Floris van Breugel / Sand dunes reflecting pink and orange glowing colours from the sky at sunset. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. November 2009. Highly Commended in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photoga...

Bruce Rasner/ Rotman / Megamouth shark off California, USA {Megachasma pelagios} Pacific

Gavin Hellier / Panoramic view of the foggy skyline of San Francisco at sunrise, California, USA 2011

Gavin Hellier / View of downtown Los Angeles, California, USA, July 2011. No release available.

Doc White / Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) throat inflated, filter feeding at sea surface. California, USA. Sequence 1 of 2.

Marie Read / Pinyon Jay (Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus), gathering Pinyon Pine seeds in autumn. Mono Lake Basin, California, USA, October.

Mark Carwardine / Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) running, captive, Living Desert Zoo, Palm Desert, California, USA

Floris van Breugel / Two Bull Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostris) face off before fighting in the middle of the extensive Piedras Blancas rookery with over 150 seals just in this photo, mostly pregnant or nu...

Floris van Breugel / A White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus) hovers in the open space over Mount Diablo State Park, California, USA. December.

Jack Dykinga / Star trails in sky over Alabama Hills, BLM eroded granite formation know as Mobius Arch. Eastern Sierra, California. May 2012.

Mark Taylor / Sliding Stone or Moving Rock of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley, California, USA

Jack Dykinga / Sand storm cutting across the Mesquite Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California, USA 2010

Carol Walker / Black Friesian stallion, head neck portrait, Ojai, California, USA

Carol Walker / Arabian stallion, chestnut, portrait, Ojai, California, USA

Carol Walker / Andalusian stallion running out of the sea on beach, Ojai, California, USA

Kirkendall-Spring / Sunset over West and Middle Anacapa Islands, view from Inspiration Point on East Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA, April 2011.

Daniel Heuclin / Great basin Gopher Snake / Bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) head profile, controlled conditions, Joshua Tree National Monument, California USA

Daniel Heuclin / Coachella canal, water from Colorado river, California, USA

Marie Read / Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) pair swimming, with reflections, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA, February

David Welling / Lone Pine Peak and Granite rock formations covered with snow at winter sunrise, Alabama Hills, Eastern Sierras, California, USA NOT AVAILABLE FOR CARDS OR CALENDARS.

Carol Walker / Grey Andalusian / Spanish stallion running, California, USA

Carol Walker / Grey Andalusian / Spanish stallion running, California, USA

Carol Walker / Chestnut Paso peruvian stallion running, California, USA

Carol Walker / Grey Andalusian / Spanish stallion running, California, USA

Carol Walker / Grey Andalusian / Spanish stallion running, California, USA

Carol Walker / Chestnut arabian stallion running, California, USA

Jeff Vanuga / Nakalele Point Blowhole with spray and a resulting rainbow. West Maui, Hawaii, September 2010.

Jeff Vanuga / Volkswagon driving through Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, USA, May, Model released

Diane McAllister / The snow at Horsetail Falls' begins to melt in mid-February, enabling the falls to resume once again. The clear sky and low sun angle ignite the rock wall during sundown. Yosemite National Park, Calif...

David Welling / Whitetail Antelope Squirrel (Ammospermophilus leucurus leucurus) feeding in front of wildflowers. Joshua Tree National Park, San Bernardino County, California, USA, May.

LYNN M. STONE / Yellow Labrador Retriever standing in glasswort against a blue sky. Monterey Peninsula, California, USA, February.

Suzi Eszterhas / California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) mother and pup, Monterey Bay, California, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Nettle (Chrysaora quinquecirrha / achlyos) Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, USA, Captive

Suzi Eszterhas / Two Purple / Striped Jellyfish (Pelegia / Chrysaora colorata) Monterey Bay Aquarium, California, USA, Captive

Suzi Eszterhas / Western Gull (Larus occidentalis) portrait, with nesting material in beak, Monterey Bay, California, USA, April

Suzi Eszterhas / Brandt's Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) portrait, breeding plumage, Moss Landing, California, USA, April

Daniel Heuclin / Moving rocks in Racetracks valley, Dry mud lake. Death valley National Park. California, USA, August 2009

Jenny E. Ross / Snow Geese (Chen caerulescens) and Ross's Geese (Chen rossii) taking off from field where they have been feeding, Imperial Valley, California, USA.

Jenny E. Ross / Sprinkler irrigation of a crop in California's Imperial Valley, using Colorado River water. California, USA December 2008

Floris van Breugel / Autumn colours of Aspen tree (Populus tremula) Sierra Nevada, California, USA. September 2009

Floris van Breugel / Lines adorn the fractured sandstone rocks along the Barnacle (Cirripedia) and Sea snail inhabitated shores of Palos Verdes peninsula, California, USA

Floris van Breugel / A colorful explosion of rocks embedded in three feet of permanent cave ice deep in a lava tube cave (illuminated with a flashlight in the utter darkness.) Lava Beds National Monument, Northern Califor...

Floris van Breugel / Reflected light in Fall Canyon, California's Death Valley National Park, California, USA. January 2010.

Floris van Breugel / Tehachapi mountains at sunrise, with rolling golden hills and oak trees, California, USA. April 2009

Floris van Breugel / A rock collector explores piles of fluorescent minerals found in the tailings of the Pacific Tungsten Mine near Darwin, California. The bright colours are caused by fluorescence excited by a shortwave...

Floris van Breugel / Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) standing at entrance to burrow, and watching a Red-tailed Hawk circling above. Salton Sea, California, USA.

Floris van Breugel / A winter blanket of snow covers Giant Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) Sequoia and King's Canyon National Park, California. December 2008.

Floris van Breugel / Kokanee Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) on Autumn migration up Taylor Creek from Lake Tahoe, California, USA.

Floris van Breugel / Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia) in Antelope Valley against the night sky illuminated by the orange glow from Los Angeles light pollution, California, USA. September 2009.

Floris van Breugel / Morning sun rays breaking through the tree trunks, of Redwood National Park, California, USA. June 2008.

Floris van Breugel / Cholla cactus (Opuntia) backlit by setting sun, Anza Borrego State Park. California, USA. April 2009.

Floris van Breugel / Trunks of Californian Redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) and blooming Rhododendron, Redwood National Park, Califorina, USA, June 2008.

Floris van Breugel / Giant Red Sea Urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) Purple sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) and Sea Anenomes (Anthopleura) underwater, in tide pools along Californian coastline, USA.

Floris van Breugel / An ancient Bristlecone Pine tree (Pinus aristata) under a clear star-lit night sky with star trails, White Mountains, California, USA. July 2007.

Floris van Breugel / Two Limber Pine trees (Pinus flexilis) lit by the low sun, over the snow covered summit of Telescope Peak from the Charcoal Kilns, with desert landscape beyond, Death Valley National Park. California,...

Floris van Breugel / Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) roosting in winter in dense groups, Southern California, USA

Floris van Breugel / Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree (Pinus aristata) with sunlight shafts beaming through silhouetted gnarled branches, White Mountains, California, USA. July 2007.

Floris van Breugel / Burrowing Owls (Athene cunicularia) breeding pair standing near the entrance to their burrow, at sunset, Salton Sea, California, USA.

Floris van Breugel / Wild oats (Avena) Mt. Diablo State Park, California, USA.

Floris van Breugel / Long exposure to capture star trails circling around the North Star, Polaris, at the "Racetrack," a remote desert playa (dry lake bed) in Death Valley National Park, famous for its mysterious moving r...

Floris van Breugel / Aerial view of spring wildflower displays, Phacelia (purple) San Joaquin Blazing Star (orange) and Coreopsis (yellow) Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, USA, April 2010

Floris van Breugel / Burnt trees after a station fire near Los Angeles, Southern California, USA, September 2009

Floris van Breugel / Lupins (Lupinus sp) flowering on a hillside in Spring, California, USA, April 2010

Floris van Breugel / Aerial view of spring wildflower displays, Phacelia (purple) San Joaquin Blazing Star (orange) and Coreopsis (yellow) Temblor Range, Carrizo Plain National Monument in California, USA, April 2010

Floris van Breugel / Merriam Peak at dusk, with reflections, John Muir Wilderness, California, USA, June 2010

Floris van Breugel / Ancient Bristlecone Pine tree (Pinus longaeva) at sunset. White Mountains, California, USA, June 2009

Floris van Breugel / Juniper Tree (Juniperus thurifera) at night, silhouetted next to standing rock, Joshua Tree National Park. California, USA, January 2009

Floris van Breugel / Ancient Bristlecone Pine trees (Pinus Longaeva) in morning sunlight, White Mountains, California, USA July 2007

Winfried Wisniewski / Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) landing, San Diego, California

Marie Read / Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) male calling and performing courtship / territorial display in cattail marsh, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA

Marie Read / Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) male perched by clinging between two cattail stems in marsh, Mono Lake Basin, California, USA

Marie Read / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) taking flight from tufa tower carrying a fish, Mono Lake, California, USA

Claudio Contreras / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) weaner / juvenile head portrait, with head turned to look at camera, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, Febr...

Claudio Contreras / Pair of Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) male holding female during copulation, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January

Tim Fitzharris / Yosemite Falls, Yosemite National Park, California

Sue Flood / Killer whale / Orca {Orcinus orca} attacks Grey whale calf {Eschrichtius robustus} California, USA

Aflo / Y-12304 Huge full moon above Emerald Bay at sunset, Lake Tahoe, California USA

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) swimming over a bait ball of Sardines, three ridges on forehead that distinguish the Bryde's whale from other mysticetes are prominently visible. Off Baja C...

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) with throat pleats expanded after engulfing part of a school of Sardines, off Baja California, Mexico (Eastern Pacific Ocean)

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) expelling air and water from mouth through baleen plates after engulfing part of a baitball of Sardines, Sardinops sagax, off Baja California, Mexico (Easte...

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) feeding on baitball of Sardines (Sardinops sagax) off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. 4 in sequence of 5

Doug Perrine / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera brydei / edeni) feeding on baitball of Sardines (Sardinops sagax) off Baja California, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean. 3 in sequence of 5

Neil Lucas / Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on the edge of lake, with reflections, California, USA, October 2007

Neil Lucas / Giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on edge of lake, with reflections, California, USA, October 2007

Jeff Rotman / DeepSee diving submersible, Cocos Island, Costa Rica, Pacific Ocean Property released

Jeff Rotman / Large group of Californian sealions (Zalophus californianus) swimming underwater, Anacapa Island, California, Pacific Ocean

Jeff Rotman / Free diver swimming amongst Californian sealions (Zalophus californianus) Anacapa Island, California, Pacific Ocean Model released

Richard Herrmann / Pacific Sea Nettle (Chrysaora fuscescens) group, Carmel, Monterey Bay, California

Piper Mackay / Two bull Northern elephant seals (Mirounga langustirostris) fighting in the waves, Pt Piedras Blancas, California, USA

Piper Mackay / Head portrait of Coyote (Canis latrans) yawning, Bolsa Chica wetlands, Huntington Beach, California, USA

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Coastline at dusk, Shark Fin Cove, Davenport, California

Sebastian Kennerknecht / Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) male in breeding plumage on pond, Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, California

Thomas Lazar / Sunlight creating a rainbow in the spray of the Bridalveil Falls, Yosemite National Park, California, USA, June 2008

Tim Fitzharris / California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) field, Montano de Oro State Park, California

LYNN M. STONE / Domestic horse, Arabian Horse trotting through brushy meadow, Fort Bragg, California, USA

Marie Read / Black Skimmer (Rynchops nigra), skimming with its open beak just below the water's surface in search of prey, Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California, USA (Digitally retouched image - space added...