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| 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 ID: 13571 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. Image ID: 17547 Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA | 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 ID: 17475 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji. Image ID: 34714 Species: Cabbage Coral, Turbinaria reniformis Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji. Image ID: 31314 Species: Cabbage Coral, Tubinaria reniformis, Turbinaria reniformis, Cabbage Coral Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | 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 ID: 36888 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis |
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| 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 ID: 34741 Species: Anthias, Pseudanthias Location: Fiji | Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16725 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji. Image ID: 31336 Species: Cabbage Coral, Tubinaria reniformis, Turbinaria reniformis, Cabbage Coral Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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| 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 ID: 02828 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | 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 ID: 05925 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | 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 ID: 36887 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis |
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| 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 ID: 36889 Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis | 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. Image ID: 36682 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. Image ID: 30255 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| 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 ID: 16160 Location: Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. Image ID: 28332 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | 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 ID: 28526 Species: Ancient Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| 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 ID: 20700 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA Pano dimensions: 4661 x 25458 | ||
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| Steller sea lion underwater bubble display, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. Image ID: 32802 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter breeding plumage with distinctive dark brown nape, yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. Image ID: 22529 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch. Image ID: 28329 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| 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 ID: 34882 Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji | 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 ID: 34883 Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji | Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch. Image ID: 36684 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch. Image ID: 36688 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and colorful gular throat pouch. Image ID: 36791 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji. Image ID: 31384 Species: Cabbage Coral, Tubinaria reniformis, Turbinaria reniformis, Cabbage Coral Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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| Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji. Image ID: 31385 Species: Cabbage Coral, Tubinaria reniformis, Turbinaria reniformis, Cabbage Coral Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Spectacular display of pristine cabbage coral, Turbinaria reniformis, in Nigali Pass on Gao Island, Fiji. Image ID: 31391 Species: Cabbage Coral, Tubinaria reniformis, Turbinaria reniformis, Cabbage Coral Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | |
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