Natural History Photography

The OVRO 40 meter Telescope, part of the Owens Valley Radio Observatory located near Big Pine, California, USA. The telescope is used to conduct interferometric observations along with the other telescopes in the observatory, as a Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) station and as a single dish instrument. Its main focus today is on the monitoring of blazars.
Location: Big Pine, California
Image ID: 28789

Radio telescope antenna, part of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of ten radio telescopes which are operated remotely from their Array Operations Center located in Socorro, New Mexico, as a part of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). These ten radio antennas work together as an array that forms the longest system in the world that uses very long baseline interferometry.
Location: Big Pine, California
Image ID: 28795

Magellanic oystercatcher, foraging for food on a beach, Haematopus leucopodus, Carcass Island

Magellanic oystercatcher, foraging for food on a beach.
Species: Magellanic oystercatcher, Haematopus leucopodus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24031

Prions in flight, gathering on the open sea in a feeding aggregation. Prions are small petrel birds, typically feeding on small crustacea such as copepods, ostracods, decapods, and krill, as well as some fish. They are about 12" in length.
Species: Prion, Pachyptila
Location: Southern Ocean
Image ID: 24091

A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing. Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15410

Sunrise lights Telescope Peak as it rises over the salt flats of Badwater, Death Valley. At 11,049 feet, Telescope Peak is the highest peak in the Panamint Range as well as the highest point in Death Valley National Park. At 282 feet below sea level, Badwater is the lowest point in North America.
Location: Badwater, Death Valley National Park, California
Image ID: 20550

Kaleidoscope of yellow colors as the lens zooms while taking a photo of aspen leaves in autumn, Populus tremuloides, Rock Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains

Kaleidoscope of yellow colors as the lens zooms while taking a photo of aspen leaves in autumn.
Species: Aspen, Populus tremuloides
Location: Rock Creek Canyon, Sierra Nevada Mountains, California
Image ID: 23339

Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber, Floreana Island

Greater flamingo.
Species: Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus ruber
Location: Floreana Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 02277

Copperband butterflyfish.
Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus
Image ID: 10995

Copperband butterflyfish.
Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus
Image ID: 10997

Copperband butterflyfish.
Species: Copperband butterflyfish, Chelmon rostratus
Image ID: 10998

California broom, common deerweed. The flowers, originally yellow in color, turn red after pollination. Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, Lotus scoparius scoparius

California broom, common deerweed. The flowers, originally yellow in color, turn red after pollination. Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad.
Species: California broom, Lotus scoparius scoparius
Location: Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 11335

Trans-Pecos copperhead snake. The Trans-Pecos copperhead is a pit viper found in the Chihuahuan desert of west Texas. It is found near streams and rivers, wooded areas, logs and woodpiles.
Species: Trans-pecos copperhead snake, Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster
Image ID: 12578

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