Harbor seals often rest or sleep at the water's surface, floating in a vertical position with just their heads or faces above the water. This behavior is often referred to as "bottling" because of the resemblance to a floating bottle. It's a total projection and assumption on my part, but seals often look serene in this position. I am often tempted to participate in bottling behavior myself!
I like this last image in part because it relates to the scientific name, Phoca. The explanatory passage below is from The Sierra Club Handbook of Seals and Sirenians:
"The generic name is from the Greek phōcē for "seal," a term said to be derived from the Sanskrit root sphâ, meaning "to swell up," referring to the animal's plumpness."
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