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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. Image ID: 10975 Species: Opuntia, Encelia farinosa, Fouquieria splendens Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, 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. Image ID: 13571 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, panoramic photograph, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise. Image ID: 28397 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4332 x 11344
		$Lunar Eclipse Sequence Over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve. While the moon lies in the full shadow of the earth (umbra) it receives only faint, red-tinged light refracted through the Earth's atmosphere. As the moon passes into the penumbra it receives increasing amounts of direct sunlight, eventually leaving the shadow of the Earth altogether. October 8, 2014, San Diego, California$
Milky Way galaxy rises above the Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28428 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA	Elephant arch and stars at night, moonlight, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28435 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA	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. Image ID: 29412 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

Clearing storm clouds over Broken Hill, overlooking La Jolla and the Pacific Ocean, Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 29416 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Milky Way galaxy rises above the Fire Wave, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28554 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA	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. Image ID: 22285 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

Torrey Pines State Reserve, Broken Hill at Dawn. Image ID: 29178 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Torrey Pines State Beach at Sunset, La Jolla, Mount Soledad and Blacks Beach in the distance. Image ID: 35061 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	The Fire Wave, a beautiful sandstone formation exhibiting dramatic striations, striped layers in the geologic historical record. Image ID: 26473 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA

Self portrait at sunrise, panorama of Crater Lake. Crater Lake is the six-mile wide lake inside the collapsed caldera of volcanic Mount Mazama. Crater Lake is the deepest lake in the United States and the seventh-deepest in the world. Its maximum recorded depth is 1996 feet (608m). It lies at an altitude of 6178 feet (1880m). Image ID: 19130 Location: Crater Lake National Park, Oregon, USA Pano dimensions: 2726 x 9677

Sunset at Dead Horse Point Overlook, with the Colorado River flowing 2,000 feet below. 300 million years of erosion has carved the expansive canyons, cliffs and walls below and surrounding Deadhorse Point. Image ID: 27823 Location: Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah, USA Pano dimensions: 5303 x 17695

Torrey Pines Cliffs lit at night by a full moon, low tide reflections. Image ID: 28461 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Torrey Pines Cliffs and Pacific Ocean, Razor Point view to La Jolla, San Diego, California. Image ID: 28487 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Quarter Moon over Broken Hill, Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 28366 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

Broken Hill in soft pre-dawn light, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve. La Jolla and Mount Soledad in the distance. Image ID: 36564 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Broken Hill by the first light of dawn, overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 36567 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	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. Image ID: 26436 Location: La Jolla, California, USA

The Fire Wave by Moonlight, stars and the night sky, Valley of Fire State Park. Image ID: 28442 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA Pano dimensions: 6250 x 6887	Torrey Pines cliffs and storm clouds at sunset. Image ID: 29102 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA	Dune Evening Primrose bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 35203 Species: Dune Evening Primrose, Oenothera deltoides Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA

Giant redwood, Lady Bird Johnson Grove, Redwood National Park. The coastal redwood, or simply 'redwood', is the tallest tree on Earth, reaching a height of 379' and living 3500 years or more. It is native to coastal California and the southwestern corner of Oregon within the United States, but most concentrated in Redwood National and State Parks in Northern California, found close to the coast where moisture and soil conditions can support its unique size and growth requirements. Image ID: 25795 Species: Coast redwood, giant redwood, California redwood, Sequoia sempervirens Location: Redwood National Park, California, USA	Brittlebush blooms in spring, Palm Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Image ID: 24304 Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California, USA	Torrey Pines cliffs at sunset. Image ID: 29112 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA

Sunset over Flat Rock on Torrey Pines State Beach. Image ID: 29105 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 3831 x 12302

Broken Hill and view to La Jolla, panoramic photograph, from Torrey Pines State Reserve, sunrise. Image ID: 30469 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA Pano dimensions: 6212 x 12960

Eureka Dunes. The Eureka Valley Sand Dunes are California's tallest sand dunes, and one of the tallest in the United States. Rising 680' above the floor of the Eureka Valley, the Eureka sand dunes are home to several endangered species, as well as "singing sand" that makes strange sounds when it shifts. Located in the remote northern portion of Death Valley National Park, the Eureka Dunes see very few visitors. Image ID: 25250 Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA	Torrey Pines State Beach, sandstone cliffs rise above the beach at Torrey Pines State Reserve. Image ID: 27248 Location: Torrey Pines State Reserve, San Diego, California, USA