Big Sur photos

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A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side.  This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey
A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01135  
Gray whale, blow, Eschrichtius robustus, Big Sur, California
Gray whale, blow.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 01173  
Northern elephant seal,  mother and neonate pup, gulls eating placenta, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Northern elephant seal, mother and neonate pup, gulls eating placenta.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 00945  
Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Big Sur, California
Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 01182  
Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California
Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01129  
Gray whale, blow, Eschrichtius robustus, Big Sur, California
Gray whale, blow.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 01170  
Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California
Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01190  
Gray whale, raising fluke to dive, Eschrichtius robustus, Big Sur, California
Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 05780  
Gray whale, raising fluke to dive, Eschrichtius robustus, Big Sur, California
Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 05781  
Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California
Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01178  
Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California
Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01188  
Northern elephant seal, pup, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Northern elephant seal, pup.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 00948  
Bixby Bridge at sunset, Big Sur, California
Bixby Bridge at sunset.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14902  
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14903  
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14904  
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14905  
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14906  
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur
Waves blur as they break over the rocky shoreline of Big Sur.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 14907  
McWay Falls drops 80 feet on the sand in McWay Cove.  McWay Falls is fed by springs so falls year round, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
McWay Falls drops 80 feet on the sand in McWay Cove. McWay Falls is fed by springs so falls year round.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20363  
Big Sur coastline at sunset, viewed from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Big Sur coastline at sunset, viewed from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20364  
McWay Falls drops 80 feet on the sand in McWay Cove.  McWay Falls is fed by springs so falls year round, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
McWay Falls drops 80 feet on the sand in McWay Cove. McWay Falls is fed by springs so falls year round.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20365  
Big Sur coastline at sunset, viewed from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park
Big Sur coastline at sunset, viewed from Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park.
Location: Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 20366  
Northern elephant seal, mature bull, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Northern elephant seal, mature bull.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 00949  
Gray whale, neonate calf and cow, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California
Gray whale, neonate calf and cow.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01133  
Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California
Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01185  
Northern elephant seal pups, Mirounga angustirostris, Gorda, Big Sur, California
Northern elephant seal pups.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Gorda, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 02053  
Rocky Point and Highway 1, Big Sur, California
Rocky Point and Highway 1.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 02054  
Highway 1 and Bixby bridge, Big Sur, California
Highway 1 and Bixby bridge.
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 02055  
Northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, Gorda, Big Sur, California
Northern elephant seals.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Gorda, Big Sur, California
Image ID: 02519  
Juvenile Northern elephant seal sleeping on beach, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Juvenile Northern elephant seal sleeping on beach.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 02523  
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