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California Brown Pelican flying over a breaking wave, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla
Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja, Eschrichtius robustus, San Diego, California
Brown pelican, juvenile with blue and gray identification bands on its legs. These tags aid scientists in understanding how the birds travel and recover if they have been rehabilitated. This large seabird has a wingspan over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status, due largely to predation in the early 1900s and to decades of poor reproduction caused by DDT poisoning, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla
A great white shark is countershaded, with a dark gray dorsal color and light gray to white underside, making it more difficult for the shark's prey to see it as approaches from above or below in the water column. The particular undulations of the countershading line along its side, where gray meets white, is unique to each shark and helps researchers to identify individual sharks in capture-recapture studies. Guadalupe Island is host to a relatively large population of great white sharks who, through a history of video and photographs showing their countershading lines, are the subject of an ongoing study of shark behaviour, migration and population size, Carcharodon carcharias, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
Cresting wave, morning light, glassy water, surf, Cardiff by the Sea, California
Wave breaking in early morning sunlight, Ponto, Carlsbad, California
California bat ray in kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera, Myliobatis californica, San Clemente Island
Gray whale, blow, Eschrichtius robustus, Big Sur, California
Manta ray and scuba diver, Manta birostris, San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos)
Manta ray and remora, Manta birostris, Remora, San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos)
Manta ray and freediver, Manta birostris, San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos)
Lesser electric ray, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Narcine entemedor
Giant Manta Ray at Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico, Manta birostris, Socorro Island (Islas Revillagigedos)
California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Lip throws out, boogie board guy about to take off at the The Wedge. Actually at Cylinders, Newport Beach, California
Shorebreak, The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Kirk Blackman, September swell, Newport Beach, California
Kirk Blackman, Newport Beach
Surfer nearly collides with stray board, #3 of a 6 frame sequence, Newport Beach
Upper Yosemite Falls and lunar rainbow, moonbow. A lunar rainbow (moonbow) can be seen to the left of Yosemite Falls, where the moon illuminates the spray of the falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Ron Ziebell, the Wedge, The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Close out wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf
Slab wave, mutant surf at the Wedge, The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Manta ray and scuba diver, Manta birostris, San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos)
Blue ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, leafnose moray eel, Fiji, Rhinomuraena quaesita, Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island
Pacific torpedo ray Tetronarce californica, amidst huge schools of fish and baitfish, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island. This electric ray will shock the hell out of you if you are not careful, Tetronarce californica, Torpedo californica
Manta Rays Feeding on Plankton, Fiji, Manta birostris, Gau Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago
Panama Graysby Epinephelus panamensis, Sea of Cortez, Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island, Dasyatis americana
Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island, Dasyatis americana
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