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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur, The Wedge.
Image ID: 14355
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA | Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth.
Image ID: 02304
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad.
Image ID: 17679
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, 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 | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts.
Image ID: 00627
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | 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 |
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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 | Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface.
Image ID: 03854
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | 2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006.
Image ID: 15299
Location: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, USA |
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Carson Smith, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17828
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Don Gaunder, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17855
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, showing geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests.
Image ID: 26003
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Blue ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, leafnose moray eel, Fiji.
Image ID: 34732
Species: Blue Ribbon Eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada.
Image ID: 35251
Species: Giant Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada.
Image ID: 35284
Species: Giant Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen
Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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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 | Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest.
Image ID: 33433
Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada.
Image ID: 34326
Species: Giant Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen
Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave.
Image ID: 23293
Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA | Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater.
Image ID: 23432
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad.
Image ID: 17680
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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A green wave breaking, with sunset light filtering through.
Image ID: 19395
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave.
Image ID: 30257
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus | Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge.
Image ID: 14354
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA |
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The OVRO 40 meter Telescope, part of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory located near Big Pine, California, USA. The telescope is used to conduct interferometric observations along with the other telescopes in the observatory, as a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) station and as a single dish instrument. Its main focus today is on the monitoring of blazars.
Image ID: 28796
Location: Big Pine, California, USA
Pano dimensions: 7153 x 11978 | Giant Manta Ray at San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico.
Image ID: 33276
Species: Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris
Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico | Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater.
Image ID: 23419
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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A large, powerful wave breaks with offshore winds at the Wedge in Newport Beach.
Image ID: 18706
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA | Giant Plumose Anemones cover underwater reef, Browning Pass, northern Vancouver Island, Canada.
Image ID: 34335
Species: Giant Plumose Anemone, Metridium farcimen
Location: British Columbia, Canada | Giant Manta Ray at Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico.
Image ID: 33285
Species: Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris
Location: Socorro Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico |
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