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| Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, Spring. Image ID: 09185 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Orange cup coral. Image ID: 01858 Species: Orange cup coral, Tubastrea coccinea Location: Isla Champion, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Goldfields bloom in spring. Image ID: 11592 Species: Goldfields, Lasthenia Location: Warner Springs, California, USA |
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| Striped skunk. The striped skunk prefers somewhat open areas with a mixture of habitats such as woods, grasslands, and agricultural clearings. They are usually never found further than two miles from a water source. They are also often found in suburban areas because of the abundance of buildings that provide them with cover. Image ID: 12059 Species: Striped skunk, Mephitis mephitis | North American porcupine. Image ID: 12149 Species: North American porcupine, Erethizon dorsatum | Lionfish. Image ID: 12928 Species: Lionfish, Pterois volitans |
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| Elk grazing among wildflowers in Gibbon Meadow. Image ID: 13178 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Gibbon Meadows, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California. Image ID: 15837 Species: Mountain lion, Puma concolor | Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California. Image ID: 15865 Species: Mountain lion, Puma concolor |
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| Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below. Image ID: 16118 Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Sea otter. Image ID: 16937 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Resurrection Bay, Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska, USA | USC women's JV on their way to winning the Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy, 2007 San Diego Crew Classic. Image ID: 18648 Location: Mission Bay, San Diego, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican peforming a head throw, in which it raises its long beak toward the sky and stretches its long neck. Image ID: 19953 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Male elk during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Males engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Image ID: 20997 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California. Image ID: 15850 Species: Mountain lion, Puma concolor |
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| Aspens turning yellow in fall. Image ID: 19589 Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Elk, bull elk, adult male elk with large set of antlers. By September, this bull elk's antlers have reached their full size and the velvet has fallen off. This bull elk has sparred with other bulls for access to herds of females in estrous and ready to mate. Image ID: 19785 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Humpback whale breaching. Image ID: 03910 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Jack mackerel schooling in kelp. Image ID: 00307 Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Magnificent frigatebird (note blue eye ring), juvenile. Image ID: 02270 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Steel pompano. Image ID: 01831 Species: Steel pompano, Trachinotus stilbe Location: Isla Enderby, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Ocean sunfish swimming with its dorsal fin breaking the ocean surface (sometimes mistaken for a shark). Open ocean. Image ID: 07174 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA | Flameback angelfish. Image ID: 08661 Species: Flameback angelfish, Centropyge aurantonotus | Unidentified African cichlid fish. Image ID: 09368 |
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| Spiny lobster in rocky crevice. Image ID: 09566 Species: Spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Image ID: 21290 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Kelp forest. Image ID: 04665 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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