Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina.
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Image ID: 34653
Owachomo Bridge at sunset, stars and blue sky. 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.
Location: Owachomo Bridge, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
Image ID: 28546
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).
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09513
Remoras are seen holding on to the dorsal ridge (back) of this blue whale. Remoras latch on to blue whales while they winter in warm southern waters. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, reaching 80 feet in length and weighing as much as 300,000 pounds.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 09524