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| Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel. Image ID: 27029 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | California sea lion, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Image ID: 23418 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 02435 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| California sea lions, socializing/resting, Webster Point rookery, Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Image ID: 06284 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Image ID: 23429 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Image ID: 23422 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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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: 35825 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | 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 |
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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: 35828 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island. Image ID: 35830 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Webster Point, Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29365 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| Santa Barbara Island, Sutil Island, and thick kelp forests, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29359 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29361 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29368 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| Santa Barbara Island, aerial photograph. Image ID: 29371 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | A California sea lion plays with a piece of kelp, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Image ID: 23427 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island. Image ID: 35829 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| A SCUBA diver enters a submarine cavern at Santa Barbara Island, underwater cave. Image ID: 23423 Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | California sea lion, juveniles at play in kelp forest. Image ID: 00619 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Kelp frond in motion, time exposure. Image ID: 02344 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 02436 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Kelp stipe and blades. Image ID: 02498 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | California sea lion. Image ID: 02951 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| California bat ray swimming amidst giant kelp forest. Image ID: 03414 Species: California bat ray, Myliobatis californica, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | California sea lion, Webster Point rookery. Image ID: 03803 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | California sea lion, Webster Point rookery. Image ID: 03804 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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| California sea lion, Webster Point rookery. Image ID: 03807 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | California sea lion, Webster Point rookery. Image ID: 03811 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | California sea lion, Webster Point rookery. Image ID: 03812 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA |
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