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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

Dive Boat Hurst Island, Browning Pass, Canada, aerial photo. Image ID: 35253 Location: British Columbia, Canada	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

Steller Sea Lions atop Norris Rocks, Hornby Island in the distance, panoramic photo. Image ID: 34467 Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus Location: British Columbia, Canada Pano dimensions: 3758 x 8590

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	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

A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Image ID: 02169 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale aerial photo, with the shadow of the survey plane providing scale as to how huge the whale really is. Image ID: 02168 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Aerial Photo of South La Jolla State Marine Reserve. Image ID: 30639 Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Panoramic Aerial Photo of San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge. Image ID: 30789 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7503 x 14441

Aerial Photo of Cabrillo State Marine Reserve, Point Loma, San Diego. Image ID: 30641 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Aerial Photo of Tijuana River Mouth SMCA. Tijuana River Mouth State Marine Conservation Area borders Imperial Beach and the Mexican Border. Image ID: 30660 Location: Imperial Beach, 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

Hurst Island and Gods Pocket Provincial Park, aerial photo. Image ID: 35285 Location: British Columbia, Canada Pano dimensions: 6271 x 13942

Browning Pass and Balaklava Island, location of the best cold water diving in the world, aerial panoramic photo. Image ID: 34472 Location: British Columbia, Canada Pano dimensions: 4106 x 13744

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	San Diego Convention Center, located in the Marina District of downtown San Diego. Built in 1989, the San Diego Convention Center offers 525,700 square feet of exhibit space. It is noted for its distinctive "sails" made of Teflon-coated fiberglass suspended over the central exhibition hall, aptly named Sails Pavilion. Image ID: 22290 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Marriott Hotel towers, rising above the Embarcadero Marine Park and yacht marina. Image ID: 22291 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Crystal Pier, 872 feet long and built in 1925, extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the town of Pacific Beach. Mission Bay and downtown San Diego are seen in the distance. Image ID: 22294 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	Downtown San Diego and Petco Park, viewed from the southeast. Image ID: 22300 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: 25951 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA	Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape. Image ID: 21251 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA