Sunlight streams through giant kelp forest, Macrocystis pyrifera

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, natural history stock photograph, photo id 33442
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: 33442
Lat/Long: 33.34919, -118.32483 (Coordinates: 33° 20' 57.08" N, 118° 19' 29.38" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
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