Catalina Island photos

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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, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
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.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33449  
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
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.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33450  
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
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.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33451  
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, Catalina Island
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.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 33452  
California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, Catalina Island. 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. Catalina Island, California, USA, Muricea californica
California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, Catalina Island. 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. Catalina Island, California, USA.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 34622  
California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, Catalina Island. 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. Catalina Island, California, USA, Muricea californica
California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, Catalina Island. 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. Catalina Island, California, USA.
Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 34624  
Garibaldi fish on kelp forest reef, underwater, Hypsypops rubicundus, San Clemente Island
Garibaldi fish on kelp forest reef, underwater.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 25409  
Brown gorgonians, Catalina, Muricea fruticosa, Catalina Island
Brown gorgonians, Catalina.
Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 00567  
Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis, Catalina Island
Blacksmith.
Species: Blacksmith, Chromis punctipinnis
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 01026  
Bluebanded goby, Catalina, Lythrypnus dalli, Catalina Island
Bluebanded goby, Catalina.
Species: Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 04742  
Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Catalina Island
Garibaldi.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 02506  
Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Catalina Island
Garibaldi.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 02507  
Diver and garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Catalina Island
Diver and garibaldi.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 02989  
Diver and garibaldi, Catalina, Hypsypops rubicundus, Catalina Island
Diver and garibaldi, Catalina.
Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 01969  
Bluebanded goby, Catalina, Lythrypnus dalli, Catalina Island
Bluebanded goby, Catalina.
Species: Bluebanded goby, Lythrypnus dalli
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05149  
Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis with yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthis giveni, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Epizoanthus giveni
Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis with yellow zoanthid anemone Epizoanthis giveni, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California.
Species: Red gorgonian, Givens Zoanthid, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis, Epizoanthus giveni
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37219  
Catalina Island, West End
Catalina Island, West End.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 25985  
Catalina Island, West End
Catalina Island, West End.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 25986  
Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Red gorgonian Leptogorgia chilensis, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island, California.
Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37272  
Pacific torpedo ray Tetronarce californica, amidst huge schools of fish and baitfish, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island. This electric ray will shock the hell out of you if you are not careful, Tetronarce californica, Torpedo californica
Pacific torpedo ray Tetronarce californica, amidst huge schools of fish and baitfish, Farnsworth Banks, Catalina Island. This electric ray will shock the hell out of you if you are not careful.
Species: Pacific torpedo ray, Tetronarce californica, Torpedo californica
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37283  
Hydrocoral, Farnsworth Banks, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus, Catalina Island
Hydrocoral, Farnsworth Banks.
Species: Hydrocoral, Allopora californica, Stylaster californicus
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 04704  
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37134  
Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island. 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
Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island. 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.
Image ID: 37135  
Garibaldi in kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island
Garibaldi in kelp forest, near Eagle Rock, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37136  
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37139  
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37140  
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37141  
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37142  
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island
Kelp forest near Eagle Rock, West End, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 37143  
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
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: 37146  
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