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Giant kelp; "big Mac"
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MarineBioPhotography > Lots of very young plants - Monday, January 30, 1984, Santa Barbara Island kelp forest on east side of island. Legitimate 100-foot visibilty; air 68F, water 60F. Young giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen reaching toward the surface. Dive boat Peace. Dive log 1019.
MarineBioPhotography > March 22, 2008: Kayakers explore the Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)beds off the tip of Big Dume, Malibu. Click on "Map This" above and see the exact location. There had been some Gray Whales passing by the Point too.
MarineBioPhotography > Mature giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen forming a canopy on the surface. Taken during one of my dive classes, PADI Open Water training dive #5 aboard my Dive Boat Sandy Bay, Sunday May18, 1986. This was on the south side of Anacapa, in the gap between East and Middle Islands. Air temp 60F. Water 58F, and 60-foot viz. Dive log 1225.
MarineBioPhotography > Juvenile Heermann's Gull (Larus heermanni) stands as a lonely sentinal on a pile of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)debris at Zuma Beach on March 4, 2006.
MarineBioPhotography > A 3:1 macro shot of the growing tip, apical fronds of Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)underwater.
MarineBioPhotography > A great white egret (Ardea alba) stands ready to spear its dinner on top of the lush Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)canopy near Naples Reef, between Goleta and Gaviota on the Santa Barbara Coast. Aboard the Condor Express.
MarineBioPhotography > Clear blue waters and the lush Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)canopy: looking down from atop Anacapa Island at Cathedral Cove on July 13, 2006.
MarineBioPhotography > The wide and thick Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)beds off Goleta California. Taken aboard the Condor Express on July 14, 2007.
MarineBioPhotography > Three brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) soar across the Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) forest at Point Dume, Malibu.
Lots of very young plants - Monday, January 30, 1984, Santa Barbara Island kelp forest on east side of island. Legitimate 100-foot visibilty; air 68F, water 60F. Young giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen reaching toward the surface. Dive boat Peace. Dive log 1019.
> Lots of very young plants - Monday, January 30, 1984, Santa Barbara Island kelp forest on east side of island. Legitimate 100-foot visibilty; air 68F, water 60F. Young giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen reaching toward the surface. Dive boat Peace. Dive log 1019.
Lots of very young plants - Monday, January 30, 1984, Santa Barbara Island kelp forest on east side of island. Legitimate 100-foot visibilty; air 68F, water 60F. Young giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) can be seen reaching toward the surface. Dive boat Peace. Dive log 1019.
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