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Photo of the Day

March 15, 2006

 

Photo: Kelp Forest

Kelp Forest, California, 1988

Photograph by Emory Kristof

"Jostling for room, sea anemones, corals, and sponges vividly paint the floor of a kelp forest. 'These animals are bathed in food,' explains David Powell, director of husbandry at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. 'The water is rich enough to supply great numbers of filter feeders, and competition for space is incredible."

—From "Between Monterey Tides," February 1990, National Geographic magazine

 

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