SCUBA Divers at Night, Isla de la Guarda Island, aerial photo, Sea of Cortez. Dive boat Rocio del Mar is seen in the distance. Night diving is scary so I stay on the big boat and fly my drone.
Location: Isla Angel de la Guarda, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 40372
Brown pelican flying while entangled in plastic bag wrapped around its neck. I believe the pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, Pelecanus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 40093
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.
Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
Image ID: 22286
Browning Pass and Balaklava Island, location of the best cold water diving in the world, aerial panoramic photo.
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 34472
Panorama dimensions: 4106 x 13744
Blue whale and San Onofre Nuclear Power generating station, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting its tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging for food.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Dana Point, California
Image ID: 27337
Twin Points and Shaws Cove Reef visible in aerial photo, showing underwater terrain of the famous scuba diving location.
Location: Laguna Beach, California
Image ID: 37960
Dive Boat Naia, M/V Naia, at anchor off Wakaya Island, Fiji.
Location: Wakaya Island, Fiji
Image ID: 31856
A California brown pelican entangled in a plastic bag which is wrapped around its neck. This unfortunate pelican probably became entangled in the bag by mistaking the floating plastic for food and diving on it, spearing it in such a way that the bag has lodged around the pelican's neck. Plastic bags kill and injure untold numbers of marine animals each year.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 22562
SCUBA divers on the wreck of the USS Kittiwake, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction.
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Image ID: 32146
SCUBA divers on the wreck of the USS Kittiwake, sunk off Seven Mile Beach on Grand Cayman Island to form an underwater marine park and dive attraction.
Location: Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Image ID: 32148
Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 34231
Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 34232
Gray whale raising fluke before diving, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 34233
Rapid Bay Jetty Aerial Photo, South Australia. The now-derelict jetty (wharf, pier) at Rapid Bay is famous for great SCUBA diving, including opportunities to see leafy sea dragons.
Location: Rapid Bay Jetty, South Australia
Image ID: 39210
Brown pelicans preening. After wiping its long beak on the uropygial gland near the base of its tail, the pelican spreads the preen oil on feathers about its body, helping to keep them water resistant, an important protection for a bird that spends much of its life diving in the ocean for prey.
Species: Brown Pelicans, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20034