Giant Kelp Photo

Giant Kelp   >             photos@oceanlight.com   +1-760-707-7153 Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. 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. 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. Image ID: 01107   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera 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. 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. 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. Image ID: 33433   Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23432   Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   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   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   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   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: 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. 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. 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. Image ID: 33438   Species: Giant Kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 02435   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA   Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean. Image ID: 01078   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue shark and offshore drift kelp paddy, open ocean. Image ID: 01081   Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Diego, California, USA   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. Image ID: 25396   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA   Salema schooling amid kelp forest. Image ID: 01022   Species: Salema, Xenistius californiensis, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   The Kelp Forest offshore of La Jolla, California. A kelp forest. Giant kelp grows rapidly, up to 2' per day, from the rocky reef on the ocean bottom to which it is anchored, toward the ocean surface where it spreads to form a thick canopy. Myriad species of fishes, mammals and invertebrates form a rich community in the kelp forest. Lush forests of kelp are found throughout California's Southern Channel Islands. Image ID: 30986   Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera   Pyrosome in Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island. Image ID: 35826   Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA   Kelp fronds showing pneumatocysts, bouyant gas-filled bubble-like structures which float the kelp plant off the ocean bottom toward the surface, where it will spread to form a roof-like canopy. Image ID: 35827   Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA   Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island. Image ID: 35830   Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA   Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33357   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: 33358   Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33359   Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33360   Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA   Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. Image ID: 33361   Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas Location: Catalina Island, California, USA

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