A blue whale exhales. The blow, or spout, of a blue whale can reach 30 feet into the air. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on earth. La Jolla, California, USA
Stock Photo: 27145 -?- Location: La Jolla, California, USA Lat/Long: N 032° 56' 13.57", W 117° 18' 01.12" (Coordinates: 32.93710°, -117.30031°) Altitude: 62.50m Format: Digital 3:2 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, behavior, big, blow, blowhole, blue rorqual, blue whale, blue whales, breath, breathe, cetacea, cetacean, creature, endangered, endangered threatened species, enormous, exhale, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, huge, large, lungs, mammal, marine, marine mammal, musculus, mysticete, mysticeti, nature, ocean, pacific, pacific ocean, respiration, rorqual, rorqual bleu, sea, sibbald's rorqual, spout, sulphur bottom whale, threatened, whale, whale behavior, whale blow spout, wild, wildlife |