Snow geese at sunrise. Thousands of wintering snow geese take to the sky in predawn light in Bosque del Apache's famous "blast off". The flock can be as large as 20,000 geese or more. Long time exposure creates blurring among the geese.
Species: Snow goose, Chen caerulescens
Location: Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Socorro, New Mexico
Image ID: 21799
Predawn light on Horseshoe Bend. The Colorado River makes a 180-degree turn at Horseshoe Bend. Here the river has eroded the Navajo sandstone for eons, digging a canyon 1100-feet deep.
Location: Horseshoe Bend, Page, Arizona
Image ID: 36005
Panorama dimensions: 5468 x 11169
Teepee rocks at sunrise with the Vermillion Cliffs in the distance.
Location: Page, Arizona
Image ID: 36025
Moon over The Mount Soledad Cross, a landmark in La Jolla, California. The Mount Soledad Cross is a 29-foot-tall cross erected in 1954.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 36694
The Children's Pool, also known as Casa Cove, in pre-dawn light, La Jolla. Seal Rock in the foreground.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 37477
Sunrise light touches the Fins. Sandstone fins stand on edge. Vertical fractures separate standing plates of sandstone that are eroded into freestanding fins, that may one day further erode into arches.
Location: Arches National Park, Utah
Image ID: 29255
Scripps Pier and moving water, pre-dawn light, La Jolla.
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 30181
Sunrise Dawns over San Diego Harbor, Mount San Miguel in center, Mount Lyons to the left, and Harbor Island in the foreground. Viewed from Point Loma.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 39828
Panorama dimensions: 5594 x 12109
San Diego Bay and Downtown City Skyline at Dawn, Mount San Miguel in the distance.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 39859
Panorama dimensions: 8113 x 18347