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California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions, Zalophus californianus
Paradise Meadows, wildflowers and Mount Rainier, summer, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Narada Falls cascades down a cliff, with the flow blurred by a time exposure. Narada Falls is a 188 foot (57m) waterfall in Mount Rainier National Park
Aerial photo of the San Rafael Reef at dawn. A fold in the Earth's crust leads to this inclined section of the San Rafael Reef, at the eastern edge of the San Rafael Swell. Clearly seen are the characteristic triangular flatiron erosion patterns that typical this formation. The colors seen here arise primarily from Navajo and Wingate sandstone
Parasitic zoanthid anemones cover and encrust and overwhelm a golden gorgonian, Catalina Head, Parazoanthus lucificum, Savalia lucifica, Catalina Island, California
Freckled Hawkfish (Black-sided Hawkfish), Paracirrhites forsteri, Fiji, Paracirrhites forsteri, Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
Bigeye Trevally Jacks, Schooling, Fiji, Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island
Hungry Black-Backed Jackal Kits Greet Adult at the Den, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya, Canis mesomelas, Mara North Conservancy
Royal Tern in flight, breaking waves and surf in the background, adult non-breeding plumage, La Jolla, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Portrait of California brown pelican, with the characteristic winter mating plumage shown: red throat, yellow head and dark brown hindneck, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla
California brown pelican, showing characteristic winter plumage including red/olive throat, brown hindneck, yellow and white head colors, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla
Paraglider soaring at Torrey Pines Gliderport, sunset, flying over the Pacific Ocean, La Jolla, California
Arc-eye Hawkfish, Paracirrhites arcatus, Fiji, Paracirrhites arcatus, Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island
Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Santa Barbara Island
Pyrosome in Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island, Pyrosoma
Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy, Santa Barbara Island
Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Santa Barbara Island
Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island
Sunset on Terra Mar and the Carlsbad coastline, looking north to Oceanside, Camp Pendleton and San Onofre. The Oceanside Pier, lit up at night, is seen further up the coast. Rising in the distance is San Onofre Mountain (1722') topped by a tall signal tower, one of the southern peaks in the Santa Ana Mountains
Milky Way over Sandstone Fins. Sandstone fins stand on edge. Vertical fractures separate standing plates of sandstone that are eroded into freestanding fins, that may one day further erode into arches, Arches National Park, Utah
Webster Point, Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph
Bigeye Trevally Jacks, Schooling, Fiji, Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
Giant Manta Ray at San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico, Manta birostris, San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos)
Ballooning over the Maasai Mara National Reserve and Mara River, Kenya
Young Lions Playing on a Dead Tree, Greater Masai Mara, Kenya, Panthera leo, Mara North Conservancy
Western Gull Chick on Sea Cliff over the Ocean, Larus occidentalis, La Jolla Cove, Larus occidentalis
Olive Baboon, Papio anubis, Masai Mara, Kenya, Papio anubis, Maasai Mara National Reserve
Wildebeest Migration in the Maasai Mara Reserve, Kenya, Connochaetes taurinus, Maasai Mara National Reserve
Ruppells Long-Tailed Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Masai Mara, Lamprotornis purpuroptera, Maasai Mara National Reserve
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