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Mammoth Peak and alpine meadows in the High Sierra are reflected in Tioga Lake at sunrise. This spectacular location is just a short walk from the Tioga Pass road. Near Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite National Park.
Location: Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09949  

San Dieguito Lagoon and San Dieguito River empty into the Pacific Ocean at Dog Beach in Del Mar, aerial photo.
Location: Del Mar, California
Image ID: 38107  

Aspens turn yellow in autumn, changing color alongside the south fork of Bishop Creek at sunset.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 23323  

Sunset on North Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada, autumn.
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26054  

Mammoth Peak in the High Sierra range is reflected in Tioga Lake at sunrise. This spectacular location is just a short walk from the Tioga Pass road. Near Tuolumne Meadows and Yosemite National Park.
Location: Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09948  

Fletcher Peak is reflected in Vogelsang Lake at sunset, viewed from near summit of Vogelsang Peak.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25757  

Rocks and stream connecting the two sections of Townsley Lake, with Choo-choo Ridge (11357') visible in the distance.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25779  

An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07556  

Lake Langisjor in the interior highlands of Iceland, Aerial View.
Location: Langisjor, Iceland
Image ID: 35781  

Landmannalaugar highlands region of Iceland, aerial view.
Location: Iceland
Image ID: 35739  

Star trails and alpenglow on the Sierra Nevada, Paiute Peak, before sunrise, reflected in North Lake in the Sierra Nevada.
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 26053  

Cathedral Range peaks reflected in the still waters of Townsley Lake at sunrise.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25764  

Clipperton Rock, a 95' high volcanic remnant, is the highest point on Clipperton Island, a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France).
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32829  

Aspens turn yellow in autumn, changing color alongside the south fork of Bishop Creek at sunset.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 23329  

South Georgia Island coastline, showing the island's characteristic rugged topography. 56% of the island is covered by 161 glaciers, which have created numerous large bays and inlets that provide excellent habitat for marine animals and seabirds. Mountains meet the sea in steep-sided seacliffs covered with sparse vegetation. The highest point on South Georgia Island is Mt. Paget at 2,915m.
Location: South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24317  

Hiker looks down on Stromness Harbour from the pass high above.
Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24582  

Cloud's Rest at sunset, viewed from Olmsted Point. Clouds Rest is one of the most massive -- if not the singlemost massive -- granite monoliths in the world. A vast lobe of Mesozoic-era granodiorite magma cooled to rock and was gradually uplifted to its present altitude of 9926 ft. Later, glaciers cut it into its present shape.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25761  

Corn lily blooms near Vogelsang Lake, in shade at sunrise.
Species: California false hellebore, Corn lily, Veratrum californicum
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25762  

Purple lupine flowers bloom in late summer, along a stream that feeds to Lake Evelyn in the high Sierra Nevada near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25763  

Vogelsang Peak (11500') rises above Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, in Yosemite's high country, with semi-permanent tent cabins serving camp visitors seen in the foreground.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 25765  

A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs.
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California
Image ID: 21612  

Landmannalaugar highlands region of Iceland, aerial view.
Location: Iceland
Image ID: 35737  

Highlands of Southern Iceland, Aerial View.
Location: Iceland
Image ID: 35740  

Sunrise on Paiute Peak, over North Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada.
Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 35831