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Channel Islands National Park

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Five craggy islands, isolated from the seemingly close mainland by turbulent ocean forces, are home to extensive marine mammal rookeries, nesting seabirds colonies, and many plant species found nowhere else.

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Kelp plants under ocean surface, Annacapa Marine reserve. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Arch Rock, East Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Channel between East Anacapa and Middle Anacapa at low tide. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coreopsis and iceplant carpet, East Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coreopsis and chain of islands, Inspiration Point, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ice plants and western seagulls, Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Chain of islands at sunset, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Clear waters, kelp, annd sea caves, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea cliffs seen via sea cave entrance, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayaker in sea cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Potato Harbor cove at sunset, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wild Morning Glories and bay at sunrise, Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Mustard in bloom and interior hills, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Island fox (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae), Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Turquoise waters with kelp, Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Torrey Pine framing Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water-sculpted sandstone cliffs, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Summit of Black Mountain, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sandstone sea cliffs near the mouth of Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dunes and sunlight, Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Prince Island and Cuyler Harbor with fog, dusk, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sand dunes and Cuyler Harbor, afternoon, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea lions and seals hauled out on beach, Point Bennett, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Live Forever (Dudleya) plants, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Mineral sand castings of petrified trees, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Rare caliche forest, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Arch Point at sunrise, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

California sea lion swiming underwater, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp bed and fish, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Garibaldi fish, rocky reef, and kelp, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dolphins and Arch Rock. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Arch Rock, East Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cliffs and lighthouse, East Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Steep cliffs, East Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Rocks and ocean, Cathedral Cove, Anacapa, late afternoon. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Pointed rocks and ocean, Cathedral Cove, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Backlit rocks and water, Cathedral Cove, Anacapa, late afternoon. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cliffs and pointed rocks, Cathedral Cove, late afternoon, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Rocky shoreline of Middle Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coreopsis and island chain from Inspiration Point, morning, Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coreopsis in bloom near Inspiration Point, morning, Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coreopsis and chain of craggy islands, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Coreopsis and Cathedral Cove, Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

View from Inspiration Point, mid-day. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cliffs near Inspiration Point, East Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Western seagulls near Inspiration Point, morning, Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Chain of islands, afternoon, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea cliffs from Inspiration Point, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Steep cove with glittering water, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Inspiration point, sunset, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sunset near Inspiration Point, Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Spring sunset over ocean and islands, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Sunset over island chain, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

View from Inspiration Point, dusk. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Spring wildflowers and mist, early morning, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coreopsis in bloom and Paintbrush in spring, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wildflowers and early coastal mist, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Carpet of iceplant and Coreopsis, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Giant Coreopsis and ice plant. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant Coreopsis, wildflowers, and Anacapa islands. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Seagulls and spring wildflowers, East Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Western Seagull and Giant coreopsis in bloom, East Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Field of Coreopsis in bloom, Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Western seagull. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Western seagull on giant coreopsis. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Western seagus and ice plants. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Iceplant flowers and seagulls, East Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ice plants and western seagulls, Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ocean, Annacapa and Santa Cruz Islands at sunrise. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dolphin fin and Anacapa Islands in background. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dolphin jumping straight out of water, East Anacapa Island in background. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dolphins jumping out of ocean water. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Raft of sea lions in ocean. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Flock of western seagulls. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Surf foam seen from above, East Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Top of underwater Kelp forest. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp canopy beneath surface, Annacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Underwater view of kelp canopy. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp bed with sunrays, Annacapa Marine reserve. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Underwater view of kelp plants with sun rays, Annacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Underwater kelp bed, Annacapa Island State Marine reserve. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant Kelp and sunbeams underwater, Annacapa Marine reserve. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp plants with pneumatocysts (air bladders). Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Macrocystis pyrifera (Giant Kelp), Annacapa Marine reserve. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp fronds and fish, Annacapa Island State Marine reserve. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Underwater view of kelp fronds with sun beams. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp forest, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Fish and kelp, Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Jack mackerel school of fish in kelp forest. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant kelp forest, fish, and sunrays underwater. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Garibaldi fish in kelp forest, Annacapa Marine reserve. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant Kelp underwater forest. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scorpion Rocks and Anacapa Islands at dawn, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wild Morning Glories and Scorpion Anchorage, sunrise, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Mustard in bloom and seacliffs, Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Aquamarine waters and kelp in bay, Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp and cliff, Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp floating on water, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp from above, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp in shallow waters, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp bed on ocean surface and sea cliff, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea cliff and kelp, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea arch, West Anacapa in the distance, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Multiple sea caves entrances, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Elephant Belley Sea Cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea cliffs framed by sea cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Rock and birds framed by sea cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Rock covered with cormorants and pelicans, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Yacht moored in Scorpion Anchorage in fog, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Large Ocean swell, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Pod of dolphins, seagall, and Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

South shore cliffs and reflections, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Yellow cliffs, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

South side, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea cliffs, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Entrance to Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Painted Cave, largest sea cave in the world, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Entrance of Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Inside Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea arch, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea arch and ridges, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coastline and ridges, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coastline with sea arch, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Tall hill ridge and cliff seen from ocean, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

North shore ocean seacliffs, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Rock and cliff in springtime, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

North Bluff, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coreopsis and cliff, Cavern Point, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sunset, Potato Harbor, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Twilight, Potato Harbor, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Flowers and hills near Potato Harbor, late afternoon, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Mustard, grasses, and hills, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Grasses and Montannon Ridge, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Meadow in spring, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ridges, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wild Morning Glory in gully, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wildflowers and grasses, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wildflowers and wind-blown grasses on coastal bluff, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wild Morning Glory flowers, hills, and ocean, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Grasslands in the spring, fence and ocean, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Grasslands, fence and hill ridges, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Mustard flowers and rolling hills, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scorpion Canyon in the spring, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Smugglers Road through green hills in the spring, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Winding dirt road and ocean, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dirt road through coastal hills, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Short-Tailed Fox (Insular Gray Fox), Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Critically endangered Coast Fox (Channel Islands Fox), Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Santa Cruz Channel and Santa Cruz Island at dawn, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wetland at he bottom of Water Canyon, and Ocean, sunrise, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Grasses, Skunk Point, and Santa Cruz Island, sunrise, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Flowers and dunes, Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Flowers growing on sand dunes, Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

White sand dunes, Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Stream and Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water Canyon Beach and stream from above, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water Canyon Beach from the bluff, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water Canyon Beach and Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water Canyon Beach, Santa Cruz Island, and Skunk Point, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Stream at the mouth of Water Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Skunk Point and Santa Cruz Island, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Torrey Pines and coastline near Black Point, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Golden grasses and Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cactus on marine terrace, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

View over Skunk Point from marine terrace, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Black Point on windy day, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Poppies and grasses near Black Point, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Bechers Bay with turquoise waters, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Pier, Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Torrey Pine and Black Point, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Torrey Pines and Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Bechers Bay under starry skies at night, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Bechers Bay and Carrington Point at night, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Thristles, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Flowers and rock formations, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Native flowers, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Lush slope with flowers and shrubs in Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Reeds and green shrubs, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Close-up of stream and vegetation, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Riparian vegetation and cliffs, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Year-round stream, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Grassy hillside, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Lobo Canyon at sunset , Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sandstone cliffs bordering Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sculptured cliffs, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Shrubs and wall detail, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water-sculptured sandstone wall, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Detail of water-sculptured canyon wall, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Base of sculpted sandstone cliffs, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Intricate sandstone cliffs, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Reeds near the mouth of Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Mouth of Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Stream at the mouth of Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Rocky coastline at the mouth of Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wave action near the mouth of Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Beach at the mouth of Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Clouds and Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Road, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cherry Canyon Trail, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wildflowers and grasses, Cherry Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cherry Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Soledad Peak range from Black Mountain, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hills and ridges in late afternoon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ridges of central range, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

View westward with San Miguel Island, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ridges of western range, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Twisted oak trees, Cherry Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Island Oak (Quercus tomentella) and wind, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cloud forest of endemic Island Oak, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Endemic Island Oak (Quercus tomentella), Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Wildflowers at dusk, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cherry Canyon at night, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Grasses and hills, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Close-up of wind-blown grasses, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Close-up of tall grasses, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Close-up of flowers and yellow grasses, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ground close-up with iceplant and flowers, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Looking up Torrey Pine, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Santa Rosa Island Torrey Pines, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Forest of Torrey Pines, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ground close-up with Torrey Pine cones, flowers, and grasses, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Fallen Torrey Pine cones, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Torrey Pine cones and needles on the ground, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dunes and Cuyler Harbor, mid-day, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Judge Rock, Prince Island, Cuyler Harbor, mid-day, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Surf foam and rocks, Cuyler Harbor, mid-day, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sand with wind ripples, Cuyler Harbor, mid-day, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Beach, Cuyler Harbor, mid-day, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sand dunes and Cuyler Harbor, afternoon, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Prince Island and Cuyler Harbor, sunset, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Coastal seascape at dusk, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Boulders and coastline, Cuyler Harbor, sunset, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Marine landscape at sunset, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Coastline near Point Bennett , San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Point Bennett, mid-day, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Point Bennett and pinniped colonies, mid-day, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Point Bennet and rookeries, mid-day, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea lions and seals on beach, Point Bennett, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Piniped rookery on north side of Point Bennet, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Point Bennet pinniped rookery, Point Bennett, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Seals and sea lions hauled out on beach, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea lion and seals rookery on north side of Point Bennett, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Pinnipeds hauled out on beach, Point Bennet, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

California sea lions and northern fur seals on beach, Point Bennet, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Northern fur Seal and California sea lion rookery, Point Bennet, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Beach with a large number of sea lions and seals, Point Bennett, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sandy basin with petrified stumps, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Flowers and caliche stumps, early morning, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Flowers and caliche forest, early morning, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Stone castings of ancient trees, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Bizarre ghost forest, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Caliche stumps, early morning, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sand castings on stumps, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park (Panoramic color)

Ghost forest of caliche sand castings , San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ghost forest formed by caliche sand castings of plant roots and trunks, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Caliche forest, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Caliche forest of petrified sand castings, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Caliche Forest, early morning, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Grasses and Prince Island, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hillside with giant coreopsis stumps, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant Coreopsis stumps , San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dried giant coreopsis, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cabrillo monument above Cuyler Harbor, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Monument commemorating Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo's landing on island in 1542, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Live forever (Dudleya) plants, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sand Lettuce (Dudleya caespitosa) plants, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sand Lettuce stonecrop plant, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dudleya succulent, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Stonecrop plants (Dudleya), San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sunrise over Catalina Island from Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Santa Barbara Island at dawn. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Arch Point at dawn, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Seabird and Arch Point at dawn, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Seabirds at dawn, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Cormorant colony at sunrise, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sutil Island and Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sutil Island and Santa Barbara Island at sunrise. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sutil Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sutil Island and west shore of Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Backlit Sutil Island and Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Seabirds and Arch Point, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea lions and Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Drifting kelp and reflection, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp fronds and reflections, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp fronds in shallow water, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Fish and giant kelp plants, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp fronds and school of fish, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant kelp, blades and stipes, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sunrays looking down kelp forest, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Looking down giant kelp plants and ocean floor, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Underwater forest of giant kelp, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kelp fronds and pneumatocysts, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Pneumatocysts and kelp plants underwater, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant kelp, pneumatocysts, and fish, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Looking up kelp canopy underwater, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Garibaldi beneath kelp canopy, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Fish in kelp forest, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant kelp forest, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Giant macrocystis kelp anchored on ocean floor, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Fish and giant kelp plants, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Garibaldi, ocean floor, and kelp, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ocean floor, fish, and kelp forest, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

School of fish in kelp forest, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Blackmith schooling in giant kelp, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

School of fish, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea lion and kelp plants, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

California sea lion under water surface above kelp, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

California sea lion diving in kelp forest, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

California sea lion swiming sideways, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea lion underwater with sun rays, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

California sea lion and kelp forest underwater, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea lion swimming upside down with surface reflection, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Sea lion swimming upside down, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Robert Lagomarsino Visitor Center. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Channel Islands Vistor Center, Ventura harbor. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Entrance of visitor Center, Ventura. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Artificial tidepool inside visitor center. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Distant view of the islands from harbor interpretive sign, visitor center. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ventura Harbor visitor center window reflexion. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

National Park Service boat, visitor center window reflexion. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Invasive species interpretive sign, Ventura Harbor. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ventura Harbor interpretive sign. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Anemone. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Lighthouse, East Anacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water storage building with church-like facade, Anacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

National Park Service housings, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ranger residences, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scorpion Ranch in Scorpion Canyon, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Historic Scorpion Ranch, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Grasses and former ranch, Scorpion Canyon, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Visitor center, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Santa Cruz Island visitor center window reflexion, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Vail and Vickers Ranch house, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Historic Vail and Vickers main ranch house with cypress trees, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Barns and corrals, Vail and Vickers Ranch, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Agricultural machines and barns, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Barn door detail, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Vail and Vickers Ranch and Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Ranger station, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Night divers in water, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Night diving with lights, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Underwater lights from divers, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Divers surface at dawn, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scuba divers and sea lions on the surface, Santa Barbara Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Woman standing on bow of boat sailing towards Annacapa and Santa Cruz Islands. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Diving boat and scuba divers in water, Annacapa. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scuba diver jumping from boat. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Divers, emerald waters, and steep cliffs, Annacapa island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scuba divers in cove below cliffs, Annacapa island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scuba divers in wetsuits ready to dive from boat, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Divers in full wetsuits on diving boat, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scuba diver stepping out of boat, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scuba diving near Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Scuba divers on ocean surface, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Divers in hot tub aboard the Spectre dive boat, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Woman on boat cruising towards Annacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Dive boat and cliffs, Annacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Divers relaxing in hot tub aboard the Spectre and Annacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Woman diver stepping onto boat and Annacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Soaking in hot tub on diving boat, Annacapa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Skiff readied for crossing surf, Cuyler harbor, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Skiff crossing surf to join tour boat, Cuyler harbor, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Skiff going back to main boat through surf, Cuyler harbor, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Campers using a skiff to land, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayakers in Bechers Bay, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Paddle boarders leaving beach, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayakers paddling in kelp at base of sea cliff, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayaking towards sea cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayakers entering sea cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayaker near sea cave entrance, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayaker paddling out of sea cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayaker entering narrow sea cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayakers at the entrance of sea cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayaker in sea cave with low ceiling, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Two kayakers in sea cave with low ceiling, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Looking out sea cave with group of kayakers, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Kayakers exiting sea cave with West Anacapa in the distance, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Looking out sea cave entrance with distant sea kayakers, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Looking out from inside Painted Cave, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Bechers bay pier, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Approaching Bechers Bay pier, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Loading Island Packers boat, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Unloading via human chain, Scorpion Anchorage, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Pier at Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hiker on trail in the spring, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Campground in Scorpion Canyon, Santa Cruz Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Campground at night, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Campground wind shelters, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water Canyon campground from above, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Water Canyon campground, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Tents pitched in wind shelters, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Camper, tent, wind shelter, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hikers on road, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hikers at Lobo Canyon entrance, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hikers, Lobo Canyon, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Visitor looking, Water Canyon Beach, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Campers haul gear, Santa Rosa Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Backpackers on beach, Cuyler harbor, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Backpacker on beach, Cuyler harbor, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Nidever canyon overlooking Cyler harbor, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Backpacker going up Nidever canyon trail, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Backpackers in Nidever canyon , San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Backpackers amongst giant coreopsis stumps, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Campers in fog, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Campsite in typical fog, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Campground, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hikers on trail to Point Bennett, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hiking across island to Point Bennett, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Hikers observing Point Bennett from a distance, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

Looking at marine wildlife at Point Bennett, San Miguel Island. Channel Islands National Park ( color)

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