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.
Breaking wave, Moonlight Beach, Encinitas, morning, barrel shaped surf, California.
Breaking wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad.
Brown pelican in flight against pastel-colored sky at sunrise. 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.
Oceanside Pier at dusk, sunset, night. Oceanside.
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.
Scripps Pier solstice, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier.
Full Moon over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma. Mount San Miguel is in center while Lyons Peak lies to the left.
San Diego Bay and Skyline at sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph.
San Diego city skyline at sunrise, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island.
Dusk settles on downtown San Diego with snow-covered Mt. Laguna in the distance.
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.
Full Moon Rises over the San Diego City Skyline and Mount Laguna, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph.
San Diego Bay and Downtown City Skyline at Dawn, spectacular clouds light up over the city. Mount San Miguel in the distance.
Sunrise over the San Diego City Skyline.
San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, Shelter Island Yacht Club in the foreground, San Diego Bay, Mount San Miguel (right) and Lyons Peak (left) in distance.
Full Moon rising over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Harbor Island. Mount San Miguel is to the right, Lyons Peak to the left, in the distance.
Supermoon Eclipse at Moonrise over San Diego, September 27 2015.
Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, panoramic photograph, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise.
Clearing storm clouds over Broken Hill, overlooking La Jolla and the Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Reserve.
San Diego city skyline, dusk, clearing storm clouds.
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.
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.
Torrey Pines State Reserve, Broken Hill at Dawn.
Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance.
SIO Pier, Scripps Pier, La Jolla. 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.
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.
Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections.
Torrey Pines Cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Razor Point view to La Jolla, San Diego, California.
Blue Moon, Full Moon at Sunset over San Diego City Skyline, approaching jet with headlights appearing in front of the moon.
Quarter Moon over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Broken Hill in soft pre-dawn light, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve. La Jolla and Mount Soledad in the distance.
Full Moon over San Diego City Skyline, viewed from Point Loma.
San Diego and Tijuana City Skyline, panoramic photo, viewed from Mount Soledad.
Two surfers at sunset, blood red dusk, Encinitas.
Panoramic Aerial Photo of San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge.
Waves break on the Imperial Beach Pier pilings, at dawn with colorful sunrise clouds over the ocean.
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left) viewed from the San Diego Embarcadero Marine Park, sunrise.
The Botanical Building in Balboa Park, San Diego. The Botanical Building, at 250 feet long by 75 feet wide and 60 feet tall, was the largest wood lath structure in the world when it was built in 1915 for the Panama-California Exposition. The Botanical Building, located on the Prado, west of the Museum of Art, contains about 2,100 permanent tropical plants along with changing seasonal flowers. The Lily Pond, just south of the Botanical Building, is an eloquent example of the use of reflecting pools to enhance architecture. The 193' by 43' foot pond and smaller companion pool were originally referred to as Las Lagunas de las Flores (The Lakes of the Flowers) and were designed as aquatic gardens. The pools contain exotic water lilies and lotus which bloom spring through fall.
San Diego City Skyline viewed from Harbor Island, storm clouds at sunrise.
A fiery sunrise explodes over the La Jolla coastline.
UCSD University of California San Diego, viewed from Mount Soledad, Panoramic Photo.
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.
Del Mar Beach at Sunset, northern San Diego County.
Downtown San Diego and USS Midway. The USS Midway was a US Navy aircraft carrier, launched in 1945 and active through the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm, as of 2008 a museum along the downtown waterfront in San Diego.
San Diego Convention Center, located in the Marina District of downtown San Diego. Built in 1989, the San Diego Convention Center offers 525,700 square feet of exhibit space. It is noted for its distinctive "sails" made of Teflon-coated fiberglass suspended over the central exhibition hall, aptly named Sails Pavilion.
Marriott Hotel towers, rising above the Embarcadero Marine Park and yacht marina.
Crystal Pier, 872 feet long and built in 1925, extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the town of Pacific Beach. Mission Bay and downtown San Diego are seen in the distance.
New Point Loma Lighthouse, situated on the tip of Point Loma Peninsula, marks the entrance to San Diego Bay. The lighthouse rises 70' and was built in 1891 to replace the "old" Point Loma Lighthouse which was often shrouded in fog.
Downtown San Diego and Petco Park, viewed from the southeast.
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.
Sunset and incoming surf, gorgeous colors in the sky and on the ocean at dusk, the incoming waves are blurred in this long exposure.
Del Mar Coastline at Sunset, Aerial Photo.
Sunset over Flat Rock on Torrey Pines State Beach.
Sunrise Clouds and Surf, Hospital Point, La Jolla.
California Brown Pelican flying over a breaking wave.
Scripps Pier and moving water, pre-dawn light, La Jolla.
Flama de la Amistad, a statue by Leonardo Nierman. Installed in the San Diego Convention Center’s outdoor amphitheater, Flame of Friendship is a polished, stainless-steel statue set against San Diego Bay weighing 3,700 pounds and standing 20 feet tall and eight feet wide.
San Diego Convention Center and its waterfront at Night.
Scripps Pier at Sunset with Christmas Lights.
Torrey Pines cliffs at sunset.
San Diego Sheraton Hotel on San Diego Bay, at dawn.
San Diego and Tijuana City Skyline, viewed from Mount Soledad.
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.
Coronado Bridge, linking San Diego to Coronado, sunrise, viewed from Coronado Island. 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.
Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Sunset and incoming surf, gorgeous colors in the sky and on the ocean at dusk, the incoming waves are blurred in this long exposure.
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.
Panoramic photo of San Diego embarcadero, showing the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina (center), Roy's Restaurant (center) and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left) viewed from the San Diego Embarcadero Marine Park.
Paraglider soaring at Torrey Pines Gliderport, sunset, flying over the Pacific Ocean.
Del Mar Beach at Sunset, northern San Diego County.
Torrey Pines sea cliffs at sunset, Flat Rock at low tide, looking north.
Broken Hill in soft pre-dawn light, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Research Pier at sunset, with Christmas Lights and Christmas Tree.
Coronado Shores condos reflected in Glorietta Bay, San Diego Bay, evening.
Scripps Pier with Christmas Lights and Full Moon at Sunrise.
Point La Jolla viewed from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, big waves at sunrise.
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. The Hotel Del 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.
Spectacular Sunset, Terramar Beach, Carlsbad. Pink and Purple pastel hues are mirrored on the wet side as the tide retreats.
Sea World Fireworks San Diego Mission Bay. Sea World shows evening fireworks over Mission Bay.
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina, and Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel (left) viewed from the San Diego Embarcadero Marine Park, sunrise.
Encinitas city sign lit at night over Highway 101.
La Jolla Cove and pre-dawn light.
Full Moon over Oceanside Pier at Dawn.
Torrey Pines cliffs.
Sunset and King Tide on Del Mar Beach, Dog Beach, Solana Beach, looking north into North County San Diego.
San Diego Bay and City Skyline at Sunrise, Mount San Miguel, viewed from Point Loma.
Children's Pool and Lifeguard Station, at dawn with Torrey Pines in the distance.
San Diego City Skyline at Sunset, viewed from Point Loma, panoramic photograph.
San Diego Mormon Temple with Christmas Lights.
North County Coastline at Dusk, viewed from Mount Soledad.
Mission Bay, Ocean Beach, Point Loma and Coronado islands, at night.
La Jolla Shores Coastline and Scripps Pier, Blacks Beach and Torrey Pines, aerial photo, sunset.
San Diego city skyline at sunset, showing the buildings of downtown San Diego rising above San Diego Harbor, viewed from Harbor Island. A panoramic photograph, composite of four separate images.
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina viewed from the San Diego Embacadero Marine Park.
San Diego harbor and skyline, viewed at sunset.
Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Breaking wave, early morning surf.
Fletcher Cove and Solana Beach Aerial Photo, aerial panorama of Pillbox and Solana Beach coastline.
Solana Beach and Del Mar dog beach, aerial panoramic photo.
Los Penasquitos Lagoon and Torrey Pines State Beach, aerial photo.
San Elijo Lagoon aerial photo, panorama.
Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance.
Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Torrey Pines Cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Razor Point view to La Jolla, San Diego, California.
Sunrise Clouds and Surf, Hospital Point, La Jolla.
Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel at sunset, viewed from the San Diego Embarcadero Marine Park.
Torrey Pines balloon aerial survey photo. 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. Peregine falcons nest at the edge of the cliffs. This photo was made as part of an experimental balloon aerial photographic survey flight over Torrey Pines State Reserve, by permission of Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Oceanside Pier at Dawn.
Nuclear submarine at the surface of the ocean, aerial photo.
Black's Beach sea cliffs, sunset, looking north from Scripps Pier with Torrey Pines State Reserve in the distance.
Scripps Pier, Surfer's view from among the waves. Research pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography SIO, sunset.
California Brown Pelican flying over sea foam and waves.
Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve.
San Diego harbor and skyline, viewed at sunset.
San Diego downtown city skyline and waterfront, sunrise, dawn, viewed from Coronado Island.
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.
Surf and sky at sunset, waves crash upon the sand at dusk.
The Crystal Pier and Pacific Ocean at sunrise, dawn, waves blur as they crash upon the sand. Crystal Pier, 872 feet long and built in 1925, extends out into the Pacific Ocean from the town of Pacific Beach.
Torrey Pines balloon aerial survey photo. 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. Peregine falcons nest at the edge of the cliffs. This photo was made as part of an experimental balloon aerial photographic survey flight over Torrey Pines State Reserve, by permission of Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Ocean Beach Pier, also known as the OB Pier or Ocean Beach Municipal Pier, is the longest concrete pier on the West Coast measuring 1971 feet (601 m) long.
Ocean Beach Pier, also known as the OB Pier or Ocean Beach Municipal Pier, is the longest concrete pier on the West Coast measuring 1971 feet (601 m) long.
Imperial Beach pier at sunrise,
Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections.
God Beams, clouds and afternoon light over the Pacific Ocean.
Moon and Milky Way over Palomar Mountain State Park.
Moon and Stars over Pauma Valley, viewed from Palomar Mountain State Park.
Full moon rising at night over the San Diego County Fair. Del Mar Fair at night.
Scripps Pier at sunset.
Sea lion portrait, hauled out on rocks beside the ocean.
Blacks Beach and Torrey Pines sea cliffs, looking north, aerial photo, La Jolla, California.
Moon over The Mount Soledad Cross, a landmark in La Jolla, California. The Mount Soledad Cross is a 29-foot-tall cross erected in 1954.
Sea World Fireworks San Diego Mission Bay. Sea World shows evening fireworks over Mission Bay.
Sea World Fireworks San Diego Mission Bay. Sea World shows evening fireworks over Mission Bay.
La Jolla Sunset.
Torrey Pines cliffs at sunset.
Full Moon Rising over 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.
Terramar Sunset, viewed from North Ponto with Oceanside and Camp Pendleton in the distance.
Full Moon Rising over University of San Diego.
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. The Hotel Del 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.
La Jolla Shores Coastline and Scripps Pier, aerial photo, sunset.
Scripps Pier and Blacks Beach, Sunset, Panorama. The Gold Coast of La Jolla basks in warm serene light as the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean.
The Star of India is tied to her dock along the waterfront of San Diego harbor.
San Diego downtown waterfront skyline, viewed across San Diego Bay from Coronado Island.
Sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Broken Hill with the Pacific Ocean in the distance. Broken Hill is an ancient, compacted sand dune that was uplifted to its present location and is now eroding.
Black's Beach and Sandstone cliffs at Torrey Pines State Park, viewed from high above the Pacific Ocean near the Indian Trail.
A Pacific harbor seal eyes the photographer while swimming in the shallows. This group of harbor seals, which has formed a breeding colony at a small but popular beach near San Diego, is at the center of considerable controversy. While harbor seals are protected from harassment by the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other legislation, local interests would like to see the seals leave so that people can resume using the beach.
Pacific harbor seal.