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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 ID: 28796 Location: Big Pine, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7153 x 11978	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 ID: 28787 Location: Big Pine, California, USA	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 ID: 28793 Location: Big Pine, California, USA

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 ID: 28788 Location: Big Pine, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5954 x 12875

Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 26773 Species: Teddy-bear Cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	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 ID: 28790 Location: Big Pine, California, USA	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 ID: 28789 Location: Big Pine, California, USA

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 ID: 28791 Location: Big Pine, California, USA	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 ID: 28794 Location: Big Pine, California, USA	Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11981 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

Teddy-Bear cholla blooms in spring. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11934 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Teddy-Bear cholla blooms in spring. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11935 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11979 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11980 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11982 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11983 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

Teddy-Bear cholla cactus. This species is covered with dense spines and pieces easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 11984 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	Gray whale, spine knuckle detail and characteristic skin mottling. Image ID: 01180 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA	Teddy-Bear cholla is covered with dense spines. Pieces of this species easily detach and painfully attach to the skin of distracted passers-by. Image ID: 09122 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

The Teddy-Bear chollas dense array of spines is clearly apparent. Image ID: 09133 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	The Teddy-Bear chollas dense array of spines is clearly apparent. Image ID: 09134 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	The Teddy-Bear chollas dense array of spines is clearly apparent. Image ID: 09135 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

The Teddy-Bear chollas dense array of spines is clearly apparent. Image ID: 09136 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	The Teddy-Bear chollas dense array of spines is clearly apparent. Image ID: 09137 Species: Teddy-bear cholla, Opuntia bigelovii Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA	The characteristic gray/blue mottled skin pattern of a blue whale, seen on its dorsal ridge (spine) as its arches its back prior to a dive. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, reaching 80 feet in length and weighing as much as 300,000 pounds. Near Islas Coronado (Coronado Islands). Image ID: 09513 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico