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| Krill, Baja California (Pacific Ocean). Image ID: 03117 Species: Krill, Thysanoessa spinifera | Blue whale, the largest animal ever to live on earth, underwater view in the open ocean. Image ID: 05810 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Red rock shrimp. Image ID: 08641 Species: Red Rock Shrimp, Lysmata californica |
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| Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17475 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Two bald eagles in flight, wings spread, soaring, aloft. Image ID: 22602 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA | Stars and the Milky Way over ancient bristlecone pine trees, in the White Mountains at an elevation of 10,000' above sea level. These are some of the oldest trees in the world, some exceeding 4000 years in age. Image ID: 29407 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA |
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| California sea lion, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 34576 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Gray whale. Image ID: 01190 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA | A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Image ID: 07668 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. Image ID: 25953 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 33435 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Hawaiian spinner dolphin. Image ID: 00321 Species: Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris Location: Lanai, Hawaii, USA |
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| Panoramic Aerial Photo of San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. Image ID: 30789 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7503 x 14441 | ||
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| Northern fur seal. Image ID: 00965 Species: Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA | Blue shark and offshore drift kelp. Image ID: 01077 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA | Sperm whale and Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani. Image ID: 02063 Species: Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus Location: Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal |
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| Blue whale aerial photo, with the shadow of the survey plane providing scale as to how huge the whale really is. Image ID: 02168 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, swims through the open ocean, raising fluke (tail) before making a deep dive. Image ID: 02226 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Manta ray and freediver. Image ID: 02460 Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Atlantic puffin, mating coloration. Image ID: 03135 Species: Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica Location: Machias Seal Island, Maine, USA | Ocean sunfish and photographer, open ocean. Image ID: 03323 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola Location: San Diego, California, USA | Salp chain and diver, open ocean. Image ID: 05343 Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| California sea lions, socializing/resting, Webster Point rookery, Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Image ID: 06284 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Blue-spotted jawfish. Image ID: 14687 Species: Blue-spotted jawfish, Opistognathus rosenblatti | Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Image ID: 27594 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus |
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| Makena Beach Aerial Panoramic Photo, Big Beach and Little Beach, Maui, Hawaii. Image ID: 34521 Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA Pano dimensions: 5913 x 10644 | ||
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| California sea lion, Sea of Cortez. Image ID: 00620 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus | Blue shark. Image ID: 01002 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, 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 |
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| Blue whale, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. Image ID: 01964 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | ||
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