This Week's Most Frequently Viewed Images

Mobius Arch, with snow covered Mt. Whitney and the Sierra Nevada Range framed within the natural stone arch. Mt. Whitney is the highest peak in the continental United States.
Location: Alabama Hills Recreational Area, California
Image ID: 21756  

Snow geese at dawn. Snow geese often "blast off" just before or after dawn, leaving the ponds where they rest for the night to forage elsewhere during the day.
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico
Image ID: 22078  

The Children's Pool in La Jolla, also known as Casa Cove, is a small pocket cove protected by a curving seawall, with the rocky coastline and cottages and homes of La Jolla seen behind it.
Location: Children's Pool, La Jolla, California
Image ID: 22395  

Aerial photo of San Diego Marina District, sunset, with fishing vessels docked alongside pier, Seaport Village (right) and downtown highrise office buildings rising over San Diego Bay.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 22420  

Yosemite Falls, mist and and storm clouds.
Location: Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 22768  

Acorn woodpecker, female.
Species: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona
Image ID: 23049  

Acorn woodpecker, female.
Species: Acorn woodpecker, Melanerpes formicivorus
Location: Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Green Valley, Arizona
Image ID: 23081  

Old truck and gas station, in front of Boone Store and Warehouse, Main Street and Green Street.
Location: Bodie State Historical Park, California
Image ID: 23108  

Vogelsang Peak (11516') viewed from Vogelsang Lake.
Location: Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 23223  

Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: Red Gorgonian, Giant Kelp, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 23487  

Beagle Channel from Tierra del Fuego National Park, Argentina.
Location: Tierra del Fuego National Park, Ushuaia, Argentina
Image ID: 23616  

Balanced Rock, a narrow sandstone tower, appears poised to topple. Sunset, winter.
Location: Balanced Rock, Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 18156  

Alaskan brown bear catching a jumping salmon, Brooks Falls.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 17089  

A bull elephant seal rears up on his foreflippers and bellows, warning nearby males not to enter his beach territory. He is surrounded by smaller females, many of which comprise his harem. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15431  

A bull elephant seal rears up on his foreflippers and bellows, warning nearby males not to enter his beach territory. A much smaller adult female is just in front of him. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15416  

Foamy barrel. The Wedge.
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 14106  

A couple walks along Ruby Beach at sunset.
Location: Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
Image ID: 13811  

Mother and calf moose wade through meadow grass near Christian Creek.
Species: Moose, Alces alces
Location: Christian Creek, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13041  

Blackstripe surgeonfish.
Species: Blackstripe surgeonfish, Acanthurus nigricaudas
Image ID: 12964  

Lyretail fairy basslet, male.
Species: Jewel fairy basslet, Pseudanthias squamipinnis
Image ID: 12868  

Sun God is a strange artwork, the first in the Stuart Collection at University of California San Diego (UCSD). Commissioned in 1983 and produced by Niki de Sainte Phalle, Sun God has become a landmark on the UCSD campus.
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 12835  

Devils Golf Course, California. Evaporated salt has formed into gnarled, complex crystalline shapes in on the salt pan of Death Valley National Park, one of the largest salt pans in the world. The shapes are constantly evolving as occasional floods submerge the salt concretions before receding and depositing more salt.
Location: Devils Golf Course, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 15599  

San Diego harbor skyline, late afternoon, storm clouds and mountains, Lyons Peak in the distance.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 15672  

Magnificent frigatebird, juvenile in flight.
Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16750  

Galapagos land iguana.
Species: Galapagos land iguana, Conolophus subcristatus
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16583  

Flightless cormorant. In the absence of predators and thus not needing to fly, the flightless cormorants wings have degenerated to the point that it has lost the ability to fly, however it can swim superbly and is a capable underwater hunter. Punta Albemarle.
Species: Flightless cormorant, Nannopterum harrisi, Phalacrocorax harrisi
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16557  

Sea Turtle, underwater, black and white.
Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16382  

Nevada Falls, with Liberty Cap rising above it. Nevada Falls marks where the Merced River plummets almost 600 through a joint in the Little Yosemite Valley, shooting out from a sheer granite cliff and then down to a boulder pile far below.
Location: Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park, California
Image ID: 16128  

Scalloped hammerhead shark, black and white / grainy.
Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16264  

Brown bear (grizzly bear).
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 17040