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Photo Credit: Jackie Hildering | The Marine Detective | Facebook

What We Love: Baby Bull Kelp

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  • May 31, 2023
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Taken while diving off northeast Vancouver Island in Kwakwaka’wakw Territory

Great photo by Jackie Hildering.

Check out Jackie’s other photos at The Marine Detective

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