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Breaking wave, fast motion and blur. The Wedge. Outdoors Photo. Image ID: 14355 Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California, USA	The Wave, an area of fantastic eroded sandstone featuring beautiful swirls, wild colors, countless striations, and bizarre shapes set amidst the dramatic surrounding North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah. The sandstone formations of the North Coyote Buttes, including the Wave, date from the Jurassic period. Managed by the Bureau of Land Management, the Wave is located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness and is accessible on foot by permit only. Outdoors Picture. Image ID: 20605 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA	Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island. Stock Photography of Outdoors. Image ID: 02113 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Half Dome and storm clouds at sunset, viewed from Sentinel Bridge. Photograph of Outdoors. Image ID: 22744 Location: Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	The Second Wave at sunset. The Second Wave, a curiously-shaped sandstone swirl, takes on rich warm tones and dramatic shadowed textures at sunset. Set in the North Coyote Buttes of Arizona and Utah, the Second Wave is characterized by striations revealing layers of sedimentary deposits, a visible historical record depicting eons of submarine geology. Outdoors Photos. Image ID: 20606 Location: North Coyote Buttes, Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, Arizona, USA	Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad. Outdoors Image. Image ID: 17679 Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA

Panoramic photo of Crater Lake National Park Professional stock photos of Outdoors. Image ID: 28675 Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA Pano dimensions: 3271 x 10669

Great hammerhead shark Pictures of Outdoors. Image ID: 31966 Species: Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran Location: Bimini, Bahamas	Two tiger sharks Outdoors Photo. Image ID: 31875 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas	Cholla cactus, brittlebush, ocotillo and various cacti and wildflowers color the sides of Glorietta Canyon. Heavy winter rains led to a historic springtime bloom in 2005, carpeting the entire desert in vegetation and color for months. Outdoors Picture. Image ID: 10975 Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA

Waterfall at Temple of Sinawava during peak flow following spring rainstorm. Zion Canyon. Stock Photography of Outdoors. Image ID: 12450 Location: Temple of Sinawava, Zion National Park, Utah, USA	Vernal Falls at peak flow in late spring, with a rainbow appearing in the spray of the falls, viewed from the Mist Trail. Photograph of Outdoors. Image ID: 12634 Location: Vernal Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	A rainbow appears in the mist of the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River. At 308 feet, the Lower Falls of the Yellowstone River is the tallest fall in the park. This view is from Lookout Point on the North side of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. When conditions are perfect in midsummer, a midmorning rainbow briefly appears in the falls. Outdoors Photos. Image ID: 13319 Location: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Grand Prismatic Spring (left) and Excelsior Geyser (right). Grand Prismatic Spring displays a stunning rainbow of colors created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The blue water in the center is too hot to support any bacterial life, while the outer orange rings are the coolest water. Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest spring in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Midway Geyser Basin. Outdoors Image. Image ID: 13571 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls. Professional stock photos of Outdoors. Image ID: 17031 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA	A large, old brown bear (grizzly bear) wades across Brooks River. Coastal and near-coastal brown bears in Alaska can live to 25 years of age, weigh up to 1400 lbs and stand over 9 feet tall. Pictures of Outdoors. Image ID: 17039 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA

Mesa Arch, Utah. An exuberant hiker greets the dawning sun from atop Mesa Arch. Yup, that's me. Outdoors Photo. Image ID: 18036 Location: Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah, USA	Full grown, mature male coastal brown bear boar (grizzly bear) in sedge grass meadows. Outdoors Picture. Image ID: 19134 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, 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. Stock Photography of Outdoors. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Old Faithful geyser, sunrise. Reaching up to 185' in height and lasting up to 5 minutes, Old Faithful geyser is the most famous geyser in the world and the first geyser in Yellowstone to be named. Photograph of Outdoors. Image ID: 26939 Location: Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA	Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Outdoors Photos. 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. Outdoors Image. 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. Professional stock photos of Outdoors. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Horsetail Falls backlit by the setting sun as it cascades down the face of El Capitan, February, Yosemite Valley. Pictures of Outdoors. Image ID: 07048 Location: Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA	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. Outdoors Photo. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

Mount Rainier is reflected in the calm waters of Reflection Lake, early morning Outdoors Picture. Image ID: 28703 Location: Reflection Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA	Portrait of a young brown bear, pausing while grazing in tall sedge grass. Brown bears can consume 30 lbs of sedge grass daily, waiting weeks until spawning salmon fill the rivers. Stock Photography of Outdoors. Image ID: 19135 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA	Yosemite Falls at peak flow in late spring, viewed from Cooks Meadow. Photograph of Outdoors. Image ID: 12631 Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Yosemite Valley Tunnel View, Storm clouds at sunset, Yosemite National Park Outdoors Photos. Image ID: 34542 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA Pano dimensions: 7653 x 12541	Paradise Falls tumble over rocks in Paradise Creek. Outdoors Image. Image ID: 13867 Location: Paradise Creek, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA