This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

Temple of Medinet Habu.
Location: Luxor, Egypt
Image ID: 02589  

Great pyramids, Giza, Egypt. Pyramids of Queens, Pyramid of Menkaure, Pyramid of Khafre, Pyramid of Khufu (left to right, front to back).
Location: Giza, Egypt
Image ID: 02573  

Stone scorpionfish eye.
Species: Pacific spotted scorpionfish, Scorpaena mystes
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02569  

Juvenile garibaldi and purple urchins, Coronado Islands.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 02513  

Blacksmith in motion, San Clemente island.
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 02345  

Cathedral Peak, Tuolumne Meadows.
Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 02333  

Blue whale, mother and calf.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02301  

Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02289  

Mangrove snapper.
Species: Mangrove snapper, Lutjanus griseus
Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida
Image ID: 02680  

West Indian manatee at Three Sisters Springs, Florida.
Species: West indian manatee, Trichechus manatus
Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida
Image ID: 02726  

California spiny lobster eating squid eggs.
Species: Spiny lobster, Loligo opalescens, Panulirus interruptus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03116  

Kelp detail showing pneumatocysts (air bladders).
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 03070  

Pacific harbor seal swims in the protected waters of Childrens Pool in La Jolla, California. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03018  

Pacific harbor seal swims in the protected waters of Childrens Pool in La Jolla, California. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 03017  

Green sea turtle, West Maui.
Species: Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 02909  

Humpback whale competitive group, several adult male escort whales swimming closely together as part of a larger competitive group.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 02870  

Green sea turtle, West Maui.
Species: Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 02853  

Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 02794  

Horse-eyed jacks, Las Animas, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Bigeye jack, Caranx sexfasciatus
Image ID: 02751  

Brown pelican.
Species: Brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02273