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. San Diego, California, USA
Image: 07527
Species: Balaenoptera musculus
Common name: Blue whale
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Lat/Long: 33° 5' 52.54"N, 117° 44' 9.55"W (Coordinates: 33.09793°, -117.73599°)
Format: Digital 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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