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| 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 | ||
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| Half Dome and nighttime stars, viewed from Glacier Point. Image ID: 27951 Location: Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4761 x 10519 | ||
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| Waves rush in at sunset, Carlsbad beach sunset and ocean waves, seascape, dusk, summer. Image ID: 27974 Location: Carlsbad, California, USA | El Capitan reflected in Merced River, Yosemite National Park. Image ID: 36458 Location: El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Torrey Pines State Reserve, Broken Hill at Dawn. Image ID: 29178 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA |
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| Sunrise at San Clemente Island, south end showing China Hat (Balanced Rock) and Pyramid Head, near Pyramid Cove, storm clouds. Panoramic photo. Image ID: 30855 Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5232 x 24109 | ||
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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 | Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance. Image ID: 35061 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA | Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Image ID: 22142 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| San Diego Bay and Skyline at sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph. Image ID: 30214 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4888 x 33004 | ||
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| SIO Pier. The Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier is 1090 feet long and was built of reinforced concrete in 1988, replacing the original wooden pier built in 1915. The Scripps Pier is home to a variety of sensing equipment above and below water that collects various oceanographic data. The Scripps research diving facility is located at the foot of the pier. Fresh seawater is pumped from the pier to the many tanks and facilities of SIO, including the Birch Aquarium. The Scripps Pier is named in honor of Ellen Browning Scripps, the most significant donor and benefactor of the Institution. Image ID: 22286 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | Hotel del Coronado, known affectionately as the Hotel Del. It was once the largest hotel in the world, and is one of the few remaining wooden Victorian beach resorts. It sits on the beach on Coronado Island, seen here with downtown San Diego in the distance. It is widely considered to be one of Americas most beautiful and classic hotels. Built in 1888, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Image ID: 22287 Location: San Diego, California, USA | Vogelsang Peak (11516') at sunset, reflected in a small creek near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp in Yosemite's high country. Image ID: 23202 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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| California brown pelican, portrait in pink-purple predawn light, rests on sandstone seabluff. The characteristic mating plumage of the California race of brown pelican is shown, with red gular throat pouch and dark brown hindneck colors. Image ID: 23646 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Pacific harbor seal, on sand at the edge of the sea. Image ID: 26315 Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi 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 |
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| Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 25393 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Mobius Arch in the Alabama Hills, seen here at night with swirling star trails formed in the sky above due to a long time exposure. Image ID: 27681 Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California, USA | Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water. Image ID: 26340 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel. Image ID: 27029 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, 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: 27671 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, 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: 27689 Location: Racetrack Playa, Death Valley National Park, California, USA |
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| Brown pelican in flight. The wingspan of the brown pelican is over 7 feet wide. The California race of the brown pelican holds endangered species status. In winter months, breeding adults assume a dramatic plumage. Image ID: 28356 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections. Image ID: 28461 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA | Torrey Pines Cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Razor Point view to La Jolla, San Diego, California. Image ID: 28487 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA |
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| Milky Way over Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park. Image ID: 28521 Location: Tioga Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Blue Moon, Full Moon at Sunset over San Diego City Skyline, approaching jet with headlights appearing in front of the moon. Image ID: 28753 Location: San Diego, 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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| Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. Image ID: 21248 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale. The sleek hydrodynamic shape of the enormous blue whale allows it to swim swiftly through the ocean, at times over one hundred miles in a single day. Image ID: 21250 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | |
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