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| Male elk bugling during the fall rut. Large male elk are known as bulls. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year. Male elk engage in competitive mating behaviors during the rut, including posturing, antler wrestling and bugling, a loud series of screams which is intended to establish dominance over other males and attract females. Image ID: 19693 Species: Elk, Cervus canadensis Location: Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10975 Species: Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens, Opuntia Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Waterfall at Temple of Sinawava during peak flow following spring rainstorm. Zion Canyon. Image ID: 12450 Location: Temple of Sinawava, Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. Image ID: 12634 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Grand Prismatic Spring (left) and Excelsior Geyser (right). Grand Prismatic Spring displays a stunning rainbow of colors created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The blue water in the center is too hot to support any bacterial life, while the outer orange rings are the coolest water. Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest spring in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Midway Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13571 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Mule deer in tall grass, fall, autumn. Image ID: 19577 Species: Mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus Location: Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, swims slowly through the clear waters of Crystal River. Image ID: 02696 Species: West indian manatee, Trichechus manatus Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA | Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Yosemite Falls and rainbow, Half Dome in distance, viewed from the Yosemite Falls trail, spring. Image ID: 27742 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| Yosemite Valley Tunnel View, Storm clouds at sunset, Yosemite National Park. Image ID: 34542 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7653 x 12541 | Anthias fish school around green fan coral, Fiji. Image ID: 34740 Species: Anthias, Pseudanthias Location: Fiji | Beautiful South Pacific coral reef, with gorgonian sea fans, schooling anthias fish and colorful dendronephthya soft corals, Fiji. Image ID: 31312 Species: Anthias, Black sun coral, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias, Tubastrea micrantha Location: Fiji |
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| Yosemite Falls reflected in flooded meadow. The Merced River floods its banks in spring, forming beautiful reflections of Yosemite Falls. Image ID: 26887 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5256 x 11469 | ||
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| Spectacular pristine tropical reef with vibrant colorful soft corals. Dendronephthya soft corals, crinoids, sea fan gorgonians and schooling Anthias fishes, pulsing with life in a strong current over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world. Image ID: 31313 Species: Anthias, Black sun coral, Crinoid feather star, Dendronephthya soft coral, Gorgonian, Crinoidea, Dendronephthya, Gorgonacea, Pseudanthias, Tubastrea micrantha Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji | Colorful Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fish on coral reef, Fiji. Image ID: 31316 Species: Anthias, Black sun coral, Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias, Tubastrea micrantha Location: Vatu I Ra Passage, Bligh Waters, Viti Levu Island, Fiji | Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest. Image ID: 33354 Species: Giant black sea bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33186 Species: Dune evening primrose, Oenothera deltoides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA | Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33247 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA | Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance. Image ID: 35061 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA |
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| Hammerhead sharks, schooling, black and white / grainy. Image ID: 16255 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Black bear walking in a grassy meadow. Black bears can live 25 years or more, and range in color from deepest black to chocolate and cinnamon brown. Adult males typically weigh up to 600 pounds. Adult females weight up to 400 pounds and reach sexual maturity at 3 or 4 years of age. Adults stand about 3' tall at the shoulder. Image ID: 18744 Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA | Sunset falls upon Torrey Pines State Reserve, viewed from the Torrey Pines glider port. La Jolla, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Scripps Pier are seen in the distance. Image ID: 26436 Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Blackside hawkfish on hard coral, Paracirrhites forsteri, close-up, Fiji. Image ID: 34759 Species: Blackside hawkfish, Paracirrhites forsteri Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Torrey Pines cliffs and storm clouds at sunset. Image ID: 29102 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA | Colorful Dendronephthya Soft Corals and Black Coral, Fiji. Image ID: 31334 Species: Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya Location: Nigali Passage, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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| Wildflowers Bloom in Spring, Joshua Tree National Park. Image ID: 33144 Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA | Chocolate lily growing among grasses on oak-covered hillsides. The chocolate lily is a herbaceous perennial monocot that is increasingly difficult to find in the wild due to habitat loss. The flower is a striking brown color akin to the color of chocolate. Image ID: 33151 Location: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, California, USA | Purple owls clover, Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad. Image ID: 33208 Location: Rancho La Costa, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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| Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33243 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA | Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33246 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA | |
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