Water falling from a blue whale fluke as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel. Santa Rosa Island, California, USA
Stock Photo: 27023 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA 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 Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Purchase a print of this image Request a review copy of this image Keywords: animal, balaenoptera, balaenoptera musculus, balaenopteridae, baleine bleue, ballena azul, big, blue rorqual, blue whale, california, cetacea, cetacean, channel islands, channel islands national marine sanctuary, creature, dive, endangered, endangered threatened species, enormous, fluke, fluke id, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, huge, large, mammal, marine, marine mammal, musculus, mysticete, mysticeti, national marine sanctuaries, nature, ocean, oceans, pacific, pacific ocean, rorqual, rorqual bleu, sea, sibbald's rorqual, sulphur bottom whale, tail, threatened, usa, whale, wild, wildlife |