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Sunrise glints yellow on breaking wave, dawn surf. Image ID: 27977 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water. Image ID: 22584 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA

Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. Image ID: 27979 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. Image ID: 27993 Location: California, USA	A white tern, or fairy tern, alights on a branch at Rose Atoll in American Samoa. Image ID: 00871 Species: Fairy tern, Gygis alba Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, 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	Little Corona Beach, at night under a full moon, waves lit by moonlight. Image ID: 28866 Location: Newport Beach, California, USA	Sunset light and acropora table coral on pristine tropical reef. Table coral competes for space on the coral reef by growing above and spreading over other coral species keeping them from receiving sunlight. Image ID: 31315 Location: Wakaya Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji

Sea lion underwater in beautiful sunset light. Image ID: 31208 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico	Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 33433 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	A green wave breaking, with sunset light filtering through. Image ID: 19395 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA

California Pelican flying on a wave, riding the updraft from the wave. Image ID: 30257 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus	Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Image ID: 14354 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, 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: 28959 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. Image ID: 30199 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. Image ID: 27986 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Surf grass on the rocky reef -- appearing blurred in this time exposure -- is tossed back and forth by powerful ocean waves passing by above. San Clemente Island. Image ID: 10237 Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Waves rush in at sunset, Carlsbad beach sunset and ocean waves, seascape, dusk, summer. Image ID: 27974 Location: Carlsbad, California, USA	Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. Image ID: 30187 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, 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: 22142 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. Image ID: 23419 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, 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	A large, powerful wave breaks with offshore winds at the Wedge in Newport Beach. Image ID: 18706 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA

Guadalupe Island at sunrise, panorama. Volcanic coastline south of Pilot Rock and Spanish Cove, near El Faro lighthouse. Image ID: 28758 Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico Pano dimensions: 4224 x 25926

Brown pelican flying over waves and the surf. Image ID: 30193 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, 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: 15371 Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	Nazca booby in flight. Image ID: 16681 Species: Nazca booby, Sula granti Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Sunrise breaking wave, dawn surf. Image ID: 27978 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	Breaking wave, morning, barrel shaped surf, California. Image ID: 27982 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA