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| Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. Image ID: 25007 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Stars and the Milky Way rise above 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, reaching 4000 years in age. Image ID: 27772 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA | Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani, videographer Tom Fitz. Image ID: 00014 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas |
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| Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00628 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Image ID: 01520 Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | The bright orange garibaldi fish, California's state marine fish, is also clownlike in appearance. Image ID: 02416 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: California, USA |
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| Manta ray and freediver. Image ID: 02460 Species: Giant manta ray, Manta birostris Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico | A northern elephant seal hovers underwater over a rocky bottom along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 03505 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 07048 Location: Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Mountain lion leaping. Image ID: 12283 Species: Mountain lion, Puma concolor | 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 | Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Image ID: 25646 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| California sea lion, La Jolla. Image ID: 34272 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Alabaster Nudibranch, white-lined dirona, Dirona albolineata, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 34355 Species: Alabaster Nudibranch, White-Lined Dirona, Dirona albolineata, Dirona albolineata Location: British Columbia, Canada | Kelp canopy. Image ID: 00600 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Pacific torpedo ray in kelp forest, filming lights. Image ID: 01009 Species: Pacific torpedo ray, Torpedo californica, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | Joshua tree, sunrise, infrared. Image ID: 22888 Species: Joshua tree, Yucca brevifolia Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found through California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 23446 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Dusk settles on downtown San Diego with snow-covered Mt. Laguna in the distance. Image ID: 26717 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4968 x 17484 | ||
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| The Milky Way galaxy arches over Arch Rock on a clear evening in Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 26792 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Serval cat, melanistic variation, Meru National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29691 Species: Serval Cat, Leptailurus serval Location: Meru National Park, Kenya | Aerial panorama of Clipperton Island, showing the entire atoll. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a small (2.3 sq mi) but spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France). Image ID: 32889 Location: Clipperton Island, France |
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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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| Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani. Image ID: 00647 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas | West Indian manatee. Image ID: 02632 Species: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA | A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, hovers in the clear waters of Crystal River. Image ID: 02654 Species: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA |
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| West Indian manatee and volunteer observer, Homosassa State Park. Image ID: 02789 Species: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus Location: Homosassa River, Florida, USA | Whitespotted bamboo shark. Image ID: 14963 Species: Whitespotted bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium plagiosum | Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight in the surf for access for mating females that are in estrous. Such fighting among elephant seals can take place on the beach or in the water. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Image ID: 20369 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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| Having just mated with a female (obscured) next to him, this bull male elephant seal's penis is still extended and visible. Image ID: 20423 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | ||
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