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| A visitor videotapes the eruption of Lion Geyser, with Old Faithful Inn visible in the distance. Lion Geyser, whose eruption is preceded by a release of steam that sounds like a lion roaring, erupts just once or a few times each day, reaching heights of up to 90 feet. Upper Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13371 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Squid mating. Image ID: 02548 Species: Common squid, Loligo opalescens Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Rafters enjoy a Spring day on the Merced River in Yosemite Valley, with Yosemite Falls in the background. Image ID: 09214 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| A young loggerhead turtle. This turtle was hatched and raised to an age of 60 days by a turtle rehabilitation and protection organization in Florida, then released into the wild near the Northern Bahamas. Image ID: 10886 Species: Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta Location: Bahamas | Unidentified. Image ID: 11740 Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California, USA | Kelp rockfish. Image ID: 11871 Species: Kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens |
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| A hiker admires the Teton Range. Image ID: 12991 Location: Schwabacher Landing, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA | Zabriskie Point, sunrise. Manly Beacon rises in the center of an eroded, curiously banded area of sedimentary rock, with the Panamint Mountains visible in the distance. Image ID: 15586 Location: Zabriskie Point, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | 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: 16119 Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Brown bear (grizzly bear). Image ID: 17181 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Western gull in flight. Image ID: 18568 Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Common dolphin leaping. Image ID: 19485 Species: Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Dune primrose (white) and sand verbena (purple) bloom in spring in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, mixing in a rich display of desert color. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 20466 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Sand Verbena, Oenothera deltoides, Abronia villosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Hiker admires the temperate rainforest along the Rainforest Trail in Pacific Rim NP, one of the best places along the Pacific Coast to experience an old-growth rain forest, complete with western hemlock, red cedar and amabilis fir trees. Moss gardens hang from tree crevices, forming a base for many ferns and conifer seedlings. Image ID: 21054 Location: Rainforest Trail, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada | Galapagos fur seals, Darwin Island. Image ID: 16319 Species: Galapagos fur seal, Arctocephalus galapagoensis Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Mackeral, likely chubb mackeral (Scomber japonicus). Image ID: 19501 Species: Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Common dolphin leaping (porpoising). Image ID: 18931 Species: Common dolphin, Delphinus delphis Location: San Diego, California, USA | Red gorgonians. Image ID: 04752 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Copyright (c) Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Image ID: 05231 Location: Egyptian Red Sea | Starfish (sea star), dorsal surface detail including spines and pincers. Image ID: 07013 Species: Giant sea star, Pisaster giganteus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Atlantic spotted dolphin. Image ID: 00683 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas |
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| North Pacific humpback whale. Image ID: 01229 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Cortez chubb including golden phase. Image ID: 06178 Species: Cortez chubb, Kyphosus elegans Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Roman emperor Jovian (363-364 A.D.), depicted on ancient Roman coin (bronze, denom/type: AE3) (AE3. nVF. Reverse: legend in wreath VOT V MVLT X.3.). Image ID: 06718 |
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| Mouse Cowrie. Image ID: 08434 Species: Mouse Cowrie, Cypraea mus | The characteristic gray/blue mottled skin pattern of a blue whale, seen on its dorsal ridge (spine) as its arches its back prior to a dive. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, reaching 80 feet in length and weighing as much as 300,000 pounds. Near Islas Coronado (Coronado Islands). Image ID: 09513 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Softshell turtle. Image ID: 09809 Species: Softshell turtle, Apalone spinifera |
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| Unidentified sea cucumber on the shallow sand banks of the Northern Bahamas. Image ID: 10830 Location: Bahamas |
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