This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

Solana Beach sea cliffs and coastline, aerial view.
Location: Solana Beach, California
Image ID: 38024  

Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear.
Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
Location: Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24172  

McWay Falls drops 80 feet on the sand in McWay Cove. McWay Falls is fed by springs so falls year round.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20365  

Gray-headed albatross, in flight.
Species: Gray-headed albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma
Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24728  

Thorny oyster or spiny oyster.
Species: Thorny oyster, Spondylus
Image ID: 12973  

Mountain lion, Sierra Nevada foothills, Mariposa, California.
Species: Mountain lion, Puma concolor
Image ID: 15791  

Young Lions Playing and Socializing, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya.
Species: African lion, Panthera leo
Location: Mara North Conservancy, Kenya
Image ID: 39713  

Blue whale swims at the ocean surface in the open ocean, aerial view.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 05823  

The General Sherman Sequoia tree is the largest (most massive) living thing on earth, standing over 275 feet tall with a 36 diameter and 102 circumference at its base. Its volume is over 53,000 cubic feet. It is estimated to be 2300 to 2700 years old.
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Giant Forest, Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park, California
Image ID: 09872  

California sea lions at La Jolla Cove, San Diego.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38662  

Aerial Photo of Avalon and Catalina Island.
Location: Avalon, California
Image ID: 38088  

Tunnel view with El Capitan and Bridalveil Falls, in spring, Yosemite National Park.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 36373  

The Bellagio Hotel fountains light up the reflection pool as the half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas rises above them, at night.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Image ID: 20559  

Hotel del Coronado with holiday Christmas night lights, known affectionately as the Hotel Del. It was once the largest hotel in the world, and is one of the few remaining wooden Victorian beach resorts. It sits on the beach on Coronado Island, seen here with downtown San Diego in the distance. It is widely considered to be one of Americas most beautiful and classic hotels. Built in 1888, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27405  

The Botanical Building in Balboa Park, San Diego. The Botanical Building, at 250 feet long by 75 feet wide and 60 feet tall, was the largest wood lath structure in the world when it was built in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition. The Botanical Building, located on the Prado, west of the Museum of Art, contains about 2,100 permanent tropical plants along with changing seasonal flowers. The Lily Pond, just south of the Botanical Building, is an eloquent example of the use of reflecting pools to enhance architecture. The 193' by 43' foot pond and smaller companion pool were originally referred to as Las Lagunas de las Flores (The Lakes of the Flowers) and were designed as aquatic gardens. The pools contain exotic water lilies and lotus which bloom spring through fall.
Location: Balboa Park, San Diego, California
Image ID: 28823  

Jack mackerel.
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 03445  

Aerial photograph of Land's End and the Arch, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 28893  

Saint Peter's Basilica interior, Vatican City.
Location: Vatican City, Rome, Italy
Image ID: 35552  

Manhattan Beach Pier at sunset.
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Image ID: 29144  

Aerial photograph of Land's End and the Arch, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 28890  

Aerial photograph of Land's End and the Arch, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 28898  

Aerial photograph of Land's End and the Arch, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 28897  

Pacific creolefish.
Species: Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus
Location: Cousins, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 05108  

Aerial photograph of Land's End and the Arch, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 28891  

Galbraith Hall, University of California San Diego (UCSD).
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 21220  

Roman emperor Constantine I-URBS (307-337 A.D.), depicted on ancient Roman coin (bronze, denom/type: AE3) (AE3, Sear 3894. Obverse: VRBS ROMA. Reverse: She wolf, Romulus, Remus, 2 stars.).
Image ID: 06687  

Half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower rises above Las Vegas Boulevard, the Strip, in front of the Paris Hotel.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Image ID: 20558  

Sea Lion Colony at La Jolla Cove in San Diego with Pacific Ocean Backdrop.
Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40193  

Roman emperor Constantine I-URBS (307-337 A.D.), depicted on ancient Roman coin (bronze, denom/type: AE3) (AE3, Sear 3894. Obverse: VRBS ROMA. Reverse: She wolf, Romulus, Remus, 2 stars.).
Image ID: 06686