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A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth, Balaenoptera musculus
Blue whale aerial photo, with the shadow of the survey plane providing scale as to how huge the whale really is, Balaenoptera musculus
Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill, Baja California (Mexico), Balaenoptera musculus
Pre-Dawn over the Tree of Eons, Utah. The Tree of Eons is a spectacular geologic sight near the San Rafael Swell. Erosion has cut a "tree" through red, blue, purple and white layers of the Chinle formation. The Tree of Eons is a superb example of dendritic erosion and to really appreciate the complex fractal-like details it must be observed from above. Photographed here in the soft, predawn light, it takes on magenta, red and purple hues just before the sun reaches it. Aerial panoramic photograph
Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina
Bluestripe clownfish, Amphiprion chrysopterus, Fiji, Amphiprion chrysopterus
Spiral-gilled tubeworm, Christmas tree worm, Blue Christmas Tree Worm Spirobranchus giganteus, Fiji, Spirobranchus giganteus
Huge California Sea Lion Male Underwater, a bull, patrolling his breeding harem and territory, Coronado Islands, Mexico. His sagittal crest, the bony bump on his head that distinguishes adult male sea lions, is clearly seen. This particular sea lion bears an orange tag on his left foreflipper, probably as a result of rescue and release as a young sea lion years earlier, Zalophus californianus, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Closeup Portrait of the Face of a Giant Black Sea Bass, showing parasitic sea lice. These parasites find their nutrition from the skin and blood of the host giant sea bass. Smaller fishes such as senoritas and wrasses will commonly clean the sea lice off the giant sea bass, Stereolepis gigas, Catalina Island
Blue-bronze sea chub schooling, Sea of Cortez, Kyphosus analogus
Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran
Sunset at San Clemente Island, south end showing Pyramid Head. Panoramic photo
Royal tern in flight, Thalasseus maximus, adult nonbreeding plumage, blue ocean water in the background, La Jolla, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus
Brown Pelican Performs a Head Throw Lit By Sun on Pedestal Rock, dark ocean from storm clouds on horizon, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla, California
Study of a California brown pelican in winter breeding plumage, yellow head, red and olive throat, pink skin around the eye, brown hind neck with some white neck side detail, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla
Perfect Brown Pelican Head Throw in Winter Breeding Plumage, pelican leans its head way back to stretch its throat pounch and neck, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis
Mated pair of Brandt's Cormorants tend to the nest they have built on sea cliffs. Note the colors they assume during mating season: striking blue gular pouch (throat) along with faint blue-green iridescence in their plumage, Phalacrocorax penicillatus, La Jolla, California
Royal Tern in flight, adult breeding plumage with black head cap, Sterna maxima, Thalasseus maximus, La Jolla, California
Double-crested cormorant nuptial crests, tufts of feathers on each side of the head, plumage associated with courtship and mating, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California
California Brown Pelican claps its jaws, sometimes rapidly several times, perhaps to dislodge debris or simply because its fun and feels good. This is not the same as the "yawn" that precedes a head throw. Adult winter breeding plumage with brown hind-neck, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla
Adult California brown pelican in transition from non-breeding to breeding winter plumage. Note the brown hind neck of a breeding brown pelican is just filling in. This pelican already displays the red and olive throat and white and yellow head feathers of an adult winter brown pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla
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