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| North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Image ID: 00140 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale breaching, near Molokai, Hawaii. Megaptera novaeangliae. It is suspected the breaching often has a communicative purpose which depends on the behavioral context of the moment. Image ID: 00205 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| 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. Image ID: 10975 Species: Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens, Opuntia Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. 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. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. Image ID: 01611 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface. Image ID: 03854 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34708 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji | Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. Image ID: 34713 Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji | Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji. Image ID: 34715 Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji |
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| Galapagos penguin, underwater, swimming. Bartolome Island. Image ID: 16234 Species: Galapagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus Location: Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. Image ID: 34709 Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya Location: Fiji | 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 |
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| Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34716 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias Location: Fiji | Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34720 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji | Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34722 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji |
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| Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34723 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Bligh Waters, Fiji | Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with Plexauridae sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34726 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Brilliantlly colorful coral reef, with swarms of anthias fishes and soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 34727 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji |
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| Closeup view of colorful dendronephthya soft corals, reaching out into strong ocean currents to capture passing planktonic food, Fiji. Image ID: 34728 Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji. Image ID: 34729 Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji. Image ID: 34731 Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji |
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| Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji. Image ID: 34738 Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Colorful and exotic coral reef in Fiji, with soft corals, hard corals, anthias fishes, anemones, and sea fan gorgonians. Image ID: 34739 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias Location: Fiji | Juvenile Northern Elephant Seal Underwater, Coronado Islands, Mexico. Image ID: 36465 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Spectacular pristine tropical reef, including dendronephthya soft corals, sarcophyton leather corals and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. Image ID: 31309 Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Sarcophyton soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias, Sarcophyton Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with gorgonian sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 31312 Species: Anthias, Black sun coral, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias, Tubastrea micrantha Location: Fiji | Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. Image ID: 31313 Species: Anthias, Black sun coral, Crinoid feather star, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Crinoidea, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias, Tubastrea micrantha Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji |
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