Sand Beach Photos

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Pacific Harbor Seal Pup in La Jolla About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Pacific Harbor Seal Pup in La Jolla About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39071  
Bull elephant seal exits the water to retake his position on the beach. He shows considerable scarring on his chest and proboscis from many winters fighting other males for territory and rights to a harem of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Bull elephant seal exits the water to retake his position on the beach. He shows considerable scarring on his chest and proboscis from many winters fighting other males for territory and rights to a harem of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15458  
Flat Rock and Torrey Pines Seacliffs at Sunset, aerial photo, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Flat Rock and Torrey Pines Seacliffs at Sunset, aerial photo.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 38227  
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, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
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.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 22285  
Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 35061  
Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 28461  
Newborn harbor seal pup watches a Western seagull approach. The gull is trying to pick at placenta on the sandy beach as the seal pup, born just moments before, watches and tries to understand what is going on. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Newborn harbor seal pup watches a Western seagull approach. The gull is trying to pick at placenta on the sandy beach as the seal pup, born just moments before, watches and tries to understand what is going on. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39076  
The Children's Pool, also known as Casa Cove, in pre-dawn light, La Jolla. Seal Rock in the foreground
The Children's Pool, also known as Casa Cove, in pre-dawn light, La Jolla. Seal Rock in the foreground.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37475  
Hospital Point, La Jolla, dawn, sunrise light and approaching storm clouds
Hospital Point, La Jolla, dawn, sunrise light and approaching storm clouds.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 28851  
Torrey Pines cliffs and storm clouds at sunset, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines cliffs and storm clouds at sunset.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 29102  
Sunrise on Medano Beach, on the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
Sunrise on Medano Beach, on the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Location: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 28948  
Panorama dimensions: 4368 x 16027
Young Pacific Harbor Seal pup splashed by a wave at the waters edge, on a white sand beach in San Diego, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Young Pacific Harbor Seal pup splashed by a wave at the waters edge, on a white sand beach in San Diego.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39065  
A small harbor seal pup only a few hours old, resting on a sand beach in San Diego between episodes of nursing on its mother. Over 50 harbor seal pups were born in La Jolla during the 2023 birthing season, Phoca vitulina richardsi
A small harbor seal pup only a few hours old, resting on a sand beach in San Diego between episodes of nursing on its mother. Over 50 harbor seal pups were born in La Jolla during the 2023 birthing season.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39067  
Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39068  
Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Three Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39069  
Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific Harbor Seal Pup About Two Weeks Old, hauled out on a white sand beach along the coast of San Diego. This young seal will be weaned off its mothers milk and care when it is about four to six weeks old, and before that time it must learn how to forage for food on its own, a very difficult time for a young seal.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39089  
Coastal brown bear walking on sand beach, Ursus arctos, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Coastal brown bear walking on sand beach.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 19144  
Sunset over Flat Rock on Torrey Pines State Beach, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Sunset over Flat Rock on Torrey Pines State Beach.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 29105  
Panorama dimensions: 3831 x 12302
Torrey Pines cliffs at sunset, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines cliffs at sunset.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 29112  
Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 27248  
Aerial photo of Crystal Pier with Holiday Christmas Lights at night. The Crystal Pier, Holiday Lights and Pacific Ocean at sunset, 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
Aerial photo of Crystal Pier with Holiday Christmas Lights at night. The Crystal Pier, Holiday Lights and Pacific Ocean at sunset, 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.
Location: Pacific Beach, California
Image ID: 40000  
Magellanic penguins, coming ashore on a sandy beach. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans, Spheniscus magellanicus, New Island
Magellanic penguins, coming ashore on a sandy beach. Magellanic penguins can grow to 30" tall, 14 lbs and live over 25 years. They feed in the water, preying on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans.
Species: Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23924  
Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35144  
Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 35846  
Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 35848  
La Jolla Cove and pre-dawn light
La Jolla Cove and pre-dawn light.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 28847  
Torrey Pines cliffs, Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines cliffs.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 29133  
Panorama dimensions: 4995 x 9126
Balboa Pier, sunrise, Newport Beach, California
Balboa Pier, sunrise.
Location: Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 29138  
Balboa Pier, sunrise, Newport Beach, California
Balboa Pier, sunrise.
Location: Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 29139  
Chonky Pacific harbor seal on wet gold-colored sandy beach in La Jolla
Chonky Pacific harbor seal on wet gold-colored sandy beach in La Jolla.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39833  
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