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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. California Photo. Image ID: 14355 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	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. California Picture. Image ID: 27299 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA	Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Stock Photography of California. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Photograph of California. Image ID: 02304 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA	Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. California Photos. Image ID: 22744 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. California Image. Image ID: 02114 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Breaking wave, Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. Professional stock photos of California. Image ID: 27975 Location: California, USA	Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Pictures of California. Image ID: 17679 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA	Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. California Photo. Image ID: 15122 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Sunrise glints yellow on breaking wave, dawn surf. California Picture. Image ID: 27977 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Stock Photography of California. Image ID: 10975 Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA	Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. Photograph of California. Image ID: 12634 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. California Photos. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. California Image. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	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. Professional stock photos of California. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. Pictures of California. Image ID: 07048 Location: Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	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. California Photo. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. California Picture. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Yosemite Valley Tunnel View, Storm clouds at sunset, Yosemite National Park Stock Photography of California. Image ID: 34542 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7653 x 12541	Oceanside Pier at dusk, sunset, night. Oceanside. Photograph of California. Image ID: 14628 Location: Oceanside Pier, California, USA	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. California Photos. Image ID: 15577 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. California Image. Image ID: 17547 Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA	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. Professional stock photos of California. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. Pictures of California. Image ID: 27979 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA

Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. California Photo. Image ID: 27993 Location: California, USA	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. California Picture. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. Stock Photography of California. Image ID: 01611 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Photograph of California. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola	2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006. California Photos. Image ID: 15299 Location: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, USA	Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. California Image. Image ID: 09938 Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA