Dappled light
Trade winds power on Maui
Dappled-light aerial view showing the Kahea Wind Power wind farm on West Maui, Hawaii, USA that is positioned to capture power from the trade winds that funnel through Maui's central valley.
AerialHawaiiSpringUnited Statesdappled lightelectrictygenerationgeneratorgreen powerrenewable resourcewind power
Coho in dappled light
Coho Salmon (Oncorhyncus kisutch) undergoing final maturation while schooled in a staging area adjacent to spawning grounds in the shadowy illumination of dappled light.
ActinopterygiiAutumnChordataClass ActinopterygiiCoho SalmonInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus kisutchPacific salmonPhylum ChordataSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSilver SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedappled lightin situnaturalworldnaturestagingunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Staging in dappled light
Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhyncus nerka) undergoing final maturation while schooled in a staging area just downstream of spawning grounds in the shadowy illumination of dappled light. The ocean bright Coho Salmon (O. kisutch) in the background is a more recent arrival.
ActinopterygiiAutumnChordataClass ActinopterygiiCoho SalmonInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus kisutchOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSilver SalmonSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedappled lightin situnaturalworldnaturenuptial colorationocean brightstagingunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Waiting under dappled light
A newly arrived near ocean bright Coho Salmon (Oncorhyncus kisutch) male positions himself above and downstream of a Sockeye Salmon (O. nerka) that has already changed to nuptial coloration. Each will spawn nearby once maturation is complete.
ActinopterygiiAutumnChordataClass ActinopterygiiCoho SalmonInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus kisutchOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSilver SalmonSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedappled lightin situnaturalworldnaturenuptial colorationocean brightrun timingstagingunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Web of dappled light
Surface ripple has dappled the sunlight creating a web-like abstract on this Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) that is part way through its change from ocean bright to nuptial coloratiion, which is cocomitant to sexual maturation.
ActinopterygiiAutumnChordataClass ActinopterygiiCoho SalmonInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus kisutchOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSilver SalmonSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatein situnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Dappled light in a stream
Dappled light illuminates a mature Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhyncus nerka) in nuptial coloration swimming in a forested stream. A southern form Dolly Varden Charr (Salvelinus malma lordi) is lurking in the shadows on the left side of the frame.
ActinopterygiiAutumnChordataClass ActinopterygiiDolly VardenDolly Varden CharDolly Varden CharrDolly Varden Charr southern formInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus kisutchOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSalvelinus malmaSalvelinus malma lordiSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedappled lightin situnaturalworldnaturenuptial colorationunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Sockeye Salmon spawning pair
Shafts of light in a forest stream illuminate a Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning pair. Aspect Ratio = 1:2.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonAutumnChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebrateanadromousanadromybiospherechordatedappled lightdiadromousdiadromyfresh waterfreshwaterin situloticmigratorynaturalworldnaturenuptial colorationsemelparitysemelparousstreamunder fresh waterunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Coho in dappled light
Recently arrived in fresh water, these ocean bright Coho Salmon (Oncorhyncus kisutch) are maturing while schooled in a staging area adjacent to spawning grounds in the shadowy illumination of dappled light.
ActinopterygiiAutumnChordataClass ActinopterygiiCoho SalmonInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus kisutchPacific salmonPhylum ChordataSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSilver SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatedappled lightin situnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Salmon spawning habitat
Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) swirling about defending spawning territories in a dappled stream. Several of the females are guarding redds having already spawned.
ActinopterygiiChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebratechordatedappled lightnaturesummertopsideunderwaterphotowild
Sockeye in dappled light
Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhyncus nerka) at various stages of maturaton while schooled in a staging area near spawning grounds in the shadowy illumination of dappled light.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaChordataClass ActinopterygiiCopper River DeltaInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSaddlebag CreekSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebratebiospherechordatedappled lightin situjackjack salmonnaturalworldnaturenuptial colorationocean brightprecocial maleprecocious malerun timingstagingunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Sockeye Salmon spawning pair
Dappled light in a forest stream illuminates a Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) spawning pair. Aspect Ratio = 2:3.
ActinopterygiiChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatein situnaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Dappled grizzly
In the dappled light of a forest stream, a Brown (Grizzly) Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) wades in a stream while searching for salmon to eat.
ChordataClade EutheriaClass MammaliaOrder CarnivoraPhylum ChordataUrsidaeUrsus arctosUrsus arctos horribilisVertebratebiospherebrown bearchordategrizzly bearin situmammalnaturalworldtopsideunderwater
dappled bracken
Dappled Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum) growing near a salmon stream.
AlaskaBrackenCordovaEccles CreekFamily DennstaedtiaceaeKingdom PlantaeOrder DennstaedtialesPlantPrince William SoundPteridium aquilinumPteridophytaPteridopsidaSouth Central AlaskaSpringUnited States
Bull's Eye
Dappled light bull's eye pattern on this Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) from refraction of light by surface waves resulting from surface feeding by a conspecific.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaChordataClass ActinopterygiiCoastal Cutthroat TroutCordovaEccles CreekInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus clarkiiOncorhynchus clarkii clarkiiPacific troutPhylum ChordataPrince William SoundSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSouth Central AlaskaSpringSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebratebiospherebreeding colorschordatedappled lightfemalein situnaturalworldnaturenuptial colorationunderwaterunderwaterphotowild
Searun Coastal Cutthroat Trout in a small stream
Searun Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) in the dappled light of a small tributary of Prince William Sound, Alaska. There are Salminicola parasites on the right pectoral fin of the nearest trout.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonarthropodArthropodaChordataClass ActinopterygiiClass HexanaupliaCoastal Cutthroat TroutCordovaEccles CreekInfraclass TeleosteiInvertebrateLernaeopodidaeNeopterygiiOncorhynchus clarkiiOncorhynchus clarkii clarkiiOrder SiphonosstomatoidaPacific troutPhylum ArthropodaPhylum ChordataPrince William SoundSalmincola californiensisSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSearun Coastal Cutthroat TroutSouth Central AlaskaSpringSubclass CopepodaSubclass NeopterygiiSubphyllum CrustaceaTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebratebiospherechordatecopepodcrustaceandappled lightdiadromousdiadromyfresh waterfreshwatergill maggotin situiteroparityiteroparousloticmarine lifemigratorynaturalworldnaturesearunstreamunder fresh waterunderwaterunderwater photographyunderwaterphotowildwild salmonwild trout
Dappled sandy bottom
A Collector Urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) holds on to a rock on the dappled sandy bottom of Kailua Bay, the Big Island, Hawaii.
Big IslandClass EchinoideaEchinodermataHawaiiInvertebrateKonaPhylum EchinodermataSeacam underwater housingToxopneustidaeTripneustes gratillaUnited Statesbiospherecollector urchindappled lightechinodermin situnaturalworldunderwaterwinter
Dappled Yellow Tang
Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) foraging on turf algae under dappled light.
AcanthuridaeAcanthuroideiActinopterygiiBig IslandChordataClass ActinopterygiiHawaiiInfraclass TeleosteiKailuaKonaKonaNeopterygiiPerciformesPhylum ChordataSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebrateYellow TangZebrasoma flavescensbiospherechordatedappled lightfeeding aggregationin situmarine lifenaturalworldnatureunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwinter
Dappled Humu
A Reef Triggerfish (Rhinecanthus rectangularis) swims over a rock and sand bottom under dappled light.
ActinopterygiiBalistidaeBig IslandChordataClass ActinopterygiiHawaiiHumuhumunukunukapuaaInfraclass TeleosteiKahaluuKailuaKonaKonaNeopterygiiPhylum ChordataPlectognathiReef TriggerfishRhinecanthus rectangulusSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiTetraodontiformesUnited StatesVertebratebiospherechordatein situmarine lifenaturalworldnaturesnorkelingunderwaterunderwater photographyunderwaterphotowild