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Aerial View of Kelp with Otters

Detailed Description

Aerial view of kelp forest with two otters just barely visible in the center.

The Seabird Studies Team at the USGS Western Ecological Research Center is conducting aerial photographic surveys of the ocean off central and southern California to create comprehensive maps of seabird and marine mammal distributions. Learn more here.

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Public Domain.