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| Breaking wave, fast motion and blur, The Wedge. Image ID: 14355 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA | The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Image ID: 20605 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. Image ID: 22744 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | The Second Wave at sunset. The Second Wave, a curiously-shaped sandstone swirl, takes on rich warm tones and dramatic shadowed textures at sunset. Set in the North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah, the Second Wave is characterized by striations revealing layers of sedimentary deposits, a visible historical record depicting eons of submarine geology. Image ID: 20606 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Image ID: 17679 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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| 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 | 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 | A rainbow appears in the mist of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. At 308 feet, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the tallest fall in the park. This view is from Lookout Point on the North side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. When conditions are perfect in midsummer, a midmorning rainbow briefly appears in the falls. Image ID: 13319 Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| 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 | Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. Image ID: 17031 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | A large, old brown bear (grizzly bear) wades across Brooks River. Coastal and near-coastal brown bears in Alaska can live to 25 years of age, weigh up to 1400 lbs and stand over 9 feet tall. Image ID: 17039 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA |
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| Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. Yup, that's me. Image ID: 18036 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA | Old Faithful geyser, sunrise. Reaching up to 185' in height and lasting up to 5 minutes, Old Faithful geyser is the most famous geyser in the world and the first geyser in Yellowstone to be named. Image ID: 26939 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 07048 Location: Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning. Image ID: 28703 Location: Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA |
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| Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Paradise Falls tumble over rocks in Paradise Creek. Image ID: 13867 Location: Paradise Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA | Tiny hikers atop Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. Near Stovepipe Wells lies a region of sand dunes, some of them hundreds of feet tall. Image ID: 15577 Location: Stovepipe Wells, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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| Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. Image ID: 17547 Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA | Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Image ID: 18159 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA | A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola | Lembert Dome and late afternoon clouds rise above Tuolumne Meadows in the High Sierra, catching the fading light of sunset. Image ID: 09938 Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Light Beam in Upper Antelope Slot Canyon. Thin shafts of light briefly penetrate the convoluted narrows of Upper Antelope Slot Canyon, sending piercing beams through the sandstone maze to the sand floor below. Image ID: 28570 Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona, USA |
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| Milky Way and stars at night above Mount Rainier. Image ID: 28723 Location: Sunrise, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA Pano dimensions: 6235 x 11240 | ||
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| The Wave at Night, under a clear night sky full of stars. Photographer is illuminating the striated rocks with a small handheld light. The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Image ID: 28620 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | The Second Wave at Night. The Second Wave, a spectacular sandstone formation in the North Coyote Buttes, lies under a sky full of stars. Image ID: 28627 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA | |
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