Dendronephthya soft corals and schooling Anthias fishes, feeding on plankton in strong ocean currents over a pristine coral reef. Fiji is known as the soft coral capitlal of the world.
Species: Anthias, Dendronephthya soft coral, Dendronephthya, Pseudanthias
Location: Fiji
Image ID: 31340
Aspens show fall colors in Mineral King Valley, part of Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California.
Location: Mineral King, Sequoia National Park, California
Image ID: 32298
Full moon with 22-degree lunar halo, Joshua Tree National Park. The lunar halo (not to be cofused with lunar corona) forms when moonlight refracts through high altitude ice crystals. As no light is refracted at angles smaller than 22-degrees the sky is darker inside the halo.
Location: Joshua Tree National Park, California
Image ID: 30711
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32331
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32339
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32341
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32353
Split view of Trees and Underwater Boulders, Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
Location: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Image ID: 32355
Ancient bristlecone pine tree, rising above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the Schulman Grove in the White Mountains at an elevation of 9500 above sea level, along the Methuselah Walk. The oldest bristlecone pines in the world are found in the Schulman Grove, some of them over 4700 years old. Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.
Species: Bristlecone pine, Pinus longaeva
Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California
Image ID: 23233