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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur, The Wedge.
Image ID: 14355
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA | North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring.
Image ID: 00140
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators.
Image ID: 02114
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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Breaking wave, Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, morning, barrel shaped surf, California.
Image ID: 27975
Location: California, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad.
Image ID: 17679
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Sunrise glints yellow on breaking wave, dawn surf.
Image ID: 27977
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, 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 | Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf.
Image ID: 27979
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA | Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf.
Image ID: 27993
Location: 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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Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California.
Image ID: 27999
Location: California, USA | Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight.
Image ID: 25950
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Carson Smith, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17828
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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Don Gaunder, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17855
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Breaking wave fast motion and blur. The Wedge.
Image ID: 27079
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, 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 |
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Cardiff morning surf, breaking wave.
Image ID: 23293
Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA | Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad.
Image ID: 17680
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | A green wave breaking, with sunset light filtering through.
Image ID: 19395
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA |
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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 | Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf.
Image ID: 30199
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California.
Image ID: 27986
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA | Surf grass on the rocky reef -- appearing blurred in this time exposure -- is tossed back and forth by powerful ocean waves passing by above. San Clemente Island.
Image ID: 10237
Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Waves rush in at sunset, Carlsbad beach sunset and ocean waves, seascape, dusk, summer.
Image ID: 27974
Location: Carlsbad, California, USA |
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Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf.
Image ID: 30187
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | 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 | A large, powerful wave breaks with offshore winds at the Wedge in Newport Beach.
Image ID: 18706
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA |
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