Baja California Sur Photos

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A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side.  This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey
A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01135  
A blue whale eating krill.  This blue whale is seen feeding and surfacing amid krill with its throat fully engorged with krill and water.  It will push the water back out with its tongue, trapping the krill in its baleen which acts like a filter. Aerial photo, Baja California, Balaenoptera musculus
A blue whale eating krill. This blue whale is seen feeding and surfacing amid krill with its throat fully engorged with krill and water. It will push the water back out with its tongue, trapping the krill in its baleen which acts like a filter. Aerial photo, Baja California.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 05837  
A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California, Carcharodon carcharias, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 07721  
Longnose hawkfish on black coral, underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Antipatharia, Oxycirrhites typus
Longnose hawkfish on black coral, underwater, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: Black coral, Longnose hawkfish, Antipatharia, Oxycirrhites typus
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33616  
Beautiful underwater sunburst, glittering light through the ocean surface, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Beautiful underwater sunburst, glittering light through the ocean surface, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27562  
Yellow-tailed surgeonfish schooling, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico, Prionurus laticlavius
Yellow-tailed surgeonfish schooling, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico.
Species: Yellow-tailed surgeonfish, Prionurus laticlavius
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 27564  
Longnose Hawkfish on Black Coral, Oxycirrhites typus, Antipatharia, Oxycirrhites typus, Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Longnose Hawkfish on Black Coral, Oxycirrhites typus.
Species: Black coral, Longnose hawkfish, Antipatharia, Oxycirrhites typus
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33570  
A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California, Carcharodon carcharias, Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe)
A great white shark swims just below the rippled ocean surface of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California.
Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 07717  
Underwater Reef with Invertebrates, Gorgonians, Coral Polyps, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mikes Reef, Mexico
Underwater Reef with Invertebrates, Gorgonians, Coral Polyps, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Mikes Reef, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33494  
King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Holacanthus passer, Isla San Diego, Mexico
King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33528  
King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Holacanthus passer, Isla San Diego, Mexico
King Angelfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: King angelfish, Holacanthus passer
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33533  
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Isla San Diego, Mexico
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33557  
Starfish Sea Star Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Isla San Diego, Baja California
Starfish Sea Star Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33558  
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Isla San Diego, Mexico
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33566  
Minute starfish (sea star) living on larger starfish, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Isla San Diego, Baja California
Minute starfish (sea star) living on larger starfish, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33586  
Minute starfish (sea star) living on larger starfish, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Isla San Diego, Baja California
Minute starfish (sea star) living on larger starfish, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33587  
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Isla San Diego, Mexico
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33592  
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Isla San Diego, Mexico
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33593  
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33610  
Cortez Angelfish, Pomacanthus zonipectus, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Isla San Francisquito, Baja California
Cortez Angelfish, Pomacanthus zonipectus, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33636  
In the Shallows at Isla San Francisquito, Sea of Cortez
In the Shallows at Isla San Francisquito, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33638  
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Isla San Francisquito, Mexico
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33644  
Sea Urchin Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Isla San Francisquito, Baja California
Sea Urchin Detail, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33648  
Leopard grouper Mycteroperca rosacea,  Sea of Cortez, Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Leopard grouper Mycteroperca rosacea, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33655  
Spottail grunt fish schooling, Isla San Francisquito, Sea of Cortez
Spottail grunt fish schooling, Isla San Francisquito, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33657  
Panama Graysby Epinephelus panamensis, Sea of Cortez, Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Panama Graysby Epinephelus panamensis, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33659  
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Isla San Diego, Mexico
Coral Hawkfish, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33714  
Orange Cup Coral, Tubastrea coccinea, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, Tubastrea coccinea, Isla Cayo, Baja California
Orange Cup Coral, Tubastrea coccinea, Sea of Cortez, Mexico.
Species: Orange cup coral, Tubastrea coccinea
Location: Isla Cayo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33765  
Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez, Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Barnacle blenny, Acanthemblemaria macrospilus, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33783  
Baitfish schooling at the surface, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez
Baitfish schooling at the surface, Los Islotes, Sea of Cortez.
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33791  
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