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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	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	Oceanside Pier at dusk, sunset, night. Oceanside. Image ID: 14628 Location: Oceanside Pier, California, USA	Hotel del Coronado with holiday Christmas night lights, known affectionately as the Hotel Del. It was once the largest hotel in the world, and is one of the few remaining wooden Victorian beach resorts. It sits on the beach on Coronado Island, seen here with downtown San Diego in the distance. It is widely considered to be one of Americas most beautiful and classic hotels. Built in 1888, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Image ID: 27396 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Scripps Pier solstice, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier. Image ID: 28475 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA	San Diego Bay and Skyline at sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph. Image ID: 30210 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Dusk settles on downtown San Diego with snow-covered Mt. Laguna in the distance. Image ID: 26716 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Full Moon over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma. Image ID: 29116 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5261 x 18810

San Diego city skyline at sunset, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island. Image ID: 27889 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 3497 x 12426

Approaching sunrise and star trails over the San Diego Downtown City Skyline. In this 60 minute exposure, stars create trails through the night sky over downtown San Diego. Image ID: 28386 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Full Moon rising over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Harbor Island. Image ID: 29121 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, panoramic photograph, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise. Image ID: 28397 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4332 x 11344

Sunrise over the San Diego City Skyline. Image ID: 28858 Location: San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4522 x 18776

Supermoon Eclipse at Moonrise over San Diego, September 27 2015. Image ID: 31868 Pano dimensions: 6053 x 10673	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	San Diego city skyline, dusk, clearing storm clouds. Image ID: 28005 Location: San Diego, California, USA

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	San Diego Coronado Bridge, known locally as the Coronado Bridge, links San Diego with Coronado, California. The bridge was completed in 1969 and was a toll bridge until 2002. It is 2.1 miles long and reaches a height of 200 feet above San Diego Bay. Coronado Island is to the left, and downtown San Diego is to the right in this view looking north. Image ID: 22288 Location: San Diego, California, USA	Torrey Pines State Reserve, Broken Hill at Dawn. Image ID: 29178 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance. Image ID: 35061 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	Hotel del Coronado, known affectionately as the Hotel Del. It was once the largest hotel in the world, and is one of the few remaining wooden Victorian beach resorts. It sits on the beach on Coronado Island, seen here with downtown San Diego in the distance. It is widely considered to be one of Americas most beautiful and classic hotels. Built in 1888, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. Image ID: 22287 Location: San Diego, 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	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	Blue Moon, Full Moon at Sunset over San Diego City Skyline, approaching jet with headlights appearing in front of the moon. Image ID: 28753 Location: San Diego, California, USA

Quarter Moon over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 28366 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Full Moon over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma. Image ID: 29118 Location: 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