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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 | Humpback whale breaching, near Molokai, Hawaii. Megaptera novaeangliae. It is suspected the breaching often has a communicative purpose which depends on the behavioral context of the moment.
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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