This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

Brown bear tail and hind legs.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 17106  

Brittlebush blooming in spring, Palm Canyon.
Species: Brittlebush, Encelia farinosa
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 10539  

Caribbean reef shark, ampullae of Lorenzini visible on snout.
Species: Caribbean reef shark, Carcharhinus perezi
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 10581  

The half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas is reflected in the Bellagio Hotel fountain pool at night.
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Image ID: 20578  

Del Mar Beach at Sunset, northern San Diego County.
Location: Del Mar, California
Image ID: 35098  

Topsmelt silverside.
Species: Topsmelt, Atherinops affinis
Image ID: 07875  

Purple sea fan.
Species: Purple sea fan, Gorgonia ventalina
Location: Bahamas
Image ID: 05365  

Topsmelt silverside.
Species: Topsmelt, Atherinops affinis
Image ID: 07876  

A curious Adelie penguin, standing at the edge of an iceberg, looks over the photographer.
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25015  

Camp Pendleton boat basin and coastline, viewed looking north. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
Location: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California
Image ID: 25997  

North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. This female North Pacific humpback whale was first seen with the depicted lacerations near the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands in the mid-90s, and is the original humpback to bear the name 'Blade Runner'. This female has apparently recovered, as evidenced the calf she was observed nurturing. A South Pacific humpback whale endured a similar injury in Sydney Australia in 2001, and bears a remarkably similar scar pattern to the above-pictured whale.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05909  

Blade Runner, the injured North Pacific humpback whale, is seen with her calf swimming alongside. This humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. This female North Pacific humpback whale was first seen with the depicted lacerations near the island of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands in the mid-90s, and is the original humpback to bear the name 'Blade Runner'. This female has apparently recovered, as evidenced by her calf in the background. A South Pacific humpback whale endured a similar injury in Sydney Australia in 2001, and bears a remarkably similar scar pattern to the above-pictured whale.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 05907  

Bald eagle spreads its wings to land amid a large group of bald eagles.
Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis
Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska
Image ID: 22681  

La Tour Eiffel. The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris, named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, who designed the tower in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 World's Fair. The Eiffel tower is the tallest structure in Paris and the most-visited paid monument in the world.
Location: Tour Eiffel, Paris, France
Image ID: 35603  

Two Western Grebes Walk on Water. Grebe rushing, a courtship behavior, happens when the birds slap the lake surface up to 20 times per second, literally running across the water.
Species: Western Grebe, Aechmophorus occidentalis
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40887  

Aerial panorama of Clipperton Island, showing the entire atoll. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a small (2.3 sq mi) but spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France).
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32889  

The Santa Barbara Mission. Established in 1786, Mission Santa Barbara was the tenth of the California missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans. Santa Barbara.
Location: Santa Barbara Mission, California
Image ID: 14887  

Juvenile red abalone.
Species: Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens
Image ID: 08637  

El Capitan rises above the Merced River, Yosemite Valley.
Location: El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16101  

Black bear portrait sitting in long grass. This bear still has its thick, full winter coat, which will be shed soon with the approach of summer. Black bears are omnivores and will find several foods to their liking in meadows, including grasses, herbs, fruits, and insects.
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota
Image ID: 18829  

Corynactis anemone (club-tipped anemone, more correctly a corallimorph) colony covers rocky reef.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: San Miguel Island, California
Image ID: 05525  

Cliff Swallow in Flight, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Lake Wohlford.
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40901  

Brittlebush bloom in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, during the 2017 Superbloom.
Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, Borrego Springs, California
Image ID: 33194  

Ocean sunfish, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03320  

Downtown Los Angeles at night, street lights, buildings light up the night.
Location: Los Angeles, California
Image ID: 27723  

Krill, Baja California (Pacific Ocean).
Species: Krill, Thysanoessa spinifera
Image ID: 03117  

Egyptian mummies.
Location: British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Image ID: 28307  

American White Pelican in Flight, breeding adult with fibrous plate on upper mandible of bill, Lake Wohlford.
Species: White pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Location: Lake Wohlford, Escondido, California
Image ID: 40904