California seafloor photos

Top left: Seafloor photograph of a boulder, cobbles, and shell debris taken during the northern California ground-truthing cruise. Image is about 2 m (7 ft) across. Top right: Seafloor photograph of a rock outcrop covered with strawberry anemones, taken near Reading Rock in northern California. Green laser dots (near bottom of photograph, just left of center) are 9 in. apart. Bottom left: Seafloor photograph of a tar mound covered with a thin veneer of sediment, taken near Point Conception, California. Green laser dots are 9 in. apart. Bottom right: Seafloor photograph of a field of brachiopods covering seafloor sediment on the northern side of Santa Catalina Island, California. Green laser dots are 9 in. apart.