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Fantastic colorful sedimentary patterns, Bentonite layers are seen as striations exposed in the Utah Badlands. The Bentonite Hills are composed of the Brushy Basin shale member of the Morrison Formation. This layer was formed during Jurassic times when mud, silt, fine sand, and volcanic ash were deposited in swamps and lakes. Aerial photograph.
Location: Utah
Image ID: 38029  

Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27958  

River Seine and Notre Dame Cathedral at Sunrise. Notre Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris.
Location: Notre Dame de Paris, France
Image ID: 28210  

Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet.
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 27113  

Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean.
Species: Fried-egg jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26817  

Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 17779  

Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Species: Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 35910  

Saddle patch and dorsal fins of killer whales, Palos Verdes.
Species: Killer whale, Orcinus orca
Location: Palos Verdes, California
Image ID: 30421  

The Great Wall, Navajo Tribal Lands, Arizona. Sandstone "fins", eroded striations that depict how sandstone -- ancient compressed sand -- was laid down in layers over time. Now exposed, the layer erode at different rates, forming delicate "fins" that stretch for long distances.
Location: Navajo Tribal Lands, Page, Arizona
Image ID: 26643  

Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is named for its tall, falcate dorsal fin. Mariners often refer to them as finback whales. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego).
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 12769  

Notre Dame de Paris. Notre Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris.
Location: Notre Dame de Paris, France
Image ID: 28256  

Cresting wave, morning light, glassy water, surf.
Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California
Image ID: 20811  

Wave breaking in early morning sunlight.
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 21779  

Finescale triggerfish underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Finescale triggerfish, Balistes polylepis
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27478  

Finescale triggerfish underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Finescale triggerfish, Balistes polylepis
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27489  

The Virgin River Narrows, where the Virgin River has carved deep, narrow canyons through the Zion National Park sandstone, creating one of the finest hikes in the world.
Location: Virgin River Narrows, Zion National Park, Utah
Image ID: 28585  

Lip throws out, boogie board guy about to take off at the The Wedge. Actually at Cylinders.
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 14189  

Shorebreak.
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 14204  

Kirk Blackman, September swell.
Location: Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 14389  

Kirk Blackman, Newport Beach.
Location: Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 16830  

Surfer nearly collides with stray board, #3 of a 6 frame sequence, Newport Beach.
Location: Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 16835  

Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27012  

Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27956  

Notre Dame Cathedral, trees and streetlamp, west facade, Paris. Notre Dame de Paris ("Our Lady of Paris"), also known as Notre Dame Cathedral or simply Notre Dame, is a historic Roman Catholic Marian cathedral on the eastern half of the Ile de la Cite in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. Widely considered one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture and among the largest and most well-known churches in the world ever built, Notre Dame is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris.
Location: Notre Dame de Paris, France
Image ID: 28242  

Ron Ziebell, the Wedge.
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 17706  

Close out wave, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California
Image ID: 17827  

Slab wave, mutant surf at the Wedge.
Location: The Wedge, Newport Beach, California
Image ID: 18710  

Atlantic puffin, mating coloration.
Species: Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica
Location: Machias Seal Island, Maine
Image ID: 03135  

Sinularia flexibilis finger leather soft coral, Fiji.
Species: Sinularia soft coral, Sinularis flexibilis
Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji
Image ID: 34841