Richard Herrmann / Research submersible submerging to explore hot vents, Danzante Island, Baja California, Mexico

Tui De Roy / Cardon (Pachycereus pringlei) cactus, Santa Catalina Island, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Patricio Robles Gil / Sea Star on rocky beach, Baja California, Mexico

Bob Barbour / Waves, Baja California, Mexico

Bob Barbour / Waves and beachscape, Baja California, Mexico

Thomas Mangelsen / Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) close up of group leaping, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Konrad Wothe / Cardon (Pachycereus pringlei) cactus photographed by tourist, largest cacti in the world and may live over 200 years, Sonoran Desert, Baja California, Mexico

Konrad Wothe / Cardon (Pachycereus pringlei) cactus landscape, Baja California, Mexico

Norbert Wu / Humboldt Squid (Dosidicus gigas) reaches five feet and 50 pounds, a voracious carnivore, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Tui De Roy / Danzante Island, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

Norbert Wu / Lavenberg's Gulper-eel (Saccopharynx lavenbergi) deep sea species with hinged mouth swings wide open to accommodate large prey, deep sea, Guadalupe Island

Norbert Wu / Pacific Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus) underwater, fastest fish, 68 miles per hour, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico