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| Aerial Photo of Scripps Pier. SIO Pier. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier is 1090 feet long and was built of reinforced concrete in 1988, replacing the original wooden pier built in 1915. The Scripps Pier is home to a variety of sensing equipment above and below water that collects various oceanographic data. The Scripps research diving facility is located at the foot of the pier. Fresh seawater is pumped from the pier to the many tanks and facilities of SIO, including the Birch Aquarium. The Scripps Pier is named in honor of Ellen Browning Scripps, the most significant donor and benefactor of the Institution. Image ID: 30738 | Aerial Photo of Scripps Pier. SIO Pier. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier is 1090 feet long and was built of reinforced concrete in 1988, replacing the original wooden pier built in 1915. The Scripps Pier is home to a variety of sensing equipment above and below water that collects various oceanographic data. The Scripps research diving facility is located at the foot of the pier. Fresh seawater is pumped from the pier to the many tanks and facilities of SIO, including the Birch Aquarium. The Scripps Pier is named in honor of Ellen Browning Scripps, the most significant donor and benefactor of the Institution. Image ID: 30739 | Downtown San Diego and USS Midway. The USS Midway was a US Navy aircraft carrier, launched in 1945 and active through the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm, as of 2008 a museum along the downtown waterfront in San Diego. Image ID: 30764 |
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| Aerial Photo of Downtown San Diego Waterfront. Image ID: 30765 | Acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31643 Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji | Acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31653 Species: Anthias, Pseudanthias Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji |
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| Acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31745 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Various stony and soft corals on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31816 Species: Anthias, Pseudanthias Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Aerial Photo of San Diego Scripps Coastal SMCA. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Research Pier. Image ID: 30628 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Aerial Photo of San Diego Scripps Coastal SMCA. Scripps Institution of Oceanography Research Pier. Image ID: 30630 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | Aerial Photo of La Jolla coastline, showing underwater reefs and Mount Soledad. Image ID: 30677 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Aerial Photo of La Jolla coastline, showing underwater reefs and Mount Soledad. Image ID: 30678 Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Aerial Photo of La Jolla coastline, showing underwater reefs and Mount Soledad. Image ID: 30679 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Aerial Photo of La Jolla coastline, showing underwater reefs and Mount Soledad. Image ID: 30680 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Aerial Photo of La Jolla coastline, showing underwater reefs and Mount Soledad. Image ID: 30681 Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Aerial Photo of La Jolla coastline, showing underwater reefs and Mount Soledad. Image ID: 30682 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant and Fort Rosecrans, Point Loma. Opened in 1963, the Point Loma Wastewater Treatment Plant treats approximately 175 million gallons of wastewater per day, generated by 2.2 million residents of San Diego over a 450 square mile area. San Diego Bay, Coronado Island and downtown San Diego are seen in the distance. Image ID: 30758 | Acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31762 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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| Acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31767 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Sunset light and acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31768 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Sunset light and acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31769 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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| Sunset light and acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31770 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Sunset light and acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31771 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Aerial Photo of San Diego Scripps Coastal SMCA. Blacks Beach and Scripps Pier. Image ID: 30625 Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| SIO Pier. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier is 1090 feet long and was built of reinforced concrete in 1988, replacing the original wooden pier built in 1915. The Scripps Pier is home to a variety of sensing equipment above and below water that collects various oceanographic data. The Scripps research diving facility is located at the foot of the pier. Fresh seawater is pumped from the pier to the many tanks and facilities of SIO, including the Birch Aquarium. The Scripps Pier is named in honor of Ellen Browning Scripps, the most significant donor and benefactor of the Institution. Image ID: 22293 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | San Diego Coronado Bridge, known locally as the Coronado Bridge, links San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge was completed in 1969 and was a toll bridge until 2002. It is 2.1 miles long and reaches a height of 200 feet above San Diego Bay. Image ID: 22327 Location: San Diego, California, USA | Scripps Pier, with Mount Soledad and La Jolla in the distance. Image ID: 22358 Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Fletcher Peak (11407') rises above Fletcher Lake (10174'), near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. Image ID: 23213 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | The old Point Loma lighthouse operated from 1855 to 1891 above the entrance to San Diego Bay. It is now a maintained by the National Park Service and is part of Cabrillo National Monument. Image ID: 14522 Location: Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California, USA | Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with raised wings and throat pouch inflated in a courtship display to attract females. Image ID: 16728 Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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