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Coral Hind, Cephalopholis miniata, also known as Coral Trout and Coral Grouper, Fiji.
Image ID: 31448
Species: Coral Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata
Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji | Humpback whale competitive group, several adult male escort whales swimming closely together as part of a larger competitive group.
Image ID: 02862
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | African elephant herd, drinking water at a swamp, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
Image ID: 29529
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya |
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African elephants below Mount Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
Image ID: 29603
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya | Clepsydra Geyser, a geyser which is almost continually erupting. A member of the Fountain Group of geothermal features.
Image ID: 26947
Location: Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA | Pacific harbor seal swims in the protected waters of Childrens Pool in La Jolla, California. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Image ID: 03016
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Pacific harbor seal swims in the protected waters of Childrens Pool in La Jolla, California. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Image ID: 03017
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Coral Hind, Cephalopholis miniata, also known as Coral Trout and Coral Grouper, Fiji.
Image ID: 34787
Species: Coral Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji | Coral Hind, Cephalopholis miniata, also known as Coral Trout and Coral Grouper, Fiji.
Image ID: 34926
Species: Coral Grouper, Cephalopholis miniata
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji |
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Leopard grouper Mycteroperca rosacea, Sea of Cortez.
Image ID: 33655
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico | Humpback whale head lunge and blow in active group.
Image ID: 34537
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale male escort emits a stream of bubbles during competitive group socializing. The whale is swimming so fast that the bubbles pass back alongside the whale.
Image ID: 02855
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf (barely seen in the distance).
Image ID: 04434
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female during competitive group activities. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the female.
Image ID: 04444
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Large competitive group of humpback whales, eleven adult humpback whales seen in this image, part of a 16 whale competitive group.
Image ID: 04459
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Male North Pacific humpback whale streams a trail of bubbles. The primary male escort whale (center) creates a curtain of bubbles underwater as it swims behind a female (right), with other challenging males trailing behind in a competitive group. The bubbles may be a form of intimidation from the primary escort towards the challenging escorts.
Image ID: 05968
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male north Pacific humpback whale bubble streaming underwater in the midst of a competitive group. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims closely behind a female, . The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby males interested in the female.
Image ID: 05999
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male north Pacific humpback whale bubble streaming underwater in the midst of a competitive group. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims closely behind a female, . The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby males interested in the female.
Image ID: 06037
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Wildebeest Herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Image ID: 29782
Species: Wildebeest, Connochaetes taurinus
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | African elephant herd, Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya.
Image ID: 29829
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya | Flock of Heermanns gulls in flight in front of a big wave.
Image ID: 30359
Species: Heermann's gull, Larus heermanni
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Brandt's cormorants flying over a breaking wave.
Image ID: 30381
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | A Pacific harbor seal eyes the photographer while swimming in the shallows. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Image ID: 15546
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | A Pacific harbor seal leaves the surf to haul out on a sandy beach. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Image ID: 15549
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Snow geese resting, on a still pond in early morning light, in groups of several thousands.
Image ID: 21808
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Schooling fish, circling jacks, Las Animas, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Image ID: 00249
Species: Bigeye jack, Caranx sexfasciatus | Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest.
Image ID: 00256
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Jack mackerel schooling.
Image ID: 00293
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | A Pacific harbor seal hauls out on a sandy beach. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Image ID: 00296
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Jack mackerel and kelp.
Image ID: 00380
Species: Pacific jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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