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Rockfish love to pose for a camera
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MOUTH WIDE OPEN. This Rockfish demonstrated this behavior four time, allowing me to zero in the exposure and composition. The result is this composite of five images, ending in a clear view of the fish's mouth.
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Backlit Coraline Algea
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Green anemonea
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Foot of a Kelp Snail
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The abelone on San Miguel Island have come back strong and plentiful since the ban on taking them was imposed. This specimen was more than 25 cm across.
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HERMISSENDA CRASSICORNIS is one of the more abundant and beautiful nudibranchs of the eastern Pacific.
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A juvenile sculpin searching for food.
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A beach on San Miguel Island loaded with sea lions, seals, and Elephant Seals.
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Sunset as M/V Vision pulls into an anchorage on San Miguel Island.