The Botanical Building in Balboa Park, San Diego. The Botanical Building, at 250 feet long by 75 feet wide and 60 feet tall, was the largest wood lath structure in the world when it was built in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition. The Botanical Building, located on the Prado, west of the Museum of Art, contains about 2,100 permanent tropical plants along with changing seasonal flowers. The Lily Pond, just south of the Botanical Building, is an eloquent example of the use of reflecting pools to enhance architecture. The 193' by 43' foot pond and smaller companion pool were originally referred to as Las Lagunas de las Flores (The Lakes of the Flowers) and were designed as aquatic gardens. The pools contain exotic water lilies and lotus which bloom spring through fall.
Location: Balboa Park, San Diego, California
Image ID: 28822
Snowy egret in flight gliding over the ocean in La Jolla. The snowy egret can be found in marshes, swamps, shorelines, mudflats and ponds. The snowy egret eats shrimp, minnows and other small fish, crustaceans and frogs. It is found on all coasts of North America and, in winter, into South America.
Species: Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39861
Snowy egret, Mission Bay, San Diego. The snowy egret can be found in marshes, swamps, shorelines, mudflats and ponds. The snowy egret eats shrimp, minnows and other small fish, crustaceans and frogs. It is found on all coasts of North America and, in winter, into South America.
Species: Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
Image ID: 36824
Snowy egret, Mission Bay, San Diego. The snowy egret can be found in marshes, swamps, shorelines, mudflats and ponds. The snowy egret eats shrimp, minnows and other small fish, crustaceans and frogs. It is found on all coasts of North America and, in winter, into South America.
Species: Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
Image ID: 36825
Alpine pond and ridge near Vogelsang Peak, near Vogelsang Pass (10685') in Yosemite's high country.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23215
Vogelsang Peak (11516') in Yosemite's High Sierra, reflected in small pond, morning, summer.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23221
Mammoth Peak (12,117') reflected in small tarn pond at sunrise, viewed from meadows near Tioga Pass.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25773
Tadpole tarns, a group of four small ponds on the rise above Evelyn and Townsley Lakes, that are full of tadpoles in late summer. Fletcher Peak rises to the right, the Cathedral Range to the left.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25778