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| Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Since this blue whale was approximately 80-90' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. Image ID: 27299 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA | 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 |
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| Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | 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 |
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| Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators. Image ID: 02114 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Great hammerhead shark. Image ID: 31966 Species: Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran Location: Bimini, Bahamas | Two tiger sharks. Image ID: 31875 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas |
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| Panoramic photo of Crater Lake National Park. Image ID: 28675 Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA Pano dimensions: 3271 x 10669 | ||
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| 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 | Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. Yup, that's me. Image ID: 18036 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA | A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Image ID: 01520 Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | 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 |
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| A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, swims slowly through the clear waters of Crystal River. Image ID: 02696 Species: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA | Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani. Image ID: 00647 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas | A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Milky Way and Shooting Star over Delicate Arch, as stars cover the night sky. Image ID: 27854 Location: Arches National Park, Utah, USA | Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Hiker in North Window, sunset, western face. North Window is a natural sandstone arch 90 feet wide and 48 feet high. Image ID: 18159 Location: North Window, Arches National Park, Utah, USA |
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| Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Image ID: 16240 Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Image ID: 16246 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Ocean sunfish recruiting fish near drift kelp to clean parasites, open ocean, Baja California. Image ID: 03267 Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola | Atlantic spotted dolphin and Olympic champion swimmer Matt Biondi. Image ID: 00018 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas |
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| Tiger shark and horse-eye jacks. Image ID: 31880 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Milky Way over the Watchman, Zion National Park. The Milky Way galaxy rises in the night sky above the the Watchman. Image ID: 28586 Location: Zion National Park, Utah, USA | |
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