Kelp forest underwater with sunlight beams.

Sunlight filtering through kelp forests around Anacapa Island—beams of light catching blades in slow sway.

Erick Morales Oyola

Underwater kelp forest bathed in sunlight.

Sunlight glistening through an arch in Catalina’s kelp forest—a moment suspended between reef and sky.

a painting of a seaweed forest with sunlight coming through the water

Oleksandr Sushko

Shallow rocky reef in Scorpion Bay, with a sheepshead weaving through red algae and swaying kelp.

Underwater kelp forest scene with sunbeams.

a large group of fish swimming in a large body of water

a jellyfish in the water surrounded by seaweed

a group of fish swimming over a coral reef