These photographs, and all of our others of blue whales, are of the eastern North Pacific stock, a population that ranges from Baja California to at least as north as Oregon. Whales from this stock are often seen migrating north along the Pacific coast in spring and summer, typically stopping near Point Conception or the Farallon Islands to feed on aggregations of krill in August and September.
Blue whale, blowhole open.
Image: 02179
Species: Balaenoptera musculus
Common name: Blue whale
Lat/Long: 32° 50' 24.72"N, 117° 37' 31.10"W (Coordinates: 32.84020°, -117.62531°)
Format: Film 3:2
Other Names: Sulphur bottom whale, Sibbald's rorqual, blue rorqual, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, Ballena azul, rorqual bleu, baleine bleue
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