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| California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 02158 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Guadalupe fur seal pup sits on brown rocks along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02441 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish. Image ID: 01113 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 36471 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Giant Manta Ray at San Benedicto Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico. Image ID: 33276 Species: Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico | Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. Image ID: 23419 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Sunrise at San Clemente Island, south end showing China Hat (Balanced Rock) and Pyramid Head, near Pyramid Cove, storm clouds. Panoramic photo. Image ID: 30855 Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA Pano dimensions: 5232 x 24109 | ||
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| San Benedicto Island and Barcena crater, aerial photo, Revillagigedos Islands, Mexico. Image ID: 32914 Location: San Benedicto Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico Pano dimensions: 4703 x 8937 | ||
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| 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. Image ID: 25393 Species: Red gorgonian, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet. Image ID: 27116 Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Acorn Barnacle extends to feed in ocean current, amid colony of Corynactis anemones. Image ID: 33455 Species: Strawberry Anemone, Acorn Barnacle, Corynactis californica, Megabalanus californicus Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Guadalupe Island at sunrise, panorama. Volcanic coastline south of Pilot Rock and Spanish Cove, near El Faro lighthouse. Image ID: 28758 Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico Pano dimensions: 4224 x 25926 | ||
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| Punta Norte, the northern point of Guadalupe Island, viewed from the north. Punta Desfiladero (Blunt Point) and Roca Elefante are just visible at far right, and Roca Piloto (Pilot Rock) is see to the left of the island against the distant sweep of the cliffs that comprise the northeastern bight of the island, actually the rim of an enormous caldera. Image ID: 28760 Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico Pano dimensions: 4595 x 13560 | ||
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| Giant Manta Ray at Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico. Image ID: 33285 Species: Giant Manta Ray, Manta birostris Location: Socorro Island (Islas Revillagigedos), Baja California, Mexico | A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 21349 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around. Image ID: 34654 Location: Long Beach, California, USA |
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| Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around. Image ID: 34656 Location: Long Beach, California, USA | Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure. Image ID: 34661 Location: Long Beach, California, USA | California sea lion with strange eyes, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 35052 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Young California sea lions playing underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 35854 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Portrait of a young California sea lion underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 35875 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Zebra perch, Hermosilla azurea, Coronado Islands, Mexico. Image ID: 36469 Species: Zebra perch, Hermosilla azurea Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 36470 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | California Sea Lion Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 36472 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | California Sea Lions Underwater, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 36473 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Cute young California Sea Lion playing with its own tail, Coronado Islands, Baja California, Mexico. Image ID: 36474 Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. 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. Image ID: 33356 Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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| Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest. 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. Image ID: 33434 Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | |
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