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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur, The Wedge. Image ID: 14355 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	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	Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. Image ID: 22744 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Breaking wave, Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. Image ID: 27975 Location: California, USA	Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Image ID: 17679 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, 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: 15122 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Sunrise glints yellow on breaking wave, dawn surf. Image ID: 27977 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Image ID: 10975 Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA	Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. Image ID: 12634 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Yosemite Valley Tunnel View, Storm clouds at sunset, Yosemite National Park. Image ID: 34542 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7653 x 12541	Oceanside Pier at dusk, sunset, night. Oceanside. Image ID: 14628 Location: Oceanside Pier, California, USA	Aspen trees display Eastern Sierra fall colors, Lake Sabrina, Bishop Creek Canyon. Image ID: 17547 Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides Location: Bishop Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, USA

Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. Image ID: 27979 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. Image ID: 27993 Location: California, USA	2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006. Image ID: 15299 Location: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, USA

Bristlecone pine displays its characteristic gnarled, twisted form as it rises above the arid, dolomite-rich slopes of the White Mountains at 11000-foot elevation. Patriarch Grove, Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest. Image ID: 17475 Species: Bristlecone Pine, Pinus longaeva Location: White Mountains, Inyo National Forest, California, USA	Yosemite Falls and star trails, at night, viewed from Cook's Meadow, illuminated by the light of the full moon. Image ID: 27733 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. Image ID: 27999 Location: California, USA

California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 34577 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico	San Diego Bay and Skyline at sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph. Image ID: 30210 Location: San Diego, California, USA	California sea lion, La Jolla. Image ID: 34272 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

The Milky Way arches over Half Dome, and the Yosemite High Country, Yosemite National Park. Image ID: 36386 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7623 x 19265

Townsley Lake (10396'), a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23206 Location: Yosemite National Park, 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	Sky Rock petroglyphs near Bishop, California, sunrise light just touching clouds and the Sierra Nevada. Hidden atop an enormous boulder in the Volcanic Tablelands lies Sky Rock, a set of petroglyphs that face the sky. These superb examples of native American petroglyph artwork are thought to be Paiute in origin, but little is known about them. Image ID: 26979 Location: Bishop, California, USA

San Diego city skyline at sunset, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island. A panoramic photograph, composite of thirteen separate images. Image ID: 22255 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4759 x 15430

California sea lion underwater playing with sea star. Image ID: 27428 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico