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Home   >   Blog   >   Search   >   Rorqual An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07555   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07556   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07557   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   An enormous blue whale rounds out (hunches up its back) before diving. Note the distinctive mottled skin pattern and small, falcate dorsal fin. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07573   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   An enormous blue whale rounds out (hunches up its back) before diving. Note the distinctive mottled skin pattern and small, falcate dorsal fin. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07577   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07519   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   An enormous blue whale swims in front of whale watchers on a private yacht. Only a small portion of the whale, which dwarfs the boat and may be 70 feet or more in length, can be seen. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07541   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   A blue whale blows (exhales, spouts) as it rests at the surface between dives. A blue whales blow can reach 30 feet in the air and can be heard for miles. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, reaching 80 feet in length and weighing as much as 300,000 pounds. North Coronado Island is in the background. Image ID: 09497   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico   Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging. Image ID: 16185   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food. Image ID: 16186   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA   Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Image ID: 21263   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Humpback whale holding fluke (tail) aloft out of the water. Image ID: 00171   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Humpback whale with one of its long pectoral fins raised aloft out of the water, swimming on its side (laterally) as it does so. Image ID: 01470   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   North Pacific humpback whale, competitive male with wounded head nodules from colliding with other escorts during competitive interactions. Image ID: 02152   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a "crucifix block", during surface active social behaviours. Image ID: 04106   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. Image ID: 21262   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Blue whales, two blue whales swimming alongside one another. Image ID: 21264   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Image ID: 21265   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Blue whale. The sleek hydrodynamic shape of the enormous blue whale allows it to swim swiftly through the ocean, at times over one hundred miles in a single day. Image ID: 21266   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. Image ID: 21267   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Image ID: 21271   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Male humpback whale with head raised out of the water, braking and pushing back at another whale by using pectoral fins spread in a "crucifix block", during surface active social behaviours. Image ID: 04112   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (ventral aspect). Image ID: 04135   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Humpback whale surface active group including head lunge and two fluke swipes, whale watching boat. Image ID: 04243   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Blue whale. The sleek hydrodynamic shape of the enormous blue whale allows it to swim swiftly through the ocean, at times over one hundred miles in a single day. Image ID: 21268   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Image ID: 21269   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Image ID: 21270   Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA   Humpback whale swimming inverted with both pectoral fin raised clear of the water. Image ID: 04116   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (dorsal aspect). Image ID: 04144   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA   Humpback whale fluking up, ventral aspect of fluke visible. Image ID: 04150   Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

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Updated: November 21, 2009