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Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Image ID: 02304 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, 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	San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, showing geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests. Image ID: 26003 Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Mariner Mountain, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, part of Strathcona Provincial Park, located 36 km (22 mi) north of Tofino. It is 1,771 m (5,810 ft) high, snow covered year-round and home to several glaciers. Image ID: 21072 Location: Mariner Mountain, Strathcona Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada	Torrey Pines seacliffs, rising up to 300 feet above the ocean, stretch from Del Mar to La Jolla. On the mesa atop the bluffs are found Torrey pine trees, one of the rare species of pines in the world. Image ID: 22285 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	San Diego Coronado Bridge, known locally as the Coronado Bridge, links San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge was completed in 1969 and was a toll bridge until 2002. It is 2.1 miles long and reaches a height of 200 feet above San Diego Bay. Coronado Island is to the left, and downtown San Diego is to the right in this view looking north. Image ID: 22288 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Aerial photo of the West End of Catalina Island. Image ID: 25978 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	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	Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Image ID: 29017 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Clemente, California, USA

Downtown San Diego and USS Midway. The USS Midway was a US Navy aircraft carrier, launched in 1945 and active through the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm, as of 2008 a museum along the downtown waterfront in San Diego. Image ID: 22289 Location: San Diego, California, USA	New Point Loma Lighthouse, situated on the tip of Point Loma Peninsula, marks the entrance to San Diego Bay. The lighthouse rises 70' and was built in 1891 to replace the "old" Point Loma Lighthouse which was often shrouded in fog. Image ID: 22295 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Middle Coronado Island, viewed from the south. Image ID: 21322 Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico

North Coronado Island, Mexico, northern point looking south with Middle and South Islands in the distance, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29052 Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico	Webster Point, Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29365 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	Point Bennett, San Miguel Island, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29381 Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA

Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Image ID: 29001 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Clemente, California, USA	Gray whale blowing at the ocean surface, exhaling and breathing as it prepares to dive underwater. Image ID: 29045 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Encinitas, California, USA	Blue whale swims at the surface of the ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight. Image ID: 25952 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA

Torrey Pines balloon aerial survey photo. Torrey Pines seacliffs, rising up to 300 feet above the ocean, stretch from Del Mar to La Jolla. On the mesa atop the bluffs are found Torrey pine trees, one of the rare species of pines in the world. Peregine falcons nest at the edge of the cliffs. This photo was made as part of an experimental balloon aerial photographic survey flight over Torrey Pines State Reserve, by permission of Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 27271 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5001 x 11896

Aerial Panorama of La Jolla, University City, showing (from left) UCSD, University City, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla Shores, Point La Jolla, Mount Soledad, in the background some of the mountains to the east of San Diego. The highest peak in the center of the panoram is Cuyamaca Peak (6512') while the rocky peak directly in front of it is El Cajon Mountain (3675'). Image ID: 29098 Pano dimensions: 3881 x 20864

San Miguel Island, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29375 Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA	San Miguel Island south side, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29386 Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA	Anacapa Island, west end, aerial photo. Image ID: 29396 Location: Anacapa Island, California, USA

Anacapa Island, aerial photo. Image ID: 29397 Location: Anacapa Island, California, USA	Anacapa Island, east end, aerial photo. Image ID: 29402 Location: Anacapa Island, California, USA	Aerial photograph of Land's End and the Arch, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Image ID: 28890 Location: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico

A blue whale eating krill. This blue whale is seen feeding and surfacing amid krill with its throat fully engorged with krill and water. It will push the water back out with its tongue, trapping the krill in its baleen which acts like a filter. Aerial photo, Baja California. Image ID: 05837 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Image ID: 29016 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Clemente, California, USA	The Children's Pool in La Jolla, also known as Casa Cove, is a small pocket cove protected by a curving seawall, with the rocky coastline and cottages and homes of La Jolla seen behind it. Image ID: 22302 Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Coastal mountains and clouds, rising above Bedwell Sound (hidden by clouds) and Clayoquot Sound, near Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Image ID: 21093 Location: Tofino, British Columbia, Canada