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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 |
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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 | Surf grass on the rocky reef -- appearing blurred in this time exposure -- is tossed back and forth by powerful ocean waves passing by above. San Clemente Island.
Image ID: 10237
Species: Surfgrass, Phyllospadix
Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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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 |
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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.
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 |
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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.
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 |
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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 | Garibaldi and Marine Algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Image ID: 36490
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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Sargassum and Marine Algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Image ID: 36491
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | 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 |
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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 |
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Kelp Forest, Santa Barbara Island.
Image ID: 35830
Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA | Garibaldi and Marine Algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Image ID: 36468
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Beautiful Field of Red Marine Algae, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Image ID: 36537
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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Marine Algae on Underwater Reef, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Image ID: 36538
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | 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 |
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