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| Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface. Image ID: 03854 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Milky Way over Sandstone Fins. Sandstone fins stand on edge. Vertical fractures separate standing plates of sandstone that are eroded into freestanding fins, that may one day further erode into arches. Image ID: 29254 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA | Saddle patch and dorsal fins of killer whales, Palos Verdes. Image ID: 30421 Species: Killer whale, Orcinus orca Location: Palos Verdes, California, USA |
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| The Great Wall, Navajo Tribal Lands, Arizona. Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26643 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Sunrise light touches the Fins. Sandstone fins stand on edge. Vertical fractures separate standing plates of sandstone that are eroded into freestanding fins, that may one day further erode into arches. Image ID: 29255 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA | Epaulette shark. The epaulette shark is primarily nocturnal, hunting for crabs, worms and invertebrates by crawling across the bottom on its overlarge fins. Image ID: 14958 Species: Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum |
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| Fins. The vertical slabs of Entrada sandstone may become natural sandstone arches. Image ID: 18187 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA | Courthouse Towers, narrow sandstone fins towering above the surrounding flatlands. Image ID: 18195 Location: Courthouse Towers, Arches National Park, Utah, USA | A great white shark swims away, showing its powerful caudal fin (tail), short anal fins on its underside, tall dorsal fin on top and sweeping winglike pectoral fins. Image ID: 19466 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Milky Way over Sandstone Fins. Sandstone fins stand on edge. Vertical fractures separate standing plates of sandstone that are eroded into freestanding fins, that may one day further erode into arches. Image ID: 29253 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA Pano dimensions: 7791 x 15529 | ||
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| The Great Wall, Navajo Tribal Lands, Arizona. Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26644 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Guy stands in shallow water wearing his long fins, takes photo of his shadow. Image ID: 23298 Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA | Sandstone ridges and fins, in the White Domes section of Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 26482 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA |
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| Humpback whale with one of its long pectoral fins raised aloft out of the water, swimming on its side (laterally) as it does so. Image ID: 01470 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a "crucifix block", during surface active social behaviours. Image ID: 04106 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26646 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| Sandstone fins stand on edge. Vertical fractures separate standing plates of sandstone that are eroded into freestanding fins, that may one day further erode into arches. Image ID: 29256 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA Pano dimensions: 6933 x 11514 | Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26647 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | The Great Wall, Navajo Tribal Lands, Arizona. Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26675 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26676 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26678 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26679 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| The Great Wall, Navajo Tribal Lands, Arizona. Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26614 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26645 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26677 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26680 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26681 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26682 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances. Image ID: 26683 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA | Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a "crucifix block", during surface active social behaviours. Image ID: 04112 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | |
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