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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 | 2006 Mavericks surf contest champion Grant Twiggy Baker of South Africa. Final round, Mavericks surf contest, February 7, 2006.
Image ID: 15299
Location: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, USA | Atlantic spotted dolphin and Olympic champion swimmer Matt Biondi.
Image ID: 00018
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas |
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Carson Smith, Ponto, South Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17828
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | 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 | Brock Little, final round, Mavericks surf contest (third place), February 7, 2006.
Image ID: 15300
Location: Mavericks, Half Moon Bay, California, USA |
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Kirk Blackman, Newport Beach.
Image ID: 16830
Location: Newport Beach, California, USA | Salt Creek surf, pretty big day, winter, morning.
Image ID: 14851
Location: Salt Creek, Laguna Niguel, California, USA | Mike Thomas, Cardiff, morning surf.
Image ID: 17880
Location: Cardiff by the Sea, California, USA |
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Diver silhouette.
Image ID: 00251
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Divers and kelp forest.
Image ID: 02990
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Diver amid kelp forest.
Image ID: 03157
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Diver amidst kelp forest.
Image ID: 03420
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Diver amidst kelp forest.
Image ID: 19918
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Paul W. Gabrielson, Ph.D., collecting algae and coral samples.
Image ID: 00824
Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA |
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Diver in kelp forest.
Image ID: 01104
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Diver and sheephead amidst giant palm kelp. Southern sea palm.
Image ID: 00612
Species: Southern sea palm, Eisenia arborea
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | A freediving spearfisherman glides quietly through the kelp forest in search of game fish to hunt. The most skilled spearfishermen forego the use of SCUBA, which is noisy underwater and scares away fish. Instead, they practice breathhold techniques to move silently through the water. San Clemente Island.
Image ID: 10235
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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Tiger shark and photographer Keith Grundy.
Image ID: 10649
Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier
Location: Bahamas | A SCUBA diver is immersed in an enormous school of Pacific creolefish, black and white / grainy.
Image ID: 16442
Species: Pacific creolefish, Paranthias colonus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Surf check. Three guys check the surf from atop a bluff overlooking the waves at the end of the day, at sunset, north of South Carlsbad State Beach.
Image ID: 19808
Location: Carlsbad, California, USA |
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Child on the beach.
Image ID: 14463
Location: Ponto, Carlsbad, California, USA | Jetties, Carlsbad, morning surf.
Image ID: 17905
Location: Warm Water Jetties, Carlsbad, California, USA | Diver amidst kelp, San Benito Islands.
Image ID: 01286
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico |
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Freediver and monofin.
Image ID: 02987
Location: Bahamas | Diver and sunburst.
Image ID: 04619
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Beta camera housing and cameraman.
Image ID: 04903
Location: Bahamas |
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Diver and alcyonarian soft coral, Northern Red Sea.
Image ID: 00378
Location: Egyptian Red Sea | Diver and reef.
Image ID: 01101
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Diver and school of salema.
Image ID: 01105
Species: Salema, Xenistius californiensis
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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