Issue 15

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By Georgina Jones & images by Geoff Spiby

Kelp Forest Magic

Daylight diving in kelp is one of the most beautiful experiences around the Cape Peninsula. Sunlight strikes down through the fronds in radiant beams, glancing off the silvery flanks of hottentot or spotlighting vivid invertebrates creeping at their bases. The fronds themselves are smoother than satin and richly golden brown and the whole organism sways with incoming waves in a fluid submarine waltz. C o n t e nts

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