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Home  >  Nature Photography Blog  >  Search  >  Categories  >  Subject  >  Inspirational   >    North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Image ID: 00140   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   North Pacific humpback whale, breach. Image ID: 00205   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, 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   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   Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Image ID: 12631   Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03332   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus   El Capitan and Merced River, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 05413   Location: El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Clouds light up with blazing colors at sunset. Image ID: 04819   Location: La Jolla, California, USA   North Pacific humpback whale raising its fluke before diving underwater to forage for herring in southeast Alaska. Image ID: 02154   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Kelp fronds. Image ID: 03423   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Kelp forest. Image ID: 04660   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07519   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   Unicorn Peak at sunset, seen from Tuolumne Meadows. Cockscomb Peak rises in the distance. Image ID: 09945   Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Sunrise light on clouds. Image ID: 06225     Sunset reflections in the Tuolumne River. Image ID: 09975   Location: Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Fern Springs, a small natural spring in Yosemite Valley near the Pohono Bridge, trickles quietly over rocks as it flows into the Merced River. Image ID: 12648   Location: Fern Springs, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Mountain dogwood, or Pacific dogwood, Yosemite Valley. Image ID: 12672   Species: Mountain dogwood, Cornus nuttallii Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA   Ocean surface. Image ID: 00303   Location: Bahamas   Sand, water and light. Image ID: 00304   Location: Bahamas   Atop Haleakala volcano. Image ID: 05609   Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Clouds and sunlight. Image ID: 05644   Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Old Faithful geyser at peak eruption. Image ID: 07182   Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA   The Teton Range is reflected in a calm sidewater of the Snake River near Blacktail Ponds, summer. Image ID: 07382   Location: Blacktail Ponds, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA   Water patterns. Image ID: 03184     Giant Sequoia tree. Image ID: 03644   Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA   A parent and child admire the fascinating kelp forest tank at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California. Image ID: 10310   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera   Dune primrose blooms in spring following winter rains. Dune primrose is a common ephemeral wildflower on the Colorado Desert, growing on dunes. Its blooms open in the evening and last through midmorning. Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 10479   Species: Dune Primrose, Dune Evening Primrose, Oenothera deltoides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA   Aspens, a small creek and an old barn along Mormon Row below the Teton Range. Image ID: 07377   Location: Mormon Row, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA

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Updated: March 29, 2020