Color And Pattern Photos

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.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 37951  
Panorama dimensions: 11000 x 15000

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.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 37947  

King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27470  

Juvenile garibaldi in motion.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 02343  

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.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38029  

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.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38177  

Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish.
Species: Pacific double-saddle butterflyfish, Chaetodon ulietensis
Image ID: 11817  

Harlequin tuskfish.
Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus
Image ID: 12885  

King angelfish.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Image ID: 12889  

King angelfish.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Image ID: 12891  

Honeycomb moray eel (tesselate moray).
Species: Honeycomb moray eel, Gymnothorax favagineus
Image ID: 12920  

A small (2 inch) sanddab is well-camouflaged amidst the grains of sand that surround it.
Species: Sanddabs, Citharichthys
Image ID: 14936  

Whale shark.
Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01513  

Coral hawkfish.
Species: Coral hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02432  

Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 02513  

Flame angelfish.
Species: Flame angel, Centropyge loricula
Image ID: 08667  

Blue tang.
Species: Blue tang surgeonfish, Acanthurus coeruleus
Image ID: 08677  

Eyestripe surgeonfish.
Species: Eyestripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus dussumieri
Image ID: 08717  

Harlequin tuskfish.
Species: Harlequin tuskfish, Choerodon fasciatus
Image ID: 08846  

Spotted ratfish.
Species: Spotted ratfish, Hydrolagus colliei
Image ID: 08904  

Scribbled angelfish.
Species: Scribbled angelfish, Chaetodontoplus duboulayi
Image ID: 09451  

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.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38019  

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.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38067  

Juvenile garibaldi displaying distinctive blue spots.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: California
Image ID: 09388  

King angelfish in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27474  

Guineafowl puffer fish, black phase.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33541  

Guineafowl puffer fish, black phase.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33542  

King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez,.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33605  

King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez,.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Isla Las Animas, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33682  

King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez,.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Isla Las Animas, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33683