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Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Channel Islands Photo. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Channel Islands Picture. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Stock Photography of Channel Islands. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Photograph of Channel Islands. Image ID: 02158 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish. Channel Islands Photos. Image ID: 01113 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, showing geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests Channel Islands Image. Image ID: 26003 Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest Professional stock photos of Channel Islands. Image ID: 33354 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Pictures of Channel Islands. Image ID: 33433 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Bryozoan grows on a red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Channel Islands Photo. Image ID: 25395 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Aerial photo of the West End of Catalina Island Channel Islands Picture. Image ID: 25978 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Stock Photography of Channel Islands. Image ID: 25393 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel. Photograph of Channel Islands. Image ID: 27029 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA

Sunrise at San Clemente Island, south end showing China Hat (Balanced Rock) and Pyramid Head, near Pyramid Cove, storm clouds. Panoramic photo. Channel Islands Photos. Image ID: 30855 Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5232 x 24109

Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island Channel Islands Image. Image ID: 33355 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest Professional stock photos of Channel Islands. Image ID: 33356 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest Pictures of Channel Islands. Image ID: 33378 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA

Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Channel Islands Photo. Image ID: 33434 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Channel Islands Picture. Image ID: 33435 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Stock Photography of Channel Islands. Image ID: 33436 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA

Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Photograph of Channel Islands. Image ID: 33437 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky reef to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Channel Islands Photos. Image ID: 33438 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	California sea lion, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Channel Islands Image. Image ID: 23418 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA

Northern fur seal swims through the cold waters and kelp forest of San Miguel Island, in California's northern Channel Islands. Professional stock photos of Channel Islands. Image ID: 00966 Species: Northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus Location: San Miguel Island, California, USA	California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Pictures of Channel Islands. Image ID: 02031 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Channel Islands Photo. Image ID: 02159 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Channel Islands Picture. Image ID: 02435 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	California sea lions, socializing/resting, Webster Point rookery, Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Stock Photography of Channel Islands. Image ID: 06284 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Photograph of Channel Islands. Image ID: 23422 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA

California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Channel Islands Photos. Image ID: 23429 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Channel Islands Image. Image ID: 25394 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA