Sunset over Santa Monica Beach, California (© Clipcanvas)

Flower farm in Lompoc, California, U.S.A. (© Craig Aurness/Corbis)

Redwood trees in Redwood National Park, California (© William Manning/Corbis)

Racetrack Playa in Death Valley National Park, California (© Robert Harding World Imagery/Neale Clark/Getty Images)

Encounter Restaurant in LAX International Airport, Los Angenles, California (© Tom Paiva/Getty Images)

Dawn light over Emerald Bay, Lake Tahoe, California (© Don Smith/Getty Images)

Boy looking through glass at an orca whale at SeaWorld in San Diego, California (© Michael Melford/Stone/Getty Images)

A visitor near giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park, California (© Frans Lanting /Danita Delimont) ©

Waves and sea spray through a sea arch at Pfeiffer Beach in Big Sur, California -- Patrick Smith/Visuals Unlimited, Inc. ©

Aerial view of Yerba Buena and Treasure islands, Oakland Bay Bridge, and San Francisco, California -- Marli Miller/ Visuals Unlimited, Inc. ©

Deepwater mushroom soft coral (Anthomastus ritteri) off the coast of California, in the Pacific Ocean -- Mark Conlin/Photolibrary ©

Container ship being loaded at Port of Los Angeles, California -- Hal Bergman/Getty Images ©

Sequoia tree, California – Olivier Renck/Aurora ©

Gold-mining ghost town of Bodie State Historic Park, California -- Fotofeeling/Corbis ©