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| Mesa Arch spans 90 feet and stands at the edge of a mesa precipice thousands of feet above the Colorado River gorge. For a few moments at sunrise the underside of the arch glows dramatically red and orange. Image ID: 18040 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA | Hammerhead sharks swim in a school underwater at Wolf Island in the Galapagos archipelago. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Image ID: 16271 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21348 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Elephant arch and stars at night, moonlight, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28435 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA | Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji. Image ID: 31453 Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Mobius Arch at sunrise, framing snow dusted Lone Pine Peak and the Sierra Nevada Range in the background. Also known as Galen's Arch, Mobius Arch is found in the Alabama Hills Recreational Area near Lone Pine. Image ID: 27644 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA |
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| Tiger shark and underwater photographer. Image ID: 31876 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Los Islotes, famous for its friendly colony of California sea lions, part of Archipelago Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Aerial Photo. Image ID: 32397 Location: Baja California, Mexico | Blue whale skeleton in Antarctica, on the shore at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. This skeleton is composed primarily of blue whale bones, but there are believed to be bones of other baleen whales included in the skeleton as well. Image ID: 25604 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Image ID: 25648 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | 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 | Archangel Falls in autumn, near the Subway in North Creek Canyon, with maples and cottonwoods turning fall colors. Image ID: 26097 Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Guadalupe fur seal pup sits on brown rocks along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02441 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Dendronephthya soft coral detail including polyps and calcium carbonate spicules, Fiji. Image ID: 31455 Species: Dendronephthya Soft Coral, Dendronephthya Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Milky Way and Stars over Broken Arch, Arches National Park, Utah. Image ID: 29238 Location: Broken Arch, Arches National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Tiger shark close up view, including nostrils and ampullae of Lorenzini. Image ID: 31878 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | 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: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | Turret Arch through North Window, winter, sunrise. Image ID: 18120 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA |
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| San Benedicto Island and Barcena crater, aerial photo, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico. Image ID: 32914 Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico Pano dimensions: 4703 x 8937 | ||
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| Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, seen here at night with swirling star trails formed in the sky above due to a long time exposure. Image ID: 27681 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA | Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16255 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Stars over the Tower of Babel, starry night, Arches National Park, Utah. Image ID: 27847 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Ancient Bristlecone Pine Tree at night, stars and the Milky Way galaxy visible in the evening sky, near Patriarch Grove. Image ID: 28782 Species: Ancient Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5237 x 8556 | Bigeye Barracuda schooling in Nigali Pass, Fiji. Image ID: 31329 Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Golden Damselfish and Red Gorgonian Sea Fan, Fiji. Image ID: 31337 Species: Gorgonian, Golden Damselfish, Gorgonacea, Amblyglyphidodon aureus Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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| Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 34334 Species: Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi Location: British Columbia, Canada | Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada. Image ID: 34335 Species: Giant Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen Location: British Columbia, Canada | Los Islotes and Isla Partida, the northern part of Archipelago Espiritu Santo, Sea of Cortez, Aerial Photo. Islotes is famous for its friendly colony of California sea lions. Image ID: 32402 Location: Los Islotes, Baja California, Mexico |
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| Sunrise light on Turret Arch viewed through North Window, winter. Image ID: 18119 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21349 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | |
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