of birds. The island is the only island in the area with a perpetually swirling cloud of sea birds. This is because the water around the island, has some of the most successful marine productivity in the world :: Image #40398
Photo of California race of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf, adult winter breeding plumage. :: Image #38942
Photo of California Brown Pelican soaring, wings outstretched. Adult winter breeding plumage colors. :: Image #38923
Photo of Aerial Panorama of Bass Lake near Oakhurst, California, at sunset :: Image #38212
Photo of West Temple, The Sundial and the Altar of Sacrifice at sunrise. :: Image #37791
Photo of Brown pelican portrait on overcast day, with surf and foam in the background. Breeding plumage with yellow and white head, red throat, brown neck. :: Image #37639
Photo of California Brown pelican portrait, displaying breeding plumage with distinctive yellow and white head feathers, red gular throat pouch, brown hind neck and greyish body. :: Image #37633
Photo of California Brown Pelican head throw, stretching its throat to keep it flexible and healthy. Note the winter mating plumage, olive and red throat, yellow head :: Image #37609
Photo of Young sea lions at the Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #37314
Photo of Purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California :: Image #37268
Photo of Purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus and yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #37217
Photo of Mount Conness and North Peak over middle Conness Lake, Hoover Wilderness :: Image #36426
Photo of Canyon X, a spectacular slot canyon near Page, Arizona. Slot canyons are formed when water and wind erode a cut through a (usually sandstone) mesa, producing a very narrow passage that may be as slim as a few feet and a hundred feet or more in height. :: Image #36017
Photo of Upper Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #35935
Photo of Upper Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #35934
Photo of Longnose Hawkfish on Black Coral, Oxycirrhites typus :: Image #33570
Photo of Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33322
Photo of Silky Shark at San Benedicto Islands, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33312
Photo of Giant Manta Ray at Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico :: Image #33286
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33220
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom :: Image #33156
Photo of Desert Lily in bloom, Anza Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #33124
Photo of Plastic Debris, Sorted and Cataloged for Study, Clipperton Island :: Image #33104
Photo of Brown booby, Clipperton island :: Image #33091
Photo of Plates of Porites arnaudi coral, Clipperton Island :: Image #32999
Photo of Coral Reef at Clipperton Island, aerial photo. Clipperton has healthy, beautiful coral reefs. The white beaches are composed of white coralline rubble. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32899
Photo of Aerial view of the lagoon inside Clipperton Island. The lagoon within the atoll was formerly open to the ocean but has been closed and stagnant for many decades. Some experts believe erosion will open the lagoon up to the ocean again soon. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32878
Photo of Coconut palm trees on Clipperton Island, aerial photo. Clipperton Island is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32845
Photo of Rusting shipwreck on the beach at Clipperton Island, aerial photo, Clipperton Island is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France) :: Image #32838
Photo of Coral Hind, Cephalopholis miniata, also known as Coral Trout and Coral Grouper, Fiji :: Image #31448
Photo of Full moon rising at night over the San Diego County Fair. Del Mar Fair at night. :: Image #31030
Photo of Royal Tern, La Jolla :: Image #30397
Photo of California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. :: Image #30278
Photo of Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. :: Image #30186
Photo of African elephants below Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #29603
Photo of African elephant herd, drinking water at a swamp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #29529
Photo of Scripps Pier at sunset. :: Image #29171
Photo of Seacliffs, La Jolla and evening lights, dusk, Pacific Ocean surf :: Image #28988
Photo of 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 :: Image #28351
Photo of Notre Dame Cathedral, trees and streetlamp, west facade, Paris. Notre Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris. :: Image #28242
Photo of Sacre-Coeur Basilica. The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris, commonly known as Sacre-Coeur Basilica, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, in Paris, France. A popular landmark, the basilica is located at the summit of the butte Montmartre, the highest point in the city. :: Image #28155
Photo of Sunrise at the Wedge. The Wedge, a notorious and famous shorebreak at the end of the Newport Peninsula, is seen here under a huge dawning sky and sporting a small but fun swell. :: Image #27991
Photo of Sponger and backlit barrel :: Image #27987
Photo of Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. :: Image #27983
Photo of Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible. :: Image #27956
Photo of Half Dome and nighttime stars, viewed from Glacier Point. :: Image #27952
Photo of Balanced Rock and Milky Way stars at night. :: Image #27831
Photo of Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. :: Image #27782
Photo of Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. :: Image #27780
Photo of Stars and the Milky Way rise above ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, reaching 4000 years in age. :: Image #27776
Photo of Upper Yosemite Falls and lunar rainbow, moonbow. A lunar rainbow (moonbow) can be seen to the left of Yosemite Falls, where the moon illuminates the spray of the falls. :: Image #27752
Photo of Juniper and star trails. :: Image #27720
Photo of Beautiful sunset on Torrey Pines State Beach. :: Image #27199
Photo of Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents. :: Image #27012
Photo of Clepsydra Geyser, a geyser which is almost continually erupting. A member of the Fountain Group of geothermal features :: Image #26947
Photo of Old Faithful geyser. 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. :: Image #26945
Photo of Yosemite Falls reflected in flooded meadow. The Merced River floods its banks in spring, forming beautiful reflections of Yosemite Falls. :: Image #26888
Photo of 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. :: Image #26853
Photo of Arch Rock in Joshua Tree National Park. A natural stone arch in the White Tank area of Joshua Tree N.P. :: Image #26748
Photo of The Mount Soledad Cross, a landmark in La Jolla, California. The Mount Soledad Cross is a 29-foot-tall cross erected in 1954.
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Photo of The Mount Soledad Cross, a landmark in La Jolla, California. The Mount Soledad Cross is a 29-foot-tall cross erected in 1954.
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Photo of The moon sets over the Fire Wave, a beautiful sandstone formation exhibiting dramatic striations, striped layers in the geologic historical record. :: Image #26511
Photo of Western gull. :: Image #26465
Photo of Earth Shadow lies over Point La Jolla at dawn. :: Image #26444
Photo of A sockeye salmon swims in the shallows of the Adams River, with the surrounding forest visible in this split-level over-under photograph. :: Image #26177
Photo of A male sockeye salmon, showing injuries sustained as it migrated hundreds of miles from the ocean up the Fraser River, swims upstream in the Adams River to reach the place where it will fertilize eggs laid by a female in the rocks. It will die so after spawning. :: Image #26171
Photo of Sockeye salmon, swimming upstream in the shallow waters of the Adams River. When they reach the place where they hatched from eggs four years earlier, they will spawn and die. :: Image #26169
Photo of A sockeye salmon swims in the shallows of the Adams River, with the surrounding forest visible in this split-level over-under photograph. :: Image #26167
Photo of A male sockeye salmon, showing injuries sustained as it migrated hundreds of miles from the ocean up the Fraser River, swims upstream in the Adams River to reach the place where it will fertilize eggs laid by a female in the rocks. It will die so after spawning. :: Image #26166
Photo of A school of sockeye salmon, swimming up the Adams River to spawn, where they will lay eggs and die. :: Image #26164
Photo of A sockeye salmon swims in the shallows of the Adams River, with the surrounding forest visible in this split-level over-under photograph. :: Image #26158
Photo of A male sockeye salmon, showing injuries sustained as it migrated hundreds of miles from the ocean up the Fraser River, swims upstream in the Adams River to reach the place where it will fertilize eggs laid by a female in the rocks. It will die so after spawning. :: Image #26151
Photo of Archangel Falls in autumn, near the Subway in North Creek Canyon, with maples and cottonwoods turning fall colors. :: Image #26139
Photo of Water rushes through a narrow crack, in the red sandstone of Zion National Park, with fallen autumn leaves. :: Image #26138
Photo of The Virgin River and fall colors, maples and cottonwood trees in autumn. :: Image #26111
Photo of Virgin River narrows and fall colors, cottonwood trees in autumn along the Virgin River with towering sandstone cliffs. :: Image #26109
Photo of Flowing water and fall cottonwood trees, along the Virgin River in the Zion Narrows in autumn. :: Image #26107
Photo of Flowing water and fall cottonwood trees, along the Virgin River in the Zion Narrows in autumn. :: Image #26105
Photo of The Virgin River flows by autumn cottonwood trees, part of the Virgin River Narrows. This is a fantastic hike in fall with the comfortable temperatures, beautiful fall colors and light crowds. :: Image #26101
Photo of Small waterfalls and autumn trees, along the left fork in North Creek Canyon, with maple and cottonwood trees turning fall colors. :: Image #26099
Photo of The Subway, a iconic eroded sandstone formation in Zion National Park. :: Image #26093
Photo of Yellow cottonwood trees in autumn, fall colors in the Virgin River Narrows in Zion National Park. :: Image #26089
Photo of Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. :: Image #25652
Photo of A leopard shark, swimming through the shallows waters of a California reef, underwater, Cystoseira osmundacea marine algae growing on rocky reef. :: Image #25417
Photo of Giant kelp, blades, stipes and pneumatocysts, backlit by the sun in shallow water. :: Image #25401
Photo of Star trails, rotating around the North Star (Polaris), seen from Death Valley. :: Image #25270
Photo of Paraglider soaring at Torrey Pines Gliderport, sunset, flying over the Pacific Ocean. :: Image #24288
Photo of 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. :: Image #23623
Photo of Joshua tree, sunrise, infrared. :: Image #22888
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, Kachemak Bay in background. :: Image #22629
Photo of Bald eagle in flight over snow-dusted beach, Kachemak Bay. :: Image #22628
Photo of Bald eagle vocalizing, calling, with open beak while on wooden perch. :: Image #22627
Photo of Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. :: Image #22626
Photo of Bald eagle, closeup of head and shoulders showing distinctive white head feathers, yellow beak and brown body and wings. :: Image #22625
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, wings raised, Kachemak Bay in the background. :: Image #22624
Photo of Bald eagle in flight, wing spread, soaring. :: Image #22623
Photo of Bald eagle, sidelit, wings partially raised as its balances on wooden perch, Kachemak Bay, clouds and Kenai Mountains in background. :: Image #22622
Photo of Bald eagle in flight drips water as it carries a fish in its talons that it has just pulled from the water. :: Image #22621
Photo of Snow geese rest on a still pond in rich orange and yellow sunrise light. These geese have spent their night's rest on the main empoundment and will leave around sunrise to feed in nearby corn fields. :: Image #21802
Photo of Snow goose in flight. :: Image #21801
Photo of 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. :: Image #21799
Photo of A sea otter, resting on its back, holding its paw out of the water for warmth. While the sea otter has extremely dense fur on its body, the fur is less dense on its head, arms and paws so it will hold these out of the cold water to conserve body heat. :: Image #21602
Photo of Guadalupe fur seal, hauled out upon volcanic rocks along the shoreline of Guadalupe Island. :: Image #21351
Photo of A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing. Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. :: Image #20388
Photo of Sea lion portrait, hauled out on rocks beside the ocean. :: Image #20207
Photo of Joshua tree at sunrise. Joshua trees are found in the Mojave desert region of Joshua Tree National Park. :: Image #20139
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. :: Image #20079
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20076
Photo of Brown pelican drying its feathers in the morning sun. Adult winter non-breeding plumage showing white hindneck and red gular throat pouch. :: Image #20056
Photo of 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. :: Image #20032
Photo of Coyote in snow covered field along the Madison River. :: Image #19635
Photo of Snow covers the rocks and cliffs around Lower Yellowstone Falls in winter. 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. :: Image #19572
Photo of 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. :: Image #19453
Photo of Young brown bear stands in tall sedge grass to get a better view of other approaching bears. :: Image #19212
Photo of Brown bear female sow with spring cubs. These three cubs were born earlier in the spring and will remain with their mother for almost two years, relying on her completely for their survival. :: Image #19181
Photo of Slab wave, mutant surf at the Wedge. :: Image #18710
Photo of Pacific harbor seal, Childrens Pool. :: Image #18431
Photo of Wilson Arch rises high above route 191 in eastern Utah, with a span of 91 feet and a height of 46 feet. :: Image #18031
Photo of Close out wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf. :: Image #17827
Photo of Ron Ziebell, the Wedge. :: Image #17706
Photo of Surfer nearly collides with stray board, #3 of a 6 frame sequence, Newport Beach. :: Image #16835
Photo of Kirk Blackman, Newport Beach. :: Image #16830
Photo of Galapagos shark. :: Image #16239
Photo of Marine iguana, underwater, forages for green algae that grows on the lava reef. :: Image #16227
Photo of 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. :: Image #15172
Photo of 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. :: Image #15137
Photo of Kirk Blackman, September swell :: Image #14389
Photo of Shorebreak. :: Image #14204
Photo of Lip throws out, boogie board guy about to take off at the The Wedge. Actually at Cylinders. :: Image #14189
Photo of Christine Falls is a 69 foot (21m) waterfall in Mount Rainier. The lower section of Christine Falls is known for the bridge that spans across it. :: Image #13823
Photo of The Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River drops 308 feet at the head of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. A long exposure blurs the fast-flowing water. The canyon is approximately 10,000 years old, 20 miles long, 1000 ft deep, and 2500 ft wide. Its yellow, orange and red-colored walls are due to oxidation of the various iron compounds in the soil, and to a lesser degree, sulfur content. :: Image #13338
Photo of Lemon shark with live sharksuckers. :: Image #10754
Photo of Mexican hogfish, adult male showing fleshy bump on head. :: Image #9606
Photo of Ocotillo ablaze with springtime flowers. Ocotillo is a dramatic succulent, often confused with cactus, that is common throughout the desert regions of American southwest. :: Image #9161
Photo of A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. :: Image #7717
Photo of Blue whale, the large animal ever to live on earth, underwater view in the open ocean. :: Image #5814
Photo of Boat Horizon above kelp forest. :: Image #3764
Photo of Red gorgonian polyps. The red gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by. :: Image #3480
Photo of Atlantic puffin, mating coloration. :: Image #3135
Photo of Humpback whale competitive group, several adult male escort whales swimming closely together as part of a larger competitive group. :: Image #2862
Photo of Manta ray and scuba diver. :: Image #2466
Photo of Guadalupe fur seal, Islas San Benito. :: Image #2298
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40774
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40773
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40769
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40764
Photo of California sea lion playing with stick underawter, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40762
Photo of California sea lions swimming underwater, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40758
Photo of Young California sea lion pup blind in one eye, possibly as a result of a wound or tumor/growth, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40756
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Hauled on on Rocks at low tide, La Jolla's Children's Pool :: Image #40754
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Hauled on on Rocks at low tide, La Jolla's Children's Pool :: Image #40753
Photo of Young California sea lion pup playing with a stone underwater, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40742
Photo of California sea lion laying on pink marine algae and eyeing the photographer, Coronado Islands, Mexico. :: Image #40741
Photo of California sea lion laying on pink marine algae and eyeing the photographer, Coronado Islands, Mexico. :: Image #40736
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. :: Image #40734
Photo of California sea lion laying on pink marine algae and eyeing the photographer, Coronado Islands, Mexico. :: Image #40730
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40728
Photo of California Sea Lions Nuzzling on Point La Jolla, San Diego, California :: Image #40721
Photo of California Sea Lions on Point La Jolla, San Diego, California :: Image #40720
Photo of Children's Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #40718
Photo of California Sea Lion with Apparent Cookie Cutter Shark Wound :: Image #40694
Photo of California sea lion entangled in fishing line, deep laceration around neck, Point La Jolla. :: Image #40693
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40686
Photo of Inquisitive young California sea lion underwater, this is a pup-of-the-year born in June and only about five months old, Coronado Islands near San Diego, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #40684
Photo of Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Pups spend much of their time playing with one another in the water, strengthening their swimming skills and mock jousting. :: Image #40682
Photo of Barrier Reef around Moorea Island, French Polynesia. The outer reef slope is seen adjacent to deep blue oceanic water with white waves breaking against the reef edge. Next, a wide shallow reef flat occurs dotted with coral bommies. Inside of that, a shallow protected lagoon is formed against the island. Tall, rugged, eroded mountains are seen hinting at the age of the ancient volcano that originally formed the island and that is now sinking back down, leaving the encircling reef behind. :: Image #40678
Photo of Barrier Reef around Moorea Island, French Polynesia. The outer reef slope is seen adjacent to deep blue oceanic water with white waves breaking against the reef edge. Next, a wide shallow reef flat occurs dotted with coral bommies. Inside of that, a shallow protected lagoon is formed against the island. Tall, rugged, eroded mountains are seen hinting at the age of the ancient volcano that originally formed the island and that is now sinking back down, leaving the encircling reef behind. :: Image #40677
Photo of Cruising Sailboats at anchor, Moorea, French Polynesia, aerial view :: Image #40675
Photo of Moorea rises above its lagoon and barrier reef, French Polynesia, aerial view. Cooks Bay lies in the distance. :: Image #40672
Photo of Swimmer over coral head in warm clear waters of Moorea lagoon, French Polynesia :: Image #40669
Photo of Waves break on Moorea's Barrier Reef, with shallow reef flat and protected lagoon to the left and open ocean to the right. :: Image #40667
Photo of Oceanic Whitetip Shark Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia, Carcharhinus longimanus :: Image #40663
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40660
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40658
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40656
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40654
Photo of Short-Finned Pilot Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia, Globicephala macrorhynchus :: Image #40651
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale fluke dorsal aspect, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40646
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Inverted with Fluke Up, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40644
Photo of Inquisitive Calf South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40641
Photo of Inquisitive Calf South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40639
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40637
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40635
Photo of Mother and Calf South Pacific Humpback Whales Underwater, Moorea, French Polynesia :: Image #40625
Photo of South Pacific Humpback Whale with All White Fluke Raised out of the Water :: Image #40617
Photo of Common Dolphin Leaping, Breaching the Ocean Surface :: Image #40605
Photo of Great egret, White Egret, Ardea alba, Florida :: Image #40602
Photo of Great Blue Heron :: Image #40600
Photo of Great egret, White Egret, Ardea alba, Florida :: Image #40599
Photo of Glossy Ibis in flight, Plegadis falcinellus, Venice Rookery, Florida :: Image #40598
Photo of Black-crowned Night Heron in Flight, carrying nesting material, Nycticorax nycticorax, Venice Rookery, Florida :: Image #40597
Photo of Great Blue Heron :: Image #40594
Photo of Great Blue Heron mated pair exchanging nesting material at the nest, Venice Rookery, Florida :: Image #40593
Photo of Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres, Fort De Soto, Florida :: Image #40576
Photo of Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, Fort De Soto, Florida :: Image #40575
Photo of Sanderling, Calidris alba, Fort De Soto, Florida :: Image #40574
Photo of Wood Stork in flight carrying nesting material, Mycteria americana :: Image #40567
Photo of Great egret, White Egret, Ardea alba, Florida :: Image #40565
Photo of Great Blue Heron :: Image #40564
Photo of Double-Crested Cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus, Florida :: Image #40563
Photo of Roseate Spoonbill in Flight, Platalea ajaja, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40550
Photo of White Ibis in flight, Eudocimus albus, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40545
Photo of American Curlew, Rusty Curlew in flight, Numenius americanus, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40541
Photo of Roseate Spoonbill in Flight, Platalea ajaja, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40539
Photo of Roseate Spoonbill in Flight, Platalea ajaja, Alafia Banks, Florida :: Image #40536
Photo of Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, Catalina Island :: Image #40531
Photo of Rock wrasse, Halichoeres semicinctus, Catalina Island :: Image #40529
Photo of Juvenile garibaldi, vibrant spots distinguish it from pure orange adult form. :: Image #40528
Photo of Spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus, Catalina Island :: Image #40526
Photo of Calico Bass. Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, Catalina Island :: Image #40521
Photo of Calico Bass. Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, Catalina Island :: Image #40520
Photo of Scythe-mark butterflyfish, Prognathodes falcifer, Catalina Island :: Image #40517
Photo of Juvenile California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island :: Image #40515
Photo of California sheephead wrasse, Semicossyphus pulcher, Catalina Island :: Image #40514
Photo of Calico Bass. Kelp Bass, Paralabrax clathratus, Catalina Island :: Image #40510
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #40509
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #40507
Photo of Peregrine Falcon, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #40501
Photo of California sea lion surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40497
Photo of California sea lion entangled in fishing line, deep laceration around neck, Point La Jolla. :: Image #40495
Photo of California sea lion entangled in fishing line, deep laceration around neck, Point La Jolla. :: Image #40493
Photo of California Sea Lions Resting in the Sun, on rocky reef :: Image #40490
Photo of California sea lions surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40488
Photo of California Sea Lion Resting in the Sun, on rocky reef :: Image #40487
Photo of California sea lion with serious laceration wound on its hind quarters, La Jolla :: Image #40484
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant portrait, blue eye, blue throat and white pin feathers, La Jolla :: Image #40481
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40473
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40470
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40467
Photo of Spanish shawl nudibranch, Flabellinopsis iodinea, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40466
Photo of Lizard Triplefin Blenny, Crocodilichthys gracilis, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40463
Photo of Marine flatworm, Pseudoceros sp., Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40462
Photo of Blue-and-yellow chromis, Chromis limbaughi, Islas San Lorenzo, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40460
Photo of Sacoglossan nudibranch Elysia diomedea, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40453
Photo of Speckeled Flatworm, Pseudoceros bajae, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40448
Photo of Barspot Cardinalfish, Apogon retrosell, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40443
Photo of Aerial photo of Islas San Lorenzo in the Sea of Cortez. San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park is a national park of Mexico located on San Lorenzo Island part of an archipelago in the Gulf of California off the eastern coast of Baja California. The San Lorenzo Archipelago is considered one of the most important ecological areas of the Gulf of California. The Island and surrounding areas are part of a rich ecosystem comprised by a grand variety of flora and marine fauna. This area is protected by the Mexican federal government Norma Oficial Mexicana because of its importance as a habitat for several endangered species. :: Image #40440
Photo of Aerial photo of Islas San Lorenzo in the Sea of Cortez. San Lorenzo Marine Archipelago National Park is a national park of Mexico located on San Lorenzo Island part of an archipelago in the Gulf of California off the eastern coast of Baja California. The San Lorenzo Archipelago is considered one of the most important ecological areas of the Gulf of California. The Island and surrounding areas are part of a rich ecosystem comprised by a grand variety of flora and marine fauna. This area is protected by the Mexican federal government Norma Oficial Mexicana because of its importance as a habitat for several endangered species. :: Image #40436
Photo of Lizard Triplefin Blenny, Crocodilichthys gracilis, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40435
Photo of Pacific Green Sea Turtle, Chelonia mydas, grazing on marine algae, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40429
Photo of California Sea Lion, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40428
Photo of Black Coral on Rocky Reef, Unidentified species, isla San Pedro Martir, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40426
Photo of Offshore Islets of San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez. Small rocky islets around the larger Midriff Islands in the Sea of Cortez offer some of the best diving in the Sea of Cortez with a rich variety of invertebrate and fish life. :: Image #40423
Photo of Isla San Pedro Martir aerial photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. San Pedro Martir Island and its marine life are, since 2002, part of the San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve, and is regarded as a natural laboratory of adaptive evolution, similar to that of the Galapagos Islands. It is home to 292 species of fauna and flora (both land-based and aquatic), with 42 species protected by Mexican law, and 30 listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. San Pedro Martir is also unique in the area for its year-round quantity of birds. The island is the only island in the area with a perpetually swirling cloud of sea birds. This is because the water around the island, has some of the most successful marine productivity in the world :: Image #40419
Photo of Turtle Flies Over Pink Sponges Encrusting Rocky Reef alongside various species of algae and gorgonians, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40416
Photo of California Sea Lion, San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40395
Photo of Black Coral on Rocky Reef, Unidentified species, Midriff Islands, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40393
Photo of Extensive Forest of Cardon Cactus on the Summit Ridge of San Pedro Martir Island, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. The island and its marine life are, since 2002, part of the San Pedro Martir Biosphere Reserve, and is regarded as a natural laboratory of adaptive evolution, similar to that of the Galapagos Islands. It is home to 292 species of fauna and flora (both land-based and aquatic), with 42 species protected by Mexican law, and 30 listed on the Red List of Threatened Species. San Pedro Martir is also unique in the area for its year-round quantity of birds. The island is the only island in the area with a perpetually swirling cloud of sea birds. This is because the water around the island, has some of the most successful marine productivity in the world :: Image #40386
Photo of Dive boat Rocio del Mar anchored at Isla Angel de la Guarda at Sunset, Aerial Photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Guardian Angel island is part of the Midriff Islands in Mexico's Sea of Cortez :: Image #40366
Photo of Tambja abdere nudibranch, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40355
Photo of Gorgonians and Juvenile Mexican Hogfish on Lush Rocky Reef, Isla de la Guarda, Sea of Cortez :: Image #40349
Photo of Isla Angel de la Guarda at Sunset, Aerial Photo, Sea of Cortez, Mexico. Guardian Angel island is part of the Midriff Islands in Mexico's Sea of Cortez :: Image #40335
Photo of Starfish Sea Star Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40332
Photo of Gorgonian Polyps, Detail. Gorgonians are colonial animals that extend branches of polyps into currents that flow over the reef in order to capture passing bits of food. :: Image #40329
Photo of Marcus' aeolid sea slug or nudibranch, Coryphellina marcusorum, Sea of Cortez, Mexico :: Image #40317
Photo of Allen's Hummingbird in flight feeding, Selasphorus sasin, La Jolla :: Image #40310
Photo of Spring Wildflowers Bloom in an Colorful Bouquet in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Dune evening primrose (white) is mixed with sand verbena (purple) near Henderson Canyon Road, Spring 2024. :: Image #40299
Photo of Spring Wildflowers Bloom in an Colorful Bouquet in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Dune evening primrose (white) is mixed with sand verbena (purple) near Henderson Canyon Road, Spring 2024. :: Image #40298
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose with Dew Drops, Anza Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #40297
Photo of Desert Sunflower Blooming at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, Spring 2024 :: Image #40296
Photo of Desert Lily Blooming in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. While the Desert Lily is typically an uncommon or rare flower, in Spring 2024 it was present in enormous numbers. 2024 was the Year of the Desert Lily. :: Image #40295
Photo of A California Sea Lion Surfing a Big Wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40282
Photo of California Sea Lions Surfing Waves at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40281
Photo of A California Sea Lion Surfing a Big Wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40280
Photo of Spring Wildflowers Bloom in an Colorful Bouquet in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Dune evening primrose (white) is mixed with sand verbena (purple) near Henderson Canyon Road, Spring 2024. Just before sunrise with flowers in shade. :: Image #40272
Photo of California Sea Lion Surfing Waves at La Jolla Cove and Boomer Beach, San Diego :: Image #40270
Photo of Whimbrel Foraging Amidst Spring Wildflowers on Coast Walk, La Jolla :: Image #40267
Photo of Rufous Hummingbird with Open Beak Perched on Branch, Coast Walk, La Jolla :: Image #40266
Photo of Rufous Hummingbird Brilliant Gorget Display While Perched, Coast Walk, La Jolla :: Image #40264
Photo of Whimbrel Foraging Amidst Spring Wildflowers on Coast Walk, La Jolla :: Image #40258
Photo of Audobon's Yellow-Rumped Warbler in Flowering Aloe, Coast Walk, La Jolla :: Image #40255
Photo of Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla :: Image #40250
Photo of Orange-Crowned Warbler Amid Spring Flowers, Coast Trail, La Jolla :: Image #40244
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing at La Jolla Cove and Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #40236
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, Casa Cove, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #40234
Photo of California sea lion portrait, La Jolla :: Image #40233
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. :: Image #40231
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Mother and Pup on the Beach in San Diego. They will remain close for four to six weeks until the pup is weaned from its mother's milk :: Image #40224
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Mother and Pup on the Beach in San Diego. They will remain close for four to six weeks until the pup is weaned from its mother's milk :: Image #40214
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap :: Image #40207
Photo of California sea lion perched on reef at La Jolla Cove in San Diego with large wave breaking in the background. :: Image #40202
Photo of California Sea Lion pup playing on top of its resting mother, La Jolla, California :: Image #40199
Photo of California Sea Lion adult male, La Jolla, California :: Image #40195
Photo of Sunrise Portrait of California Sea Lion at La Jolla Cove on the Point La Jolla Reef :: Image #40191
Photo of California sea lion surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40172
Photo of California sea lion surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40171
Photo of California sea lion surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40170
Photo of Heermanns gull portrait with open beak, La Jolla, California :: Image #40166
Photo of Heermann's Gulls in Flight with Ocean Background :: Image #40165
Photo of Ring-Billed Gull First Winter Plumage in Flight :: Image #40163
Photo of Male Brandt's Cormorant Skypointing, Courtship Display, Breeding Plumage with blue throat and white pin-feathers, La Jolla. Skypointing is an interesting courtship behavior that many birds practice. Among Brandt's Cormorants the male performs this, likely as a way of attracting a mate to the nest he has built by showing off his striking blue throat. He tips his head backward showing off his striking blue throat, and partially raises his wings. Seen here on seacliffs above the ocean, where the fading light of late afternoon just illuminates his head and wings. :: Image #40142
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant portrait in afternoon sun with ocean whitewash in the background :: Image #40141
Photo of A Brandt's Cormorant tends to its built on sea cliffs. Note the colors it assumes during mating season: striking blue gular pouch (throat) along with faint blue-green iridescence in its plumage. :: Image #40140
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material to its nest :: Image #40139
Photo of Male Brandt's Cormorant courtship display with head pointing skyward and wings partially spread. Note the blue throat, a type of breeding plumage. Only males skypoint. :: Image #40138
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant portrait in shade with ocean in the background. Its striking blue eyes and gular pouch (throat) can be seen, along with thin white feathers on its checks and shoulders. A bit of fluff is on its beak after it has been preening its feathers. :: Image #40137
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant flying with wings spread wide as it slows to land at its nest on ocean cliffs. :: Image #40136
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant flying with wings spread wide as it slows to land at its nest on ocean cliffs. :: Image #40134
Photo of Endangered Brown Pelican Flying with Wings Spread Ready to Land. The brown pelican's wingspan can reach 7 feet. :: Image #40102
Photo of Brown Pelican Flying with Wings Spread Wide in Front of a Whitewash Ocean :: Image #40101
Photo of Brown Pelican Flying with Wings Spread Wide in Front of a Whitewash Ocean :: Image #40100
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying in Front of a Big Wave in La Jolla :: Image #40099
Photo of Adult Brown Pelican Landing on Crowded Ocean Cliff. Winter Breeding Plumage. Wings outstretched to slow before landing among other pelicans on Goldfish Point in La Jolla :: Image #40092
Photo of Portrait of a California Brown Pelican In Flight, colorful adult winter breeding plumage, La Jolla California :: Image #40091
Photo of First Winter Juvenile Heermann's Gull in Flight, La Jolla :: Image #40090
Photo of California sea lion surfing in a wave at La Jolla Cove, San Diego :: Image #40087
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Spreading Wings to Land on sea cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean :: Image #40086
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Spreading Wings to Land on sea cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean :: Image #40085
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Spreading Wings to Land on sea cliffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean :: Image #40083
Photo of Group of Adult California Brown Pelicans in Winter Plumage. The breeding birds have brown necks. Note the yellow head, red throat of winter. :: Image #40074
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Note the classic winter breeding plumage, with bright red throat, yellow and white head and neck, and brown hind neck. Other birds at the periphery of the image hint at how crowded the cliff is. :: Image #40070
Photo of This California Brown Pelican has its wings spread full wide as it flies over the ocean. The wingspan of the brown pelican can reach 7 feet wide. :: Image #40067
Photo of California Sea Lions Bodysurfing in Big Waves at Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #40061
Photo of A California Sea Lion Bodysurfing on a Big Wave at Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #40057
Photo of A California Sea Lion Bodysurfing on a Big Wave at Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #40055
Photo of California Sea Lions Bodysurfing on a Big Wave at La Jolla Cove :: Image #40054
Photo of California Sea Lions Bodysurfing on a Big Wave at La Jolla Cove :: Image #40053
Photo of Downtown San Diego Skyline and Waterfront at Sunrise. Panoramic photo of San Diego embarcadero, showing the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina (center) and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left). :: Image #40047
Photo of Royal Tern in Flight over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #40043
Photo of Royal Tern in Flight over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #40040
Photo of California Race of Brown Pelican in Flight over the Pacific Ocean. Adult winter breeding plumage. Spreading wings broadly as it turns through the air. :: Image #40038
Photo of California Race of Brown Pelican in Flight over the Pacific Ocean. Adult winter breeding plumage. Wings spread wide to slow as it lands on a steep sea cliff. :: Image #40037
Photo of A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. Adult winter breeding plumage. :: Image #40019
Photo of Portrait of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT. Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009 :: Image #40018
Photo of Portrait of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT. Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009 :: Image #40017
Photo of Brown pelican in flight. Adult winter breeding plumage. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT in part to protect bird species like the brown pelican . Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009 :: Image #40010
Photo of Brown pelican in flight. Adult winter breeding plumage. Brown pelicans were formerly an endangered species. In 1972, the United States Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT in part to protect bird species like the brown pelican . Since that time, populations of pelicans have recovered and expanded. The recovery has been so successful that brown pelicans were taken off the endangered species list in 2009 :: Image #40009
Photo of Brandt's cormorant cormorant in flight :: Image #40008
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Portrait with Breeding Plumage, with blue throat and white feathers on each side of the head :: Image #40006
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Portrait with Breeding Plumage, with blue throat and white feathers on each side of the head :: Image #40004
Photo of The Famed Keyhole at North Coronado Island, Mexico. The Keyhole is an underwater channel that passes below a natural stone arch which is exposed or underwater depending on the tides and waves. :: Image #39991
Photo of A young California sea lion pup hovers upside down, looking down curiously at the photographer below it, in the shallows of the sea lion colony at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39982
Photo of Two Young California Sea Lion pups hang upside down while looking at the curious man-fish below them, in a shallow sea lion colony in the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39981
Photo of A cute young California Sea Lion Pup comes to the camera for a close look at its reflection, in the Coronado Islands, Baja, Mexico :: Image #39980
Photo of Young California Sea Lion Pup hovers along a rocky reef while early morning sunlight beams cut through the water behind it, in the Coronado Islands, Baja, Mexico :: Image #39979
Photo of Two Young California Sea Lions socialize and look at the photographer while at the ocean surface, rocks and island visible above the water in the background, North Coronado Island, Mexico :: Image #39978
Photo of Young California Sea Lion Pup On the Cobblestone Patch, Looking at the Underwater Camera Taking Its Photograph, in the Coronado Islands, Baja, Mexico. Young sea lions will often play with the cobblestones seen here, lifting them into the water column before letting them sink back down, all the while keeping them just out of reach of the divers they are taunting. :: Image #39977
Photo of Two Young California Sea Lions at Play Underwater in the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39976
Photo of California Sea Lion with Apparent Cookie Cutter Shark Wounds, Underwater :: Image #39975
Photo of Young California Sea Lion Pup Looks at the Underwater Camera Taking Its Photograph :: Image #39974
Photo of Young California Sea Lion Pup Looks at the Underwater Camera Taking Its Photograph :: Image #39973
Photo of A young California sea lion pup hovers upside down, looking down curiously at the photographer below it, in the shallows of the sea lion colony at the Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #39972
Photo of Young California Sea Lion Pup Looks at the Underwater Camera Taking Its Photograph, in the Coronado Islands, Baja, Mexico :: Image #39971
Photo of California Sea Lion Nibbles the Dive Mask of an Underwater Photographer at the Coronado Islands, Mexico. Sea lions, especially young ones, are very inquisitive and will often test the gear that divers have the only way they can, by nibbling and rubbing it with their foreflippers. :: Image #39970
Photo of Snow geese, flying in syncrony through color twilight skies, wings blurred due to long time exposure. :: Image #39950
Photo of Sandhilll cranes in golden sunset light, silhouette, standing in pond. :: Image #39948
Photo of Sandhill cranes landing in water ponds at dusk, spending the night standing in water as a protection against coyotes and other predators. Motion blur. :: Image #39947
Photo of Northern pintail, male, Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge :: Image #39940
Photo of Sandhill Cranes in Flight at Sunrise, Bosque del Apache NWR. At sunrise, sandhill cranes will fly out from the pool in which they spent the night to range over Bosque del Apache NWR in search of food, returning to the pool at sunset. :: Image #39934
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #39930
Photo of Sandhill cranes, flying across a colorful sunset sky :: Image #39928
Photo of Sandhill Cranes in Flight at Sunset, Bosque Del Apache National Wildlife Refuge :: Image #39926
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight in Large Flock, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge :: Image #39922
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight in Large Flock, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge :: Image #39920
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight in Large Flock, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge :: Image #39918
Photo of Snow geese resting, on a still pond in early morning light, in groups of several thousands :: Image #39917
Photo of Sandhill cranes spread broad wings as they take flight in early morning light. These sandhill cranes are among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #39910
Photo of Sandhill Cranes in Flight at Sunrise, Bosque del Apache NWR. At sunrise, sandhill cranes will fly out from the pool in which they spent the night to range over Bosque del Apache NWR in search of food, returning to the pool at sunset. :: Image #39909
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #39906
Photo of California Brown Pelican with Wings Outstretched Ready to Land on Ocean Cliffs in La Jolla, early morning light. :: Image #39895
Photo of California Brown Pelican with Wings Outstretched Ready to Land on Ocean Cliffs in La Jolla, early morning light. :: Image #39889
Photo of Pelican Portrait in Flight Adult Winter Plumage, blue ocean in the distance :: Image #39888
Photo of Forster's Tern in Flight, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve :: Image #39876
Photo of Forster's Tern Head and Beak Detail, Sterna forsteri, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve :: Image #39875
Photo of Study of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail :: Image #39872
Photo of Study of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail, gray breast and body. :: Image #39869
Photo of California brown pelican landing in a crowded colony, adult winter non-breeding plumage, wings spread wide to slow before landing :: Image #39868
Photo of Brown Pelican Flying over the Pacific Ocean in La Jolla, winter adult non-breeding plumage :: Image #39862
Photo of San Diego and Tijuana City Skyline, panoramic photo, viewed from Mount Soledad, Mission Bay, San Diego Bay, the Coronado Bay Bridge are also seen in this panorama. :: Image #39860
Photo of San Diego Bay and Downtown City Skyline at Dawn, Mount San Miguel in the distance :: Image #39859
Photo of Juvenile Western Gull with Wings Raised as it lands on rocky cliffs :: Image #39856
Photo of Brown pelicans jousting with their long bills, competing for space on a sea cliff over the ocean, with bright red throat, yellow and white head, adult non-breeding winter plumage. :: Image #39840
Photo of California Brown Pelican Performing Yoga Virabhadrasana Warrior 3 pose :: Image #39839
Photo of Endangered California Brown Pelican With Wings Spread Flying over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #39837
Photo of Endangered Brown Pelican Flying over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #39836
Photo of Two Young California Sea Lions on a Wet Sand Beach in La Jolla, La Jolla Cove :: Image #39835
Photo of Pacific harbor seal in surf on sandy beach in La Jolla :: Image #39834
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant Flying in La Jolla, lit by early morning sun, non-breeding plumage :: Image #39832
Photo of Sunrise Dawns over San Diego Harbor, Mount San Miguel in center, Mount Lyons to the left, and Harbor Island in the foreground. Viewed from Point Loma :: Image #39828
Photo of Two Subadult Brown Pelicans Flying in Tandem :: Image #39826
Photo of Subadult Brown Pelican Flying Over Ocean in Morning Sun, wings spread wide :: Image #39823
Photo of La Jolla Pelican Poses Atop Pedestal Rock Above Pacific Ocean, winter adult non-breeding plumage :: Image #39822
Photo of California Brown Pelican In Flight Landing Among Other Pelicans on Cliff, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #39821
Photo of Young Sea Lion In Foam and Waves In La Jolla Cove :: Image #39808
Photo of Interesting Brown Pelican Head Throw Display. This California brown pelican is arching its head and neck way back, opening its mouth in a behavior known as a head throw or bill throw. Winter adult non-breeding plumage. :: Image #39799
Photo of A California Brown Pelican flying over the Pacific Ocean, spreads its large wings wide to slow down as it banks, turns in midair, to land on seacliffs in La Jolla. Winter adult non-breeding plumage. :: Image #39797
Photo of California Sea Lions in La Jolla Cove, these sea lions are seeking protection from large waves by staying in the protected La Jolla Cove :: Image #39796
Photo of California sea lions hauled out on rocks in La Jolla Cove, splashed by huge waves. :: Image #39795
Photo of Brown Pelican Gliding Over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #39793
Photo of Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, breaking waves in the background, La Jolla :: Image #39771
Photo of Hippopotamus with Open Mouth in the Mara River, Kenya :: Image #39730
Photo of Portrait of Two Sibling Lions of the River Pride, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39728
Photo of Lion Playing Keep-Away with Fresh-Killed Thomson's Gazelle, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39726
Photo of Lions of the River Pride, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39725
Photo of Zebra Herd, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39722
Photo of White-browed Robin-Chat, Cossypha heuglini, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39720
Photo of Lilac-Breasted Roller, Coracias caudatus, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39718
Photo of Common Eland or Eland Antelope, Taurotragus oryx, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya. The eland is the largest species of antelope in the world. :: Image #39717
Photo of Hyena with Pieces of a Lion Kill, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39714
Photo of Lion at Dusk, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39712
Photo of Young Lion Running, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39711
Photo of Young Lions Playing and Socializing, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39708
Photo of Olive Baboon Eating Leftovers of a Lion Kill, Mara North Conservancy :: Image #39707
Photo of Yawing lion shows off impressive dentition, Mara Triangle, Kenya :: Image #39705
Photo of Two Adult Male Lions Fight to Establish Territory, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya. Both of these large males emerged from the battle with wounds, and it was not clear who prevailed. :: Image #39700
Photo of Two Adult Male Lions Fight to Establish Territory, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya. Both of these large males emerged from the battle with wounds, and it was not clear who prevailed. :: Image #39698
Photo of Hyena carrying a jawbone, Mara Triangle, Kenya :: Image #39697
Photo of Lion in the Mara North Conservancy, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39694
Photo of Lion on a Downed Tree Looking Around, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39693
Photo of Young male lion, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39691
Photo of Lions Socializing and Playing at Sunrise, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya. These lions are part of the same pride and are playing, not fighting. :: Image #39690
Photo of Lions Socializing and Playing at Sunrise, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya. These lions are part of the same pride and are playing, not fighting. :: Image #39688
Photo of Lions Socializing and Playing at Sunrise, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya. These lions are part of the same pride and are playing, not fighting. :: Image #39686
Photo of Lions and Balloon at Sunrise, Mara Triangle, Kenya :: Image #39685
Photo of Lions Socializing and Playing at Sunrise, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya. These lions are part of the same pride and are playing, not fighting. :: Image #39683
Photo of Lion cub eight weeks old, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39681
Photo of Yawing Lion Exhibits Exquisite Dentition, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39680
Photo of Giraffe Detail, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39677
Photo of Lilac-Breasted Roller, Coracias caudatus, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39675
Photo of Cheetah, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39674
Photo of Adult lioness traveling with younger lion in her care, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39673
Photo of Herd of Impala are Alert to Passing Lions, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39671
Photo of Pride of lions traveling, older lioness leading younger lions, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39670
Photo of Adult lioness traveling with younger lions in her care, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39668
Photo of Adult lioness traveling with younger lion in her care, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39666
Photo of Lioness travelling over open savannah, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39662
Photo of Fork-Tailed Drongo, Dicrurus adsimilis, Kenya :: Image #39661
Photo of African Elephant Family at Sunrise, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39659
Photo of Lions, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39658
Photo of Cape Buffalo, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39653
Photo of Grant's Gazelle, Nanger granti, Masai Mara :: Image #39652
Photo of Cheetah, Mara North Conservancy, Kenya :: Image #39650
Photo of Good looking lioness, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39646
Photo of Male lion, not yet full grown, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39645
Photo of A Pair of Lions in the Marsh Pride, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39642
Photo of Lioness and Elephants in Marsh, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39641
Photo of Juvenile Saddle-Billed Stork in Flight, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39639
Photo of Crocodile in the Mara River, Kenya :: Image #39637
Photo of Male Lion with Fresh Kill in Tall Grass, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39634
Photo of Male Lion with Fresh Kill in Tall Grass, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39633
Photo of Wildebeest Herd in the Great Migration, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39631
Photo of Mating pair of African lions, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39629
Photo of Cheetah in tall grass in the Masai Mara, Acinonyx jubatus, Kenya :: Image #39626
Photo of Gray-Backed Fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39624
Photo of African Sacred Ibis in Flight, Threskiornis aethiopicus, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39623
Photo of Lappet-Faced Vulture, Torgos tracheliotos, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39621
Photo of Wildebeest Migration in the Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya :: Image #39619
Photo of Wildebeest Migration in the Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya :: Image #39617
Photo of Ballooning over the Maasai Mara National Reserve and Mara River, Kenya :: Image #39616
Photo of Ballooning over the Maasai Mara National Reserve and Mara River, Kenya :: Image #39613
Photo of Male Lion of the Marsh Pride, Masai Mara :: Image #39611
Photo of Vervet Monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, Masai Mara, Kenya :: Image #39609
Photo of Flamingos, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39606
Photo of Flamingos, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39604
Photo of Flamingos, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39603
Photo of Flamingos at Dawn, Lake Kioko, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39601
Photo of African Spoonbill, Platalea alba, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39600
Photo of A large herd of African elephants, composed of at least two familial groups, gathers at sunset to graze and socialize, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39596
Photo of A large herd of African elephants, composed of at least two familial groups, gathers at sunset to graze and socialize, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39593
Photo of Zebra Equus quagga, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39592
Photo of A large herd of African elephants, composed of at least two familial groups, gathers at sunset to graze and socialize, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39589
Photo of African Elephants, Large Herd Gathers at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39587
Photo of Solitary African Elephant at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39582
Photo of Secretary Bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39580
Photo of Lone African Elephant crossing dry lake bed, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39579
Photo of Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39578
Photo of Flamingos, Amboseli National Park, Kenya :: Image #39577
Photo of Elephant herd crossing Lake Kioko, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39575
Photo of Elephant herd crossing Lake Kioko, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39573
Photo of African elephant and Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39569
Photo of Solitary African Elephant at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39568
Photo of Solitary African Elephant at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39567
Photo of Solitary African Elephant at Sunset, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39565
Photo of African elephants, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39564
Photo of Solitary Adult African Elephant, grazing in field of grass, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39561
Photo of African elephant family with calves, sunrise, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39553
Photo of Acacia Tree at Sunrise, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39552
Photo of African elephant herd crossing dry lake bed, Amboseli National Park :: Image #39547
Photo of Ostriches mating at Nairobi National Park. The male is in back, female in front. :: Image #39545
Photo of Red-Billed Oxpecker on Impala, Nairobi National Park :: Image #39543
Photo of White Rhinocerus, Nairobi National Park :: Image #39541
Photo of Purple hydrocoral Stylaster californicus, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California :: Image #39534
Photo of The rare yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, in large aggregations on the Yellow Wall at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #39532
Photo of The rare yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthus giveni, in large aggregations on the Yellow Wall at Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island :: Image #39531
Photo of Adult male California sea lion with sagittal crest, La Jolla Cove :: Image #39528
Photo of Western Gull Chick Portrait, Larus occidentalis, La Jolla Cove :: Image #39511
Photo of Western Gull Chick on Sea Cliff over the Ocean, Larus occidentalis, La Jolla Cove :: Image #39501
Photo of Aerial View of the San Rafael Reef, Utah. This is a canyon-like section of the San Rafael Reef, photographed at sunrise. The "reef proper" is on the right, with its characteristic triangular flatiron erosion. The canyon in the center is a fold in the Earth's crust affiliated with the boundary of the San Rafael Swell. The colors seen here arise primarily from Navajo and Wingate sandstone. :: Image #39496
Photo of School of Blacksmith chromis, Chromis punctipinnis, Ocean Beach :: Image #39481
Photo of The Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39480
Photo of The Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39479
Photo of The Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39478
Photo of American Flag Flying Over The Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39477
Photo of The Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39473
Photo of The Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39472
Photo of Corynactis californica anemones carpet substructure of the Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. The shipwrecks of Wreck Alley are a great place to see vast expanses of rainbow-hued Corynactis anemones. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39471
Photo of The Wreck of the HMCS Yukon in San Diego. Deliberately sunk in 2000 as part of San Diego's Wreck Alley to form an artifical reef, the HMCS Yukon is a 366-foot-long former Canadian destroyer. It is encrusted with a variety of invertebrate life, including Cornyactis anemones which provide much of the color seen here. :: Image #39470
Photo of Ocean Sunfish Under a Boat in the Open Ocean near San Diego :: Image #39466
Photo of Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Swims in the Open Ocean, near San Diego. :: Image #39465
Photo of Underwater Plaque Honoring Jacques Cousteau at the Casino Point Dive Park, Avalon, Catalina Island :: Image #39445
Photo of Two Giant Black Sea Bass in a Courtship Posture, in Kelp at Catalina Island. In summer months, black seabass gather in kelp forests in California and form courtship and mating aggregations. :: Image #39444
Photo of Giant Black Sea Bass with Distinctive Identifying Black Spots that allow researchers to carry out sight/resight studies on the animals distributions and growth. Black sea bass can reach 500 pounds and 8 feet in length. :: Image #39443
Photo of A giant black sea bass is an endangered species that can reach up to 8 feet in length and 500 pounds, often found amid the giant kelp forest, Once nearly fished to extinction and now thought to be at risk of a genetic bottleneck, the giant sea bass is slowly recovering and can be seen in summer months in California's kelp forests. :: Image #39442
Photo of Two Giant Black Sea Bass in a Courtship Posture, in Kelp at Catalina Island. In summer months, black seabass gather in kelp forests in California and form courtship and mating aggregations. :: Image #39441
Photo of Two Giant Black Sea Bass in a Courtship Posture, in Kelp at Catalina Island. In summer months, black seabass gather in kelp forests in California and form courtship and mating aggregations. :: Image #39440
Photo of Aerial photo of two blue whales exhaling near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39431
Photo of Aerial photo of three blue whales socializing near San Diego. :: Image #39430
Photo of Aerial photo of two blue whales near San Diego. These enormous blue whales glide at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before diving to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39426
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39425
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39423
Photo of Aerial photo of two blue whales near San Diego. These enormous blue whales glide at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before diving to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39420
Photo of Aerial photo of blue whale near San Diego. This enormous blue whale glides at the surface of the ocean, resting and breathing before it dives to feed on subsurface krill. :: Image #39419
Photo of Acorn Woodpecker Adult Feeding Chick at Nest :: Image #39414
Photo of Acorn Woodpecker Chick Peeks out of Nest Hole :: Image #39412
Photo of Underwater Portrait of an Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Swimming in the Open Ocean, near San Diego. :: Image #39408
Photo of Acorn Woodpecker Adult and Chick at the Nest, Lake Hodges :: Image #39399
Photo of Acorn Woodpecker Adult and Chick at the Nest, Lake Hodges :: Image #39398
Photo of Desert Cottontail Rabbit at Lake Hodges, Escondido :: Image #39394
Photo of Desert Cottontail Rabbit at Lake Hodges, Escondido :: Image #39393
Photo of Newborn California sea lion pup with its mother in La Jolla. It is thought that most California sea lions are born on June 15 each year. This pup is just a few days old, on the rocks at Point La Jolla. :: Image #39390
Photo of Newborn California sea lion pup with its mother in La Jolla. It is thought that most California sea lions are born on June 15 each year. This pup is just a few days old, on the rocks at Point La Jolla. :: Image #39389
Photo of Newborn California sea lion pups in La Jolla. It is thought that most California sea lions are born on June 15 each year. These two pups are just a few days old, on the rocks at Point La Jolla. :: Image #39388
Photo of Newborn California Sea Lion Pup in La Jolla. It is thought that most California sea lions are born on June 15 each year. This pup is just a few days old, on the rocks at Point La Jolla. :: Image #39387
Photo of Newborn California Sea Lion Pup in La Jolla. It is thought that most California sea lions are born on June 15 each year. This pup is just a few days old, on the rocks at Point La Jolla. :: Image #39386
Photo of Cathedral Rocks reflected in a meadow flooded by the Merced River, historical snowmelt following record snowfall floods Yosemite Valley in May 2023. :: Image #39374
Photo of House on Fire Ruin in Mule Canyon, Utah. Part of the Bears Ears National Monument, House on Fire Ruin is an ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames when reflected sunlight hits the ceiling above the ruin. :: Image #39372
Photo of Clouds and Pacific Ocean, Panorama :: Image #39371
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal on sand, Childrens Pool, La Jolla :: Image #39370
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal on sand, Childrens Pool, La Jolla :: Image #39368
Photo of Pacific harbor seal resting on rocky reef, La Jolla :: Image #39367
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal spyhopping, La Jolla :: Image #39366
Photo of The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is found on the southern and western coasts of Australia. Its extravagent appendages serve only for camoflage, since it has a nearly-invisible dorsal fin that propels it slowly through the water. The leafy sea dragon is the marine emblem of South Australia. :: Image #39360
Photo of The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is found on the southern and western coasts of Australia. Its extravagent appendages serve only for camoflage, since it has a nearly-invisible dorsal fin that propels it slowly through the water. The leafy sea dragon is the marine emblem of South Australia. :: Image #39357
Photo of Hudsonian Whimbrel foraging in tide pools, La Jolla :: Image #39354
Photo of Whimbrel Portrait, La Jolla :: Image #39351
Photo of Mallard mother and ducklings, San Elijo Lagoon, Encinitas :: Image #39345
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight along Torrey Pines sandstone cliffs, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39323
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight along Torrey Pines sandstone cliffs, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39322
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight along Torrey Pines sandstone cliffs, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39321
Photo of Peregrine Falcon attacking brown pelican, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39320
Photo of Peregrine Falcon attacking brown pelican, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39319
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight along Torrey Pines sandstone cliffs, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39318
Photo of Peregrine Falcon on perch over Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39317
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight over Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39316
Photo of Peregrine Falcon mated pair perform midair food exchange. The male forages for prey and returns to the nest, exchanging the prey in mid air with the female who in turn will feed the young at the nest, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39315
Photo of Peregrine Falcon, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39314
Photo of Peregrine Falcon on perch over Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39313
Photo of Peregrine Falcon, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39312
Photo of Peregrine Falcon on perch over Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39311
Photo of Peregrine Falcon fledglings on perch, female on left, male on right, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39310
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight over Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39309
Photo of Peregrine Falcon in flight, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39308
Photo of Peregrine Falcon attacking brown pelican, Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve :: Image #39307
Photo of Old Wife fishes schooling on the Wreck of the Portland Maru, Enoplosus armatus. The Portland Maru was a 117-meter Japanese cargo ship which struck a submerged object and was beached near Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, on March 19, 1935. :: Image #39235
Photo of SCUBA Diver Underwater hovering over the Wreck of the Portland Maru at Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39234
Photo of Coastline of Kangaroo Island, Near Cape Borda, Sunset :: Image #39233
Photo of Yellowhead Hulafish, Trachinops noarlungae, schooling on the wreck of the Portland Maru, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Portland Maru was a 117-meter Japanese cargo ship which struck a submerged object and was beached near Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, on March 19, 1935. :: Image #39232
Photo of Common Bullseye, Pempheris multiradiata, on the wreck of the Portland Maru, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Portland Maru was a 117-meter Japanese cargo ship which struck a submerged object and was beached near Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, on March 19, 1935. :: Image #39231
Photo of Old Wife fishes schooling on the Wreck of the Portland Maru, Enoplosus armatus. The Portland Maru was a 117-meter Japanese cargo ship which struck a submerged object and was beached near Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, on March 19, 1935. :: Image #39230
Photo of Unidentified Soft Corals, Wreck of the Portland Maru, Kangaroo Island, South Australia. The Portland Maru was a 117-meter Japanese cargo ship which struck a submerged object and was beached near Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, on March 19, 1935. :: Image #39229
Photo of Aerial View of Kangaroo Island North Coast, near Cape Torrens, South Australia :: Image #39228
Photo of Bluethroat Wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus, Adult Male, Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39227
Photo of Sunrise on the North Coast of Kangaroo Island, near Western River, South Australia :: Image #39226
Photo of Cape du Couedic Lighthouse, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39225
Photo of Remarkable Rocks Panoramic Photo. It took 500 million years for rain, wind and surf to erode these rocks into their current form. They are a signature part of Flinders Chase National Park on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. :: Image #39224
Photo of Unidentified Fish, Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39223
Photo of Magpie Perch, Pseudogoniistius nigripes, Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39222
Photo of Truncate Butterflyfish, Chelmonops curiosus, Kangaroo Island, South Australia :: Image #39221
Photo of Rapid Bay Jetty Underwater Photo, South Australia :: Image #39220
Photo of Rapid Bay Jetty Underwater Photo, South Australia :: Image #39219
Photo of Rapid Bay Jetty Aerial Photo, South Australia. The now-derelict jetty (wharf, pier) at Rapid Bay is famous for great SCUBA diving, including opportunities to see leafy sea dragons. :: Image #39218
Photo of Rapid Bay Jetty Aerial Photo, South Australia. The now-derelict jetty (wharf, pier) at Rapid Bay is famous for great SCUBA diving, including opportunities to see leafy sea dragons. :: Image #39217
Photo of Yellowtail Kingfish at the South Neptune Islands :: Image #39203
Photo of Yellowtail Kingfish at the South Neptune Islands :: Image #39202
Photo of Yellowtail Kingfish at the South Neptune Islands :: Image #39201
Photo of Yellowtail Kingfish at the South Neptune Islands :: Image #39200
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39175
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39174
Photo of Australian Sea Lions in Kelp, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39173
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39172
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39171
Photo of Australian Sea Lions Playing Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39170
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39169
Photo of Australian Sea Lions Playing Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39168
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39167
Photo of Australian Sea Lion Underwater, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39166
Photo of Australian Sea Lions in Kelp, Grindal Island. Australian sea lions are the only endemic pinniped in Australia, and are found along the coastlines and islands of south and west Australia. :: Image #39165
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39150
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39149
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39148
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39147
Photo of Great White Shark, South Neptune Islands, South Australia :: Image #39146
Photo of The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is found on the southern and western coasts of Australia. Its extravagent appendages serve only for camoflage, since it has a nearly-invisible dorsal fin that propels it slowly through the water. The leafy sea dragon is the marine emblem of South Australia. :: Image #39138
Photo of The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is found on the southern and western coasts of Australia. Its extravagent appendages serve only for camoflage, since it has a nearly-invisible dorsal fin that propels it slowly through the water. The leafy sea dragon is the marine emblem of South Australia. :: Image #39135
Photo of The leafy seadragon (Phycodurus eques) is found on the southern and western coasts of Australia. Its extravagent appendages serve only for camoflage, since it has a nearly-invisible dorsal fin that propels it slowly through the water. The leafy sea dragon is the marine emblem of South Australia. :: Image #39132
Photo of A newborn harbor seal pup, only a few minutes old, peeks over its mother who is resting after having just given birth. The pup is nuzzling and smelling its mothers belly, looking for mammary glands so that it can nurse. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim. :: Image #39120
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Mother and Pup Emerge from the Ocean, they will remain close for four to six weeks until the pup is weaned from its mother's milk. :: Image #39117
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39115
Photo of Newborn Harbor Seal Pup and Seagulls on Sand Beach. Seagulls sometimes pester young seal pups. The pup must stay close to its mother to receive protection, otherwise the young seal may be overwhelmed by a pack of gulls. :: Image #39109
Photo of A small harbor seal pup only a few hours old, explores a sand beach in San Diego :: Image #39095
Photo of Pacific harbor seal mother and pup, on sand beach in La Jolla :: Image #39087
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39085
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39084
Photo of A young Pacific Harbor Seal pup nursing. Mother harbor seals will only nurse their pups for about four to six weeks, at which point the small seal is weaned and must begin to forage and fend for itself. That short period of time is crucial for the young seal to learn how to hunt, socialize and swim. :: Image #39081
Photo of Adult Pacific Harbor Seal Lounging in Water on Sand Beach :: Image #39080
Photo of Newborn harbor seal pup is protected by its mother from a seagull. The seagull most likely wants to feed on the placenta, but it may also peck at and injure the pup. The seal mother does a good job of keeping birds off its newborn pup. :: Image #39074
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal. :: Image #39072
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Young Newborn Pup, on the beach at the Children's Pool in La Jolla :: Image #39060
Photo of Pacific harbor seal mother and newborn pup, at the edge of the ocean at the Children's Pool in La Jolla :: Image #39059
Photo of Pacific harbor seal mother nuzzling her newborn pup, at the edge of the ocean at the Children's Pool in La Jolla. Mothers will nuzzle and touch their young pups frequently to solidify their bond. :: Image #39049
Photo of Pacific Harbor Seal Young Newborn Pup, yawning on the beach at the Children's Pool in La Jolla :: Image #39046
Photo of Desert Sand Verbena in June Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39031
Photo of Desert Sand Verbena in June Wash During Unusual Winter Bloom in January, fall monsoon rains led to a very unusual winter bloom in December and January in Anza Borrego Desert State Park in 2022/2023 :: Image #39030
Photo of A California sea lions leaps high out of the water, jumping clear of a wave while bodysurfing at Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #39016
Photo of Two California sea lions bodysurfing side by side, seemingly suspended in the face of a wave, La Jolla :: Image #39011
Photo of California sea lions bodysurfing and leaping way out of the water, in La Jolla at Boomer Beach. :: Image #39008
Photo of A California sea lions leaps high out of the water, jumping clear of a wave while bodysurfing at Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #39006
Photo of California sea lions bodysurfing and leaping way out of the water, in La Jolla at Boomer Beach. :: Image #39004
Photo of California sea lions bodysurfing and leaping way out of the water, in La Jolla at Boomer Beach. :: Image #39002
Photo of A small sea lion pup takes off on a huge wave, bodysurfing, Boomer Beach, La Jolla :: Image #39001
Photo of California sea lion speeds across the face of a wave while bodysurfing, La Jolla, California :: Image #38999
Photo of Bodysurfing sea lions in La Jolla, suspended in a breaking wave as they play together, Boomer Beach :: Image #38996
Photo of Bodysurfing sea lions in La Jolla, suspended in a breaking wave as they play together, Boomer Beach :: Image #38995
Photo of California sea lions bodysurfing and leaping way out of the water, in La Jolla at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38994
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38980
Photo of Two Bodysurfing Sea Lions Side by Side. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla :: Image #38979
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38978
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla, surfing huge waves close to shore at Boomer Beach. :: Image #38977
Photo of Brown pelican, resting, displaying classic winter adult breeding plumage, golden sea cliffs in the background. :: Image #38969
Photo of California brown pelican adult winter breeding plumage portrait, showing brown hind neck nape, bright red gular pouch and yellow head :: Image #38968
Photo of California brown pelican adult winter breeding plumage portrait, showing brown hind neck nape, bright red gular pouch and yellow head, with white trim and yellow chevron on the chest. :: Image #38966
Photo of Unusual California brown pelican adult winter breeding plumage portrait, showing brown hind neck nape but all white head, this individual may be transitioning out of breeding plumage. :: Image #38964
Photo of California brown pelican adult winter breeding plumage portrait, showing brown hind neck nape, bright red gular pouch and yellow head :: Image #38962
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, breaking waves and surf in the background, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38948
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing Boomer Beach in La Jolla :: Image #38945
Photo of Brown Pelican with open mouth and throat pouch, with Distant Ocean in Background, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult non-breeding plumage coloration :: Image #38934
Photo of Dune Evening Primrose bloom in winter in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, rare winter 2022/2023 bloom :: Image #38931
Photo of Sand verbena wildflowers bloom in a wash during rare winter bloom 2022/2023, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park :: Image #38929
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, La Jolla, wings outstretched, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Immature winter plumage colors. :: Image #38927
Photo of Snowy egret in flight gliding over the ocean in La Jolla. The snowy egret can be found in marshes, swamps, shorelines, mudflats and ponds. The snowy egret eats shrimp, minnows and other small fish, crustaceans and frogs. It is found on all coasts of North America and, in winter, into South America. :: Image #38926
Photo of Spectacular Red and Magenta Sunrise Cloud Colors, San Diego :: Image #38919
Photo of La Jolla Cove Big Surf, Saturday January 14 2023 :: Image #38902
Photo of La Jolla Cove Big Surf, Saturday January 14 2023 :: Image #38901
Photo of La Jolla Cove Big Surf, Saturday January 14 2023 :: Image #38900
Photo of La Jolla Cove Big Surf, Saturday January 14 2023 :: Image #38899
Photo of Brown Pelican Ruffles Its Feathers, distant Pacific Ocean in the background, winter adult non-breeding plumage, turning back to look at the camera as it preens. :: Image #38895
Photo of Brown Pelican shakes its feathers, water droplets flying, drying off after foraging on the ocean. :: Image #38894
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw. Note the contrasting plumage. Both are breeding adults. Left has white head and unusual yellow throat, while right has more typical yellow head and red throat, Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch :: Image #38893
Photo of A perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw with Distant Ocean in Background, bending over backwards, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult breeding plumage coloration :: Image #38889
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, La Jolla, wings outstretched, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. Adult winter breeding plumage colors. :: Image #38885
Photo of Brown pelican nictitating membrane, a translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles, and some mammals. It can be drawn across the eye to protect it while diving in the ocean, from sand and dust and keep it moist. :: Image #38873
Photo of Brown Pelicans Flying En Masse Over Goldfish Point. Flushed by a large breaking wave, the enormous group of pelicans all take to the air at once. Backlit by early morning light during stormy conditions. :: Image #38870
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, overcast light, winter adult breeding plumage :: Image #38860
Photo of California Brown Pelican in flight, soaring over the Pacific Ocean, Pelecanus occidentalis :: Image #38850
Photo of California Brown Pelican preening, pulling on a feather, Pelecanus occidentalis :: Image #38845
Photo of California Brown Pelican in flight, soaring over the Pacific Ocean, Pelecanus occidentalis :: Image #38844
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, adult winter breeding coloration, Pelecanus occidentalis :: Image #38843
Photo of California Brown Pelican Portrait, adult winter breeding coloration, Pelecanus occidentalis :: Image #38841
Photo of California brown pelican breeding plumage portrait :: Image #38834
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38831
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38830
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38827
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38826
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38824
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38822
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38821
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38820
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38819
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38818
Photo of California Brown Pelican Flying over the Ocean, its wings can span over 7' :: Image #38813
Photo of Bhunamanasana, greeting the earth pose, pelican yoga. Brown pelican doing yoga, actually its preening, bending its neck back to spread preen oil on the back of the head and neck, likely second winter coloration :: Image #38804
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #38770
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly at Sunrise, leaving the pond on which they spent the night, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38769
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly at Sunrise, leaving the pond on which they spent the night, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38768
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38767
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38766
Photo of Sandhill cranes in synchronous flight side by side, matching their wingbeats perfect as they fly over Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38765
Photo of Sandhill cranes in synchronous flight side by side, matching their wingbeats perfect as they fly over Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38764
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38763
Photo of Sandhill cranes will spend the night in ponds as protection from coyotes and other predators. The pond is often frozen in the morning. :: Image #38762
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #38761
Photo of Sandhill cranes will spend the night in ponds as protection from coyotes and other predators. The pond is often frozen in the morning. :: Image #38760
Photo of Sandhill cranes will spend the night in ponds as protection from coyotes and other predators. The pond is often frozen in the morning. :: Image #38759
Photo of Sandhill cranes landing in water ponds at dusk, spending the night standing in water as a protection against coyotes and other predators. Motion blur. :: Image #38758
Photo of Sandhill cranes landing in water ponds at dusk, spending the night standing in water as a protection against coyotes and other predators. Motion blur. :: Image #38757
Photo of Snow geese fly in huge numbers 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. :: Image #38756
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38755
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38754
Photo of Sandhill Cranes in Flight at Sunrise, Bosque del Apache NWR. At sunrise, sandhill cranes will fly out from the pool in which they spent the night to range over Bosque del Apache NWR in search of food, returning to the pool at sunset. :: Image #38753
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly at Sunrise, leaving the pond on which they spent the night, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38752
Photo of Sandhill crane spreads its broad wings as it takes flight in early morning light. This sandhill crane is among thousands present in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, stopping here during its winter migration. :: Image #38751
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly at Sunrise, leaving the pond on which they spent the night, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38750
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly at Sunrise, leaving the pond on which they spent the night, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38749
Photo of Sandhill cranes in synchronous flight side by side, matching their wingbeats perfect as they fly over Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38748
Photo of Sandhill cranes in synchronous flight side by side, matching their wingbeats perfect as they fly over Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38747
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly at Sunrise, leaving the pond on which they spent the night, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38746
Photo of Sandhill cranes will spend the night in ponds as protection from coyotes and other predators. The pond is often frozen in the morning. :: Image #38745
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly at Sunrise, leaving the pond on which they spent the night, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38744
Photo of Northern Harrier, Circus hudsonius, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38743
Photo of Sandhill cranes landing in water ponds at dusk, spending the night standing in water as a protection against coyotes and other predators. Motion blur. :: Image #38734
Photo of Sandhill Cranes, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38732
Photo of Sandhill Cranes in Flight at Sunrise, Bosque del Apache NWR. At sunrise, sandhill cranes will fly out from the pool in which they spent the night to range over Bosque del Apache NWR in search of food, returning to the pool at sunset. :: Image #38729
Photo of Sandhill Cranes Fly at Sunrise, leaving the pond on which they spent the night, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38728
Photo of Snow Geese in Flight, Bosque del Apache NWR :: Image #38719
Photo of Brown pelican immature plumage, likely second winter coloration approaching breeding plumage, on cliff over the ocean :: Image #38704
Photo of California brown pelican winter breeding plumage portrait, this adult is gently clapping its jaws, showing brown hind neck with yellow head, red and olive throat pouch, white with yellow chevron on the breast. :: Image #38701
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. :: Image #38696
Photo of California brown pelican breeding plumage portrait, on cliffs over the ocean :: Image #38695
Photo of A brown pelican performs a bill throw as another looks on, both are adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38686
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, soaring with wings spread wide as it glides over the ocean. Adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38683
Photo of Pelican yoga, Utthita Tadasan, extended mountain pose with backbend. Extreme Brown Pelican Head Throw Display. This California brown pelican is arching its head and neck way back, opening its mouth in a behavior known as a head throw or bill throw. :: Image #38678
Photo of Brown pelican in flight with wings braking as it turns over the ocean :: Image #38673
Photo of Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, flying directly at the camera, slowing to land on ocean seacliffs, La Jolla :: Image #38672
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38665
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38664
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. This particular sea lion bears an orange tag on his left foreflipper, probably as a result of rescue and release as a young sea lion years earlier. :: Image #38651
Photo of Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. This particular sea lion bears an orange tag on his left foreflipper, probably as a result of rescue and release as a young sea lion years earlier. :: Image #38650
Photo of Royal Tern in flight, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla :: Image #38645
Photo of Beautiful golden female Calfornia sea lion on rocks at sunrise. This sea lion has hauled out of the ocean onto rocks near Point La Jolla to rest and warm in the morning sun. :: Image #38634
Photo of Breeding and non-breeding California pelicans standing side-by-side on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean. :: Image #38633
Photo of California brown pelican breeding plumage portrait :: Image #38632
Photo of Young California Sea Lion at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, underwater. :: Image #38624
Photo of Garibaldi swimming over algae and reef, Coronado Islands, Mexico :: Image #38622
Photo of Young California Sea Lion at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, underwater. :: Image #38621
Photo of California Brown Pelican Soaring over the Ocean :: Image #38612
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant in Flight :: Image #38610
Photo of California Brown Pelican Non-Breeding Portrait :: Image #38609
Photo of Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, slowing as it returns from the ocean to land on seacliffs, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38607
Photo of California Brown Pelican Soaring over the Ocean :: Image #38606
Photo of California brown pelican resting with head under wing, perched on a rock over the ocean, in shade, adult winter non-breeding plumage. :: Image #38605
Photo of Brown pelican stares directly at photographer, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38604
Photo of Brandts Cormorant portrait in shade, over the ocean :: Image #38602
Photo of Brown pelican nictitating membrane, a translucent membrane that forms an inner eyelid in birds, reptiles, and some mammals. It can be drawn across the eye to protect it while diving in the ocean, from sand and dust and keep it moist. :: Image #38601
Photo of California brown pelican portrait, lit with a bit of flash about 30 minutes before sunrise. Adult winter breeding plumage. :: Image #38600
Photo of California brown pelican portrait, lit with a bit of flash about 30 minutes before sunrise. Adult winter nonbreeding plumage. :: Image #38599
Photo of California brown pelican in flight in soft pre-dawn light, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38598
Photo of Brown pelican in flight with wings spread wide, slowing as it returns from the ocean to land on seacliffs, juvenile winter plumage :: Image #38597
Photo of Sweetheart California Brown Pelicans, facing each other so heads form a heart shape, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38596
Photo of Brown pelican close-up portrait, orange-red bill with pink tissue surrounding eyes, yellow and white head feathers, adult winter non-breeding plumage :: Image #38595
Photo of California Brown Pelican Non-Breeding Portrait :: Image #38592
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant in Flight :: Image #38583
Photo of Brandt's Cormorant in Flight :: Image #38582
Photo of California Brown Pelican Soaring over the Ocean :: Image #38580
Photo of California Brown Pelican Soaring over the Ocean, two paddleboarders and Point La Jolla in the background :: Image #38579
Photo of California sea lion hanging upside-down underwater, watching the photographer, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #38574
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38573
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38572
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38571
Photo of California sea lion hanging upside-down underwater, watching the photographer, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #38570
Photo of California sea lion hanging upside-down underwater, watching the photographer, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #38569
Photo of California sea lion hanging upside-down underwater, watching the photographer, Baja California, Mexico :: Image #38568
Photo of California sea lion pup at the Coronado Islands, Mexico, inquisitive of the photographer, underwater :: Image #38567
Photo of Buttes at sunset, Sedona, Arizona :: Image #38556
Photo of Munds Mountain cliffs at sunset, Sedona, Arizona :: Image #38554
Photo of Brin Mesa and Wilson Mountain, Sedona, Arizona :: Image #38553
Photo of Ocean sunfish portrait underwater, Mola mola, San Diego :: Image #38549
Photo of Ocean sunfish portrait underwater, Mola mola, San Diego :: Image #38546
Photo of California sea lion on drift kelp paddy, underwater. This adult female California sea lion was hanging out underneath a paddy of drift kelp, well offshore the coastline of San Diego. :: Image #38543
Photo of California sea lion on drift kelp paddy, underwater. This adult female California sea lion was hanging out underneath a paddy of drift kelp, well offshore the coastline of San Diego. :: Image #38542
Photo of California sea lion on drift kelp paddy, underwater. This adult female California sea lion was hanging out underneath a paddy of drift kelp, well offshore the coastline of San Diego. :: Image #38541
Photo of Ocean sunfish portrait underwater, Mola mola, San Diego :: Image #38539
Photo of Ocean sunfish portrait underwater, Mola mola, San Diego :: Image #38537
Photo of Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are typically oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. :: Image #38519
Photo of Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy. :: Image #38518
Photo of Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy. :: Image #38517
Photo of Surfgrass (Phyllospadix), moving with waves in shallow water, San Clemente Island. :: Image #38516
Photo of Surfgrass (Phyllospadix), moving with waves in shallow water, San Clemente Island. :: Image #38515
Photo of Invasive Sargassum and various algae, San Clemente Island :: Image #38514
Photo of The Kelp Forest and Rocky Reef of San Clemente Island. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands :: Image #38513
Photo of Spectacular underwater rocky reef topography at San Clemente Island, typified by crevices, walls and profuse vertical relief on the rocky ocean bottom below the kelp forest. :: Image #38512
Photo of Sunset over the Pacific Ocean :: Image #38511
Photo of Sunset and Boat Horizon at San Clemente Island, aerial photo. :: Image #38491
Photo of San Clemente Island aerial photo, Pyramid Head and Balanced Rock at the southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island, exhibits distinctive geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests :: Image #38488
Photo of San Clemente Island aerial photo, Pyramid Head and Balanced Rock at the southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island, exhibits distinctive geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests :: Image #38484
Photo of Giant Kelp Forest, West End Catalina Island, rendered in the round by a circular fisheye lens. :: Image #38477
Photo of Southern right whale raises its fluke tail out of the water prior to diving. :: Image #38457
Photo of Seagull picks skin off a southern right whale, leaving a lesion that may become infected and which scientists have shown to be stressful to young calves. :: Image #38454
Photo of Whale watching along Playa El Doradillo, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina. At Playa El Doradillo, whales come so close to shore people can simply stand on the beach and watch Southern Right Whales just a few yards away. :: Image #38442
Photo of Breaching southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38439
Photo of El Copulador, a well known male southern right whale in Argentina. El Copulador, "The Copulator", is a serious player in the southern right whale mating game. He was a white calf and, while most white calves darked to near-black as they age, El Copulador has retained a distinctly light coloration. He is often seen in mating and courtship groups and has likely successfully mated with many females over the years. :: Image #38437
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38429
Photo of Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia :: Image #38427
Photo of Hairy armadillo, Peludo, Chaetophractus villosus, Patagonia :: Image #38422
Photo of Southern elephant seal pup being born, birth, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula :: Image #38419
Photo of Southern elephant seal, mother and pup, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula :: Image #38416
Photo of Southern elephant seal, adult male, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina :: Image #38413
Photo of Long-tailed meadowlark, Leistes loyca, Patagonia :: Image #38409
Photo of Sea gull picks skin from a white southern right whale calf :: Image #38408
Photo of White southern right whale calf taking a breath at the ocean surface :: Image #38397
Photo of Portrait of a Southern Right Whale Underwater, Eubalaena australis. This particular right whale exhibits a beautiful mottled pattern on its sides. :: Image #38388
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales are seen here as part of a larger courtship group, with adult males interested in mating with the mother. The calf has no choice but to stay by her mother's side during the courting activities. :: Image #38379
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38371
Photo of Imperial Shag, Phalacrocorax atriceps or Blue-eyed Cormorant, Puerto Piramides, UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site, Golfo Nuevo :: Image #38366
Photo of Courting group of southern right whales, aerial photo. Mating may occur as a result of this courting and social behavior. The white whale seen here is a serious player named El Copulador (the copulator) and is often seen in mating and courting groups of southern right whales at Peninsula Valdes. His light coloration is an indication that he was a white calf, but he did not darken as he aged in the way most white southern right whale calves do. :: Image #38358
Photo of Southern right whale fluke raised out of the water, tail slapping :: Image #38353
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38348
Photo of Southern right whale mother and calf, aerial photo, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38347
Photo of South American sea lion, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38344
Photo of Southern right whale raises its fluke tail out of the water prior to diving. :: Image #38338
Photo of Seagull picks skin off a southern right whale, leaving a lesion that may become infected and which scientists have shown to be stressful to young calves. :: Image #38332
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale visits a boat, Eubalaena australis, aerial photo :: Image #38328
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale visits a boat, Eubalaena australis, aerial photo :: Image #38326
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale visits a boat, Eubalaena australis, aerial photo :: Image #38325
Photo of Southern right whale eyeballing the camera up close, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen clearly in the folds and crevices around the whales eye and lip groove. :: Image #38323
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale visits a boat, Eubalaena australis, aerial photo :: Image #38322
Photo of Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38318
Photo of Southern right whale eyeballing the camera up close, Eubalaena australis. Whale lice can be seen clearly in the folds and crevices around the whales eye and lip groove. :: Image #38311
Photo of Mother and calf southern right whales underwater. The calf swims close to its mother but, if the mother is accepting, the calf will be allowed to come close to the photographer and check him out. :: Image #38308
Photo of Inquisitive southern right whale mother and calf visits a boat, Eubalaena australis, aerial photo :: Image #38302
Photo of Courting group of southern right whales, aerial photo. Mating may occur as a result of this courting and social behavior. :: Image #38299
Photo of Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. In this image, the male is below and inverted (belly up) and the female is at the surface. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating. :: Image #38294
Photo of Southern right whale underwater, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38293
Photo of Male and female southern right whales mating underwater, Eubalaena australis :: Image #38292
Photo of Southern right whale fluke tail, underwater :: Image #38290
Photo of Kelp gull, Larus dominicanus, Dominican gull, large flock in flight over the ocean, Patagonia :: Image #38284
Photo of Breaching southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Patagonia :: Image #38283
Photo of South American sea lions underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina :: Image #38266
Photo of McKinney Bay and Homewood, Lake Tahoe, aerial photo :: Image #38255
Photo of Duceys Resort at Bass Lake near Oakhurst, aerial photo :: Image #38248
Photo of Lake Hodges and Fletcher Point, aerial photo :: Image #38243
Photo of Beacons Beach and Leucadia Coastline, sunset, Encinitas, aerial photo :: Image #38239
Photo of Del Mar Coastline and Bridge at sunset, aerial photo, Torrey Pines and La Jolla in the distance :: Image #38236
Photo of Moss Street Point, Coastline and homes, Laguna Beach, Aerial photo :: Image #38235
Photo of Aerial Photo of Scripps Pier. 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 :: Image #38231
Photo of Fletcher Cove, Pillbox, Solana Beach, aerial photo :: Image #38230
Photo of Aerial Photo of Crystal Pier, 872 feet long and built in 1925, extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the town of Pacific Beach. :: Image #38229
Photo of Torrey Pines seacliffs, rising up to 300 feet above the ocean, stretch from Del Mar to La Jolla. On the mesa atop the bluffs are found Torrey pine trees, one of the rare species of pines in the world. :: Image #38226
Photo of Skyline Rim promontory aerial panoramic photo, with Factory Butte in the distance. The Henry Mountains are in the far left. The Blue Hills lie below the mesa. Just after sunrise. Utah badlands. :: Image #38215
Photo of Dawn over the Skyline Rim, Factory Bench and Lower Blue Hills, Utah. The Henry Mountains are in the distance. :: Image #38210
Photo of Lower Blue Hills Badlands, sunrise, Utah :: Image #38202
Photo of The Tree of Eons, Utah. The Tree of Eons is a spectacular geologic sight near the San Rafael Swell in Utah. Here the Tree of Eons is seen under the direct light of midday. Erosion has cut a dendritic "tree" through red, blue, purple and white layers of the Chinle formation. The Tree of Eons is a superb example of dendritic erosion and, to really appreciate its complex fractal-like details, must be observed from above. :: Image #38201
Photo of Sunrise over the Skyline Rim, Factory Bench and Lower Blue Hills, Utah. Factory Butte is in the distance. :: Image #38200
Photo of Stonesteps Beach, Encinitas, Aerial Photo, sunset :: Image #38187
Photo of Three Arch Bay, Mussel Cove and Three Arch Rock, Laguna Beach Coastline, Aerial Photo :: Image #38186
Photo of La Jolla Caves and Coastline, Goldfish Point, Aerial Photo :: Image #38185
Photo of Torrey Pines Golf Course over looking Blacks Beach and the Pacific Ocean, south course, summer, afternoon. :: Image #38184
Photo of Hoodoos in Goblin Valley State Park. The "goblins" are technically known as hoodoos, formed through the gradual erosion of Entrada sandstone deposited 170 millions years ago :: Image #38183
Photo of White Cap Mesa overlooking Goblin Valley State Park, Utah :: Image #38182
Photo of Lower Blue Hills Badlands, sunrise, Utah :: Image #38180
Photo of Mars Desert Research Station, set amid beautiful Mars-like "Bentonite Hills", near Hanksville, Utah :: Image #38179
Photo of Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo. :: Image #38173
Photo of Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo. :: Image #38170
Photo of Aerial Photo of California Poppies in Bloom, Elsinore :: Image #38167
Photo of Batiquitos Lagoon and Ponto, stormy sunset, aerial photo :: Image #38165
Photo of Kapalua Maui with Hawea Point and Namalu Bay, Sunset, West Maui, aerial photo :: Image #38161
Photo of Kaanapali Hotels and Coastline, West Maui, aerial photo :: Image #38159
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38157
Photo of Napili Point and Honokeana Cove, aerial photo, West Maui :: Image #38155
Photo of La Jolla Caves and Coastline, Goldfish Point, Aerial Photo :: Image #38153
Photo of Laguna Beach Coastline including Views South to Three Arch Bay, Aerial Photo :: Image #38151
Photo of San Dieguito River Mouth and Del Mar Dog Beach, Aerial Photo :: Image #38148
Photo of San Vicente Reservoir Aerial Photo, San Diego :: Image #38147
Photo of Aerial Photo of Children's Pool, Casa Cove and La Jolla Coastline :: Image #38145
Photo of Grandview Beach, Aerial Photo, Encinitas and Carlsbad :: Image #38142
Photo of Falling bluffs and reinforcements, buttressing, Encinitas and Leucadia. These bluffs are coming down, its only a matter of time, but residents spend to prop up the bluffs and keep their homes from falling into the ocean. :: Image #38140
Photo of La Jolla Shores coastline, from Point La Jolla in the south to Blacks Beach in the north, aerial photo :: Image #38137
Photo of Stone Steps Beach at Sunset, Aerial Panorama, Encinitas, California :: Image #38136
Photo of Moonlight Beach Aerial Panoramic Photo at Sunset, Encinitas :: Image #38135
Photo of Dollar Point Lake Tahoe, aerial panoramic photo :: Image #38133
Photo of Batiquitos Lagoon and Ponto, sunset, aerial photo :: Image #38132
Photo of San Elijo Lagoon showing tidal channels, Encinitas, aerial photo :: Image #38129
Photo of Beacons Beach and Leucadia Coastline, sunset, Encinitas, aerial photo :: Image #38127
Photo of Newport Pier in Newport Beach, aerial photo :: Image #38126
Photo of Sunrise over The Mount Soledad Cross, a landmark in La Jolla, California. The Mount Soledad Cross is a 29-foot-tall cross erected in 1954. Aerial photo :: Image #38125
Photo of Olowalu coral reef and coast with West Maui mountains, aerial panoramic photo :: Image #38120
Photo of Napili Point and Honokeana Cove, aerial photo, West Maui :: Image #38118
Photo of Oceanside Pier aerial photo, Oceanside, California :: Image #38115
Photo of Lake Forest Beach and Dollar Point, Lake Tahoe, aerial photo :: Image #38114
Photo of Humpback Whale entangled in fishing gear, aerial photo :: Image #38109
Photo of San Dieguito Lagoon and San Dieguito River empty into the Pacific Ocean at Dog Beach in Del Mar, aerial photo :: Image #38107
Photo of Aerial Photo of Casino Point and Avalon, Catalina Island :: Image #38100
Photo of Aerial photo of platforms Elly and Ellen, in 260 feet of water off Long Beach, California :: Image #38095
Photo of Old Lahaina Town aerial photo showing harbor and coral reef, Molokai at far left, Haleakala and Launiupoko gap at far right. West Maui mountains. Maui, Hawaii :: Image #38090
Photo of Del Mar and Solana Beach Coastline, Aerial Photo :: Image #38080
Photo of Lower Blue Hills Badlands, sunrise, Utah :: Image #38074
Photo of Childrens Pool seawall and Casa Cove aerial photo, La Jolla, California. Sunset. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38072
Photo of Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns of Bentonite layers, seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands. The Bentonite Hills are composed of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes into layers, now revealed through erosion. Aerial photograph. :: Image #38067
Photo of Hoodoos in Goblin Valley State Park. The "goblins" are technically known as hoodoos, formed through the gradual erosion of Entrada sandstone deposited 170 millions years ago :: Image #38066
Photo of Dawn breaks over the Bentonite Hills in the Utah Badlands. Striations in soil reveal layers of the Morrison Formation, formed in swamps and lakes in the Jurassic era. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #38065
Photo of Dawn over the Skyline Rim, Factory Bench and Lower Blue Hills, Utah. Factory Butte is in the distance. :: Image #38064
Photo of Fletcher Cove, Pillbox, Solana Beach, aerial photo :: Image #38044
Photo of Aerial Panorama of Nicholson Point and Hospitals Beach, aerial photo, extreme low tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #38041
Photo of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Blacks Beach Aerial Photo. Torrey Pines State Reserve in the distance. :: Image #38040
Photo of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Blacks Beach Aerial Photo. Torrey Pines State Reserve in the distance. :: Image #38039
Photo of Aerial Photo of Del Mar Coastline, North County, San Diego, including train tracks running along the edge of the sea cliffs above the Pacific Ocean :: Image #38036
Photo of Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo. :: Image #38032
Photo of Sunrise over the Skyline Rim, Factory Bench and Lower Blue Hills, Utah. The San Rafael Swell is in the distance. :: Image #38026
Photo of Solana Beach sea cliffs and coastline, aerial view. :: Image #38024
Photo of Wilson Arch aerial photo, Moab, Utah. Wilson Arch has a span of 91 feet (28 m) and height of 46 feet (14 m) :: Image #38022
Photo of Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, Bentonite layers are seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands, part of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation. This layer was formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes. Aerial photograph. :: Image #38019
Photo of Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo. :: Image #38018
Photo of Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo. :: Image #38017
Photo of Aerial photo of Coastal Seacliffs in Encinitas California. :: Image #38015
Photo of Swamis Beach Reefs Exposed by King Tides, people explore ocean reefs normally underwater but exposed on the extreme low tides known as King Tides. Aerial photo. :: Image #38014
Photo of Sun Gold Point Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #38012
Photo of South Casa Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #38011
Photo of Bird Rock Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #38010
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #38009
Photo of Swamis Reef exposed at extreme low King Tide, Encinitas, aerial panoramic photo :: Image #38002
Photo of La Jolla Bay submarine reef system on extreme low King Tide, south of La Jolla Shores, aerial panoramic photo :: Image #37999
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37995
Photo of Bird Rock Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #37993
Photo of Swamis Beach Reefs Exposed by King Tides, people explore ocean reefs normally underwater but exposed on the extreme low tides known as King Tides. Aerial photo. :: Image #37992
Photo of Swamis Beach Reefs Exposed by King Tides, people explore ocean reefs normally underwater but exposed on the extreme low tides known as King Tides. Aerial photo. :: Image #37991
Photo of Childrens Pool Reef Exposed at Extreme Low King Tide, La Jolla, California. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37990
Photo of Swamis Beach Reefs Exposed by King Tides, people explore ocean reefs normally underwater but exposed on the extreme low tides known as King Tides. Aerial photo. :: Image #37989
Photo of Shell Beach Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #37988
Photo of Nicholson Point and Hospitals Beach, aerial photo, extreme low tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #37987
Photo of Sun Gold Point Reef Exposed at Extreme Low Tide, La Jolla, California :: Image #37984
Photo of Napili Shores and Napili Beach, West Maui, Hawaii, aerial photo, sunset :: Image #37981
Photo of Crystal Pier and Pacific Beach coastline, Mission Bay, Point Loma and San Diego visible in the distance, aerial photo :: Image #37975
Photo of Dana Point harbor and marina, with lots of boats, aerial photo :: Image #37974
Photo of Falling bluffs and reinforcements, buttressing, Encinitas and Leucadia. These bluffs are coming down, its only a matter of time, but residents spend to prop up the bluffs and keep their homes from falling into the ocean. :: Image #37971
Photo of Stone Steps and Leucdia coastline, top down view, aerial photo :: Image #37970
Photo of Del Mar bluffs and train tracks, looking south towards Torrey Pines and La Jolla :: Image #37967
Photo of San Elijo Lagoon Aerial Photo, Encinitas, California :: Image #37963
Photo of Hoodoos in Goblin Valley State Park, aerial panorama. The "goblins" are technically known as hoodoos, formed through the gradual erosion of Entrada sandstone deposited 170 millions years ago. Aerial panoramic photograph. :: Image #37957
Photo of Pine Tree Arch, Arches National Park :: Image #37865
Photo of Turret Arch viewed through North Window at Sunrise :: Image #37863
Photo of Three Clark's Grebes in a courtship ceremony, Lake Hodges, San Diego :: Image #37856
Photo of White pelican flying over Lake Hodges, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos :: Image #37848
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla :: Image #37827
Photo of California sea lion bodysurfing in La Jolla :: Image #37825
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck :: Image #37820
Photo of Brown pelican staring down the photographer. Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck :: Image #37819
Photo of Yellow Morph California Brown Pelican Portrait, note the distinctive winter mating plumage but the unusual yellow throat and pure white head with just a touch of mottling :: Image #37818
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck :: Image #37816
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California :: Image #37814
Photo of California Brown pelican in flight, soaring along sea cliffs above the ocean in La Jolla, California :: Image #37813
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37809
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37806
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37803
Photo of Unidentified gull in flight, La Jolla :: Image #37800
Photo of California brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs :: Image #37798
Photo of Fremont Cottonwood Tree in winter sillhouette against red Zion Canyon walls :: Image #37794
Photo of Pedestal rock, or hoodoo, at Stud Horse Point. These hoodoos form when erosion occurs around but not underneath a more resistant caprock that sits atop of the hoodoo spire. Stud Horse Point is a spectacular viewpoint on a mesa overlooking the Arizona / Utah border. :: Image #37780
Photo of Pedestal rock, or hoodoo, at Stud Horse Point. These hoodoos form when erosion occurs around but not underneath a more resistant caprock that sits atop of the hoodoo spire. Stud Horse Point is a spectacular viewpoint on a mesa overlooking the Arizona / Utah border. :: Image #37778
Photo of Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #37773
Photo of Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #37768
Photo of Lower Antelope Canyon, a deep, narrow and spectacular slot canyon lying on Navajo Tribal lands near Page, Arizona :: Image #37767
Photo of Grand Canyon at dusk, sunset, viewed from Mather Point on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park :: Image #37762
Photo of Belt of Venus over Grand Canyon at dusk, sunset, viewed from Mather Point on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The Belt of Venus, or anti-twilight arch, is the shadow of the earth cast upon the atmosphere just above the horizon, and occurs a few minutes before sunrise or after sunset. :: Image #37761
Photo of Grand Canyon at sunrise viewed from Yavapai Point on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park :: Image #37760
Photo of Grand Canyon at sunrise viewed from Yavapai Point on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park :: Image #37757
Photo of Grand Canyon at dusk, sunset, viewed from Grandeur Point on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park :: Image #37753
Photo of Bodysurfing Sea Lion. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla. The original bodysurfer. :: Image #37751
Photo of Bodysurfing Sea Lion. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla. The original bodysurfer. :: Image #37748
Photo of Bodysurfing Sea Lion. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla. The original bodysurfer. :: Image #37744
Photo of Bodysurfing Sea Lion. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla. The original bodysurfer. :: Image #37741
Photo of Two Bodysurfing Sea Lions Side by Side. California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is surfing extreme shorebreak at Boomer Beach, Point La Jolla. The original bodysurfer. :: Image #37739
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. :: Image #37737
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. :: Image #37734
Photo of Sea gull carries trash, a piece of aluminum foil :: Image #37733
Photo of Young California sea lion and breaking wave, La Jolla :: Image #37731
Photo of California Brown pelican performing a head throw, with breeding plumage including distinctive yellow and white head feathers, red gular throat pouch, brown hind neck and greyish body. :: Image #37729
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck :: Image #37727
Photo of Parsvottanasana, triangle pose, pelican yoga. A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry. :: Image #37725
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat and yellow head. :: Image #37724
Photo of Royal tern, winter adult phase :: Image #37722
Photo of Black Oystercatcher foraging for food, Haematopus bachmani :: Image #37720
Photo of Juvenile sea lion playing in white wash on Point La Jolla. :: Image #37717
Photo of Juvenile sea lion playing in white wash on Point La Jolla. :: Image #37716
Photo of Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs. :: Image #37713
Photo of California gull juvenile (suspected), in flight with wings spread to land. :: Image #37712
Photo of Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck :: Image #37711
Photo of South Carlsbad State Beach and campground at sunset, sea cliffs and bluffs. Coast Highway to the left, Ponto Beach and Encinitas/Leucadia to the right. :: Image #37710
Photo of Terramar Point at Sunset, in South Carlsbad. Seacliffs, bluffs, beach and reef exposed at low tide. :: Image #37709
Photo of Carlsbad Coastline at Sunset, looking south from Terramar toward South Carlsbad State Beach, Ponto, Leucadia and Encinitas :: Image #37707
Photo of Imperial Beach Pier at Sunrise :: Image #37703
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