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| 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 | Scripps Pier solstice, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier. Image ID: 28475 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | Clearing storm clouds over Broken Hill, overlooking La Jolla and the Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 29416 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA |
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| 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 | 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 | California brown pelican, portrait in pink-purple predawn light, rests on sandstone seabluff. The characteristic mating plumage of the California race of brown pelican is shown, with red gular throat pouch and dark brown hindneck colors. Image ID: 23646 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Pacific harbor seal, on sand at the edge of the sea. Image ID: 26315 Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Scripps Pier, predawn abstract study of pier pilings and moving water. Image ID: 26340 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections. Image ID: 28461 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA |
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| Torrey Pines Cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Razor Point view to La Jolla, San Diego, California. Image ID: 28487 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA | Sunset falls upon Torrey Pines State Reserve, viewed from the Torrey Pines glider port. La Jolla, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Scripps Pier are seen in the distance. Image ID: 26436 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Hospital Point, La Jolla, dawn, sunrise light and approaching storm clouds. Image ID: 28851 Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| La Jolla Sunset. Image ID: 29100 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | A fiery sunrise explodes over the La Jolla coastline. Image ID: 28871 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Scripps Pier solstice, surfer's view from among the waves, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier. Research pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography SIO, sunset. Image ID: 30150 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Western gull, early morning pink sky. Image ID: 18394 Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Sunrise Clouds and Surf, Hospital Point, La Jolla. Image ID: 28830 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican, showing characteristic winter plumage including red/olive throat, brown hindneck, yellow and white head colors. Image ID: 26462 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| 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: 15125 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | The Kelp Forest offshore of La Jolla, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 30986 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera | Scripps Pier, sunrise. Image ID: 26456 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Aerial Panoramic Photo of Point La Jolla and La Jolla Cove, Boomer Beach, Scripps Park. Panoramic aerial photograph of La Jolla Cove and Scripps Parks (center), with La Jolla’s Mount Soledad rising above, La Jolla Shores and La Jolla Caves to the left and the La Jolla Coast with Children’s Pool (Casa Cove) to the right. The undersea reefs of Boomer Beach are seen through the clear, calm ocean waters. This extremely high resolution panorama will print 50″ high by 130″ long with no interpolation. Image ID: 30773 Location: La Jolla, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7744 x 20541 | ||
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| Paraglider soaring at Torrey Pines Gliderport, sunset, flying over the Pacific Ocean. Image ID: 24286 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Torrey Pines sea cliffs at sunset, Flat Rock at low tide, looking north. Image ID: 36556 Location: Blacks Beach, La Jolla, California, USA | Broken Hill in soft pre-dawn light, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 36565 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA |
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| La Jolla Cove and pre-dawn light. Image ID: 28847 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | The Children's Pool, also known as Casa Cove, in pre-dawn light, La Jolla. Image ID: 28359 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California brown pelican, pre-sunrise. Image ID: 26283 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Torrey Pines Cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Razor Point view to La Jolla, San Diego, California. Image ID: 28485 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA | Sunrise Clouds and Surf, Hospital Point, La Jolla. Image ID: 28829 Location: La Jolla, California, USA | |
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