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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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