Blue Whale Photo, Balaenoptera musculus



Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean., Balaenoptera musculus, Image ID: 01911

Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean.

Image: 01911
Species: Balaenoptera musculus
Common name: Blue whale
Lat/Long: 32° 52' 10.19"N, 117° 48' 53.68"W (Coordinates: 32.86950°, -117.81491°)
Format: Film 2:3
Other Names: Sulphur bottom whale, Sibbald's rorqual, blue rorqual, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, Ballena azul, rorqual bleu, baleine bleue
Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide.

Keywords: anatomy, animal, balaenoptera, balaenoptera musculus, balaenopteridae, baleine bleue, ballena azul, big, blue rorqual, blue whale, cetacea, cetacean, creature, dive, endangered, endangered threatened species, fluke, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, huge, large, mammal, marine, marine mammal, musculus, mysticete, mysticeti, nature, ocean, pacific, pacific ocean, rorqual, rorqual bleu, sea, sibbald's rorqual, sulphur bottom whale, tail, threatened, underwater, whale, whale anatomy, whale fluke tail, wildlife

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Updated: November 21, 2009

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