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| San Diego city skyline at dusk, viewed from Harbor Island, the Star of India at right. Image ID: 14533 Location: San Diego, California, USA | California brown pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean with its huge wings outstretched. The wingspan of the brown pelican can be over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. Image ID: 20012 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Breaking wave, early morning surf. Image ID: 19404 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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| California pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean. The wingspan of this large ocean-going seabird can reach 7' from wing tip to wing tip. Image ID: 23651 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California pelican in flight, soaring over the ocean. The wingspan of this large ocean-going seabird can reach 7' from wing tip to wing tip. Image ID: 23652 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Adelie penguin on an iceberg. Image ID: 25006 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Coyote, pausing to look for prey as it passes through Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. Image ID: 21803 Species: Coyote, Canis latrans Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico, USA | Sailing stone on the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 27691 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning. Image ID: 13852 Location: Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA |
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| Scalloped hammerhead shark swims underwater at Cocos Island. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Image ID: 03192 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica | Salt polygons. After winter flooding, the salt on the Badwater Basin playa dries into geometric polygonal shapes. Image ID: 25242 Location: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Racetrack Playa, an ancient lake now dried and covered with dessicated mud. Image ID: 25264 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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| Racetrack sailing stone and Milky Way, at night. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 27640 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Racetrack sailing stone and star trails. A sliding rock of the Racetrack Playa. The sliding rocks, or sailing stones, move across the mud flats of the Racetrack Playa, leaving trails behind in the mud. The explanation for their movement is not known with certainty, but many believe wind pushes the rocks over wet and perhaps icy mud in winter. Image ID: 27667 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Small waterfalls and autumn trees, along the left fork in North Creek Canyon, with maple and cottonwood trees turning fall colors. Image ID: 26099 Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible. Image ID: 27956 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: San Diego, California, USA | The Bachelor and Three Graces giant sequoia trees. Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum), roots spreading outward at the base of each massive tree, rise from the shaded forest floor. Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park. Image ID: 36400 Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, 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: 33447 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from the Mist Trail. Image ID: 34539 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 8256 x 5504 | ||
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| 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: 33448 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera 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: 33449 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera 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: 33450 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| 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: 33451 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera 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: 33452 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | The Kelp Forest of San Clemente Island, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 34609 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| The Kelp Forest of San Clemente Island, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 34610 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | The Kelp Forest of San Clemente Island, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 34611 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | The Kelp Forest of San Clemente Island, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 34612 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| The Kelp Forest of San Clemente Island, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 34613 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | The Kelp Forest of San Clemente Island, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 34614 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | |
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