Abstract Photo, Abstract photos, Natural History Photography

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.
Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 10237

$Pre-Dawn over the Tree of Eons, Utah. The Tree of Eons is a spectacular geologic sight near the San Rafael Swell. Erosion has cut a "tree" through red, blue, purple and white layers of the Chinle formation. The Tree of Eons is a superb example of dendritic erosion and to really appreciate the complex fractal-like details it must be observed from above. Photographed here in the soft, predawn light, it takes on magenta, red and purple hues just before the sun reaches it. Aerial panoramic photograph$

Pre-Dawn over the Tree of Eons, Utah. The Tree of Eons is a spectacular geologic sight near the San Rafael Swell. Erosion has cut a "tree" through red, blue, purple and white layers of the Chinle formation. The Tree of Eons is a superb example of dendritic erosion and to really appreciate the complex fractal-like details it must be observed from above. Photographed here in the soft, predawn light, it takes on magenta, red and purple hues just before the sun reaches it. Aerial panoramic photograph.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38027

Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California

Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water.
Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37554

Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo, Hanksville

Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo.
Location: Hanksville, Utah
Image ID: 37948

Clouds light up with blazing colors at sunset, La Jolla, California

Clouds light up with blazing colors at sunset.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 04819

Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, Bentonite layers are seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands, part of the Chinle Formation formed during the Upper Triassic Period. Aerial photograph.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38177

Double-crested cormorants in flight at sunrise, long exposure produces a blurred motion, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California

Double-crested cormorants in flight at sunrise, long exposure produces a blurred motion.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 15280

Snow geese at sunrise. Thousands of wintering snow geese take to the sky in predawn light in Bosque del Apache's famous "blast off". The flock can be as large as 20,000 geese or more. Long time exposure creates blurring among the geese.
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico
Image ID: 21799

Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, Bentonite layers are seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands, part of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation. This layer was formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes. Aerial photograph.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38019

Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo.
Location: Hanksville, Utah
Image ID: 38170

Windansea Waves and Earthshadow, abstract, motion blur and pre-dawn earthshadow colors, La Jolla, California

Windansea Waves and Earthshadow, abstract, motion blur and pre-dawn earthshadow colors.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37668

Windansea Waves and Earthshadow, abstract, motion blur and pre-dawn earthshadow colors.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37669

Windansea Waves and Earthshadow, abstract, motion blur and pre-dawn earthshadow colors.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37675

Erosion patterns in the Utah Badlands, aerial abstract photo.
Location: Hanksville, Utah
Image ID: 38051

Leucadia sunset, beautiful clouds and soft colors, Carlsbad, California

Leucadia sunset, beautiful clouds and soft colors.
Location: Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 27379

Sunrise light on clouds.
Image ID: 06225

Booby in flight, motion blur, Darwin Island

Booby in flight, motion blur.
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16686

Sunset reflections in the Tuolumne River, Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California

Sunset reflections in the Tuolumne River.
Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 09975

Clouds form at dawn before a storm rolls in, Carlsbad, California

Clouds form at dawn before a storm rolls in.
Location: Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 22474

Morning mist shrouds trees, Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington

Morning mist shrouds trees.
Location: Kalaloch, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13790

Water flows past beach cobblestones, blur, Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

Water flows past beach cobblestones, blur.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13794

Water sheets over a fountain, blurry water, abstract lights are visible through the falling water.
Image ID: 20136

Abstract colors and water patterns on the ocean surface.
Image ID: 20343

Bubbles rise from the depths of the ocean. Black and white / grainy.
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16445

A bubble ring. A toroidal bubble ring rises through the water on its way to the surface.
Image ID: 20779

Sunset and water, Sea of Cortez.
Image ID: 00285

Ocean surface.
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00303

Sand, water and light.
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 00304

Water patterns.
Image ID: 03181