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Bull kelp along coastline
December 29, 2009

Coastline, The Snares

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Bull kelp clings to the coastline of New Zealand's The Snares islands, hiding sea lions that prey on Snares crested penguins.

From the National Geographic book Through The Lens, 2003

Photograph by Frans Lanting

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