Phillip Colla Photography

San Clemente Island Photo Collection

Sunset over the Pacific Ocean
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Sunset over the Pacific Ocean.
Dimensions of high resolution panoramic image: 4540 x 12694
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Format: Digital Panorama 2.8:1
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Location  >  Oceans  >  Pacific  >  California (USA) / Baja California (Mexico)  >  Channel Islands  >  San Clemente Island
Location  >  USA  >  California  >  San Clemente Island

San Clemente Island
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San Clemente Island, rugged barren coastline and island terrain surrounded by lush underwater kelp forests and marine life.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Format: Digital 3:2
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Closed vocabulary cross reference terms:
Location  >  Oceans  >  Pacific  >  California (USA) / Baja California (Mexico)  >  Channel Islands  >  San Clemente Island
Location  >  USA  >  California  >  San Clemente Island
Subject  >  Technique  >  Aerial Photo

San Clemente Island
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San Clemente Island, rugged barren coastline and island terrain surrounded by lush underwater kelp forests and marine life.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Format: Digital 16:9
Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide.
Purchase a print of this image
Closed vocabulary cross reference terms:
Location  >  Oceans  >  Pacific  >  California (USA) / Baja California (Mexico)  >  Channel Islands  >  San Clemente Island
Location  >  USA  >  California  >  San Clemente Island
Subject  >  Technique  >  Aerial Photo

Mount Soledad juxtaposed against a distant San Clemente Island at sunset
Mount Soledad juxtaposed against a distant San Clemente Island at sunset.
Location: San Diego, California
Format: Digital 16:9
Location  >  USA  >  California  >  San Diego
Subject  >  Technique  >  Aerial Photo

San Clemente Island Pyramid Head
San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island.

Giant kelp, underwater kelp forest
New growth occurs at the tip of the kelp plant, where tiny pneumatocysts form along with new fronds.
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts.
Species: Macrocystis pyrifera
Format: Film 2:3
Gallery  >  California
Gallery  >  Kelp Forest
Gallery  >  Ocean And Light
Gallery  >  San Clemente Island
Natural World  >  Habitat  >  Kelp Forest
Plant  >  Marine Plant  >  Giant Kelp  >  Frond / Stipe / Pneumatocyst / Detail
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Subject  >  Inspirational
Subject  >  Technique  >  Underwater

Giant kelp
Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts.
Species: Macrocystis pyrifera
Format: Film 2:3
Gallery  >  Kelp Forest
Natural World  >  Habitat  >  Kelp Forest
Plant  >  Marine Plant  >  Giant Kelp  >  Frond / Stipe / Pneumatocyst / Detail
Subject  >  Technique  >  Underwater

Giant kelp
Kelp canopy.
Species: Macrocystis pyrifera
Format: Film 3:2
Natural World  >  Habitat  >  Kelp Forest
Plant  >  Marine Plant  >  Giant Kelp
Subject  >  Technique  >  Underwater

Giant kelp
Kelp detail.
Plant  >  Marine Plant  >  Giant Kelp  >  Frond / Stipe / Pneumatocyst / Detail

Image 06277, Phillip Colla Photography
Boat Horizon anchored in kelp forest.

Image 06278, Phillip Colla Photography
Boat Horizon anchored in kelp forest.

Kelp fronds grow upward from the reef below to reach the ocean surface and spread out to form a living canopy.
Plant  >  Marine Plant  >  Giant Kelp

Kelp canopy.
Plant  >  Marine Plant  >  Giant Kelp

San Clemente Island Pyramid Head
San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island.
Format: Digital 1.6:1
Gallery  >  California

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.
Gallery  >  Aerial
Gallery  >  California
Gallery  >  Island
Gallery  >  San Clemente Island

Format: Digital 1.68:1

Red gorgonian on rocky reef
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.
Species: Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Animal  >  Marine Invertebrate  >  Coral  >  Soft Coral  >  Gorgonian

San Clemente Island Pyramid Head Aerial Photo
San Clemente Island aerial photo, Pyramid Head and Balanced Rock at the southern end of the island. San Clemente Island Pyramid Head, the distinctive pyramid shaped southern end of the island, exhibits distinctive geologic terracing, underwater reefs and giant kelp forests.
Dimensions of high resolution panoramic image: 5158 x 9854
Format: Digital Panorama 1.9:1
Gallery  >  Aerial
Gallery  >  Island
Gallery  >  San Clemente Island

Pyramid Head, San Clemente Island
Rugged, volcanic coastline of San Clemente Island at Pyramid Cove, near the islands southeastern tip. San Clemente Island is used as a US Navy bombing target.

Pyramid Head, San Clemente Island
China Hat Point, a prominent feature along the rugged coastline of San Clemente Island at Pyramid Cove, near the islands southeastern tip. San Clemente Island is used as a US Navy bombing target.

Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest
Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater.
Species: Hypsypops rubicundus

Stephanocystis dioica algae kelp
Stephanocystis dioica kelp algae on a shallow rocky reef, reflected underneath the surface of the ocean.
Species: Stephanocystis dioica

Giant Kelp Forest, Sunlight and Canopy
Sunlight glows throughout a 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.

Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts
Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands.

Garibaldi and golden gorgonian
Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater.
Species: Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica

Macrocystis kelp grows up from rocky reef
Macrocystis kelp growing up from a rocky reef, the kelp's holdfast is like a root cluster which attaches the kelp to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current.

Red gorgonian on rocky reef
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.
Species: Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis

Brown Gorgonian and California Golden Gorgonian
Brown gorgonian and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef below kelp forest, San Clemente Island. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: Muricea californica, Muricea fruticosa

san clemente island pyramid head aerial photo

Horn shark
Horn shark.
Species: Heterodontus francisci
Animal  >  Shark  >  Horn Shark
Animal  >  Shark  >  Juvenile
Gallery  >  Sharks

Blacksmith
Blacksmith in motion, San Clemente island.
Species: Chromis punctipinnis
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Chromis (Pomacentridae)
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Indo-Pacific  >  California / Baja California
Gallery  >  Ocean And Motion
Subject  >  Effect  >  Motion / Blur

Kelp forest.

Spiny lobster
Spiny lobster and several abalone.
Species: Panulirus interruptus
Animal  >  Marine Invertebrate  >  Crustacean  >  Lobster

Garibaldi
Garibaldi.
Species: Hypsypops rubicundus
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Damselfish (Pomacentridae)  >  Garibaldi
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Indo-Pacific  >  California / Baja California

California bat ray
California bat ray.
Species: Myliobatis californica
Animal  >  Ray  >  Bat Ray
Subject  >  Effect  >  Silhouette

Pacific jack mackerel
Jack mackerel schooling amid kelp forest.
Species: Macrocystis pyrifera, Trachurus symmetricus
Animal  >  Fish  >  Fish Behavior  >  Schooling
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Indo-Pacific  >  California / Baja California
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Mackerel (Scombridae)

Garibaldi
Juvenile Garibaldi, vibrant spots distinguish it from pure orange adult form.
Species: Hypsypops rubicundus
Animal  >  Fish  >  Fish Anatomy  >  Color and Pattern  >  Adult - Juvenile Difference
Animal  >  Fish  >  Fish Anatomy  >  Juvenile
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Damselfish (Pomacentridae)  >  Garibaldi

Giant black sea bass
Giant black sea bass swims amid giant kelp forest.
Species: Stereolepis gigas
Animal  >  Endangered / Threatened Species  >  Marine  >  Giant Sea Bass
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Giant Sea Bass (Percichthyidae)

Image 02119, Phillip Colla Photography
Kelp forest rises above a rocky reef covered with low-lying marine algae.

Garibaldi
Garibaldi in kelp forest.
Animal  >  Fish  >  Marine Fish  >  Damselfish (Pomacentridae)  >  Garibaldi

Garibaldi.

Garibaldi, kelp forest.

California golden gorgonian
California Golden gorgonian in kelp forest.
Species: Macrocystis pyrifera, Muricea californica
Animal  >  Marine Invertebrate  >  Coral  >  Soft Coral  >  Gorgonian

Red gorgonian on rocky reef
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.
Species: Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera
Animal  >  Marine Invertebrate  >  Coral  >  Soft Coral  >  Gorgonian
Gallery  >  Gorgonian
Gallery  >  Kelp Forest
Gallery  >  Landscape

Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts
Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts. Pneumatocysts, gas-filled bladders, float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface and sunlight, where the leaf-like blades and stipes of the kelp plant grow fastest. Giant kelp can grow up to 2' in a single day given optimal conditions. Epic submarine forests of kelp grow throughout California's Southern Channel Islands.
Subject  >  Technique  >  Black and White

Species: Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera
Gallery  >  Gorgonian

Garibaldi and California golden gorgonians on rocky reef
Garibaldi and California golden gorgonians on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by.
Species: Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica

Species: Lophogorgia chilensis, Macrocystis pyrifera