Sea Pen Photos

Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25005  

Bald eagle makes a splash while in flight as it takes a fish out of the water.
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Image ID: 22584  

Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25007  

Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01006  

A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02286  

Lunar Eclipse Sequence Over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve. While the moon lies in the full shadow of the earth (umbra) it receives only faint, red-tinged light refracted through the Earth's atmosphere. As the moon passes into the penumbra it receives increasing amounts of direct sunlight, eventually leaving the shadow of the Earth altogether. October 8, 2014.
Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California
Image ID: 29412  

Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, Vancouver Island.
Species: Fleshy sea pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 34334  

Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, Vancouver Island.
Species: Fleshy sea pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35276  

Brandt's cormorant cormorant in flight.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30306  

Bald eagle in flight spreads its wings and raises its talons as it prepares to grasp a fish out of the water.
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Image ID: 22593  

Blue shark searching drift kelp for food, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02288  

Blue shark and yellowtail in the open ocean.
Species: North pacific yellowtail, Prionace glauca, Seriola lalandi
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01000  

Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01078  

Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Macrocystis pyrifera, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01081  

Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37166  

California Sea Lion mother with her pup, mother has injury, open wound, La Jolla, California.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36583  

Newport Pier, underneath the pier, pilings and ocean.
Location: Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 28471  

Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear.
Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
Location: Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24071  

King penguin, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak.
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24581  

Fleshy Sea Pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi, Vancouver Island.
Species: Fleshy sea pen, Ptilosarcus gurneyi
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35334  

Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina.
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 35946  

Southern elephant seal, adult male, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina.
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 35947  

Southern elephant seal, adult male, Mirounga leonina, Valdes Peninsula, Argentina.
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 35948  

Magellanic penguin in its burrow, Spheniscus magellanicus, Patagonia, Argentina.
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 35949  

Balboa Pier, sunrise.
Location: Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 29138  

Balboa Pier, sunrise.
Location: Balboa Pier, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 29139  

Brandt's Cormorant Flying with Nesting Material, a clump of seaweed (marine algae), La Jolla.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36837  

Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material in its beak.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36870  

Brandt's Cormorant carrying nesting material, in flight as it returns to its cliffside nest.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36872  

Brandt's Cormorant portrait.
Species: Brandt's cormorant, Phalacrocorax penicillatus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36875