Macrocystis kelp grows up from rocky reef, Macrocystis pyrifera

Macrocystis kelp growing up from a rocky reef, the kelp's holdfast is like a root cluster which attaches the kelp to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current. San Clemente Island, California, USA, Macrocystis pyrifera, natural history stock photograph, photo id 37075
Macrocystis kelp growing up from a rocky reef, the kelp's holdfast is like a root cluster which attaches the kelp to the rocky reef on the oceans bottom. Kelp blades are visible above the holdfast, swaying in the current. San Clemente Island, California, USA

This image is featured in: Kelp Forest Redux - San Clemente and Catalina Islands, and My Circular Fisheye

Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 37075
Format: Digital 2:3
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