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Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Swim Photo. Image ID: 02304 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA	A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Swim Picture. Image ID: 01520 Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, swims slowly through the clear waters of Crystal River. Stock Photography of Swim. Image ID: 02696 Species: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA

Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani. Photograph of Swim. Image ID: 00647 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas	A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Swim Photos. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Swim Image. Image ID: 25646 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Professional stock photos of Swim. Image ID: 16240 Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Pictures of Swim. Image ID: 16246 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Swim Photo. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico

A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Swim Picture. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	California sea lions swim and socialize over a kelp-covered rocky reef, underwater at San Clemente Island in California's southern Channel Islands. Stock Photography of Swim. Image ID: 02158 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Atlantic spotted dolphin and Olympic champion swimmer Matt Biondi. Photograph of Swim. Image ID: 00018 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas

A SCUBA diver swimming over a rocky reef covered with kelp, watches a brightly colored orange garibaldi fish. Swim Photos. Image ID: 01113 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Hawaiian spinner dolphin, resting herd swimming along reef. Swim Image. Image ID: 00108 Species: Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris Location: Lanai, Hawaii, USA	Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Since the whale was approximately 80-90' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. Professional stock photos of Swim. Image ID: 27299 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA

A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Pictures of Swim. Image ID: 21347 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Swim Photo. Image ID: 02286 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA	A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Swim Picture. Image ID: 03027 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

Scalloped hammerhead shark swims underwater at Cocos Island. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Stock Photography of Swim. Image ID: 03192 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Cocos Island, Costa Rica	Galapagos penguin, underwater, swimming. Bartolome Island. Photograph of Swim. Image ID: 16234 Species: Galapagos penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus Location: Bartolome Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	Blue whale underwater photo showing entire whale head (rostrum) to tail (fluke). This picture of a blue whale shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Specialized underwater camera gear, including an extremely wide lens, was used to capture the entire enormous whale in a single photograph. Swim Photos. Image ID: 27300 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA

Blue whales feeding on krill underwater closeup photo. A picture of a blue whale with its throat pleats inflated with a mouthful of krill. A calf swims behind and below the adult. Over 80' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale. Swim Image. Image ID: 27314 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA	A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Professional stock photos of Swim. Image ID: 21348 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. Pictures of Swim. Image ID: 21248 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA

Blue whale. The sleek hydrodynamic shape of the enormous blue whale allows it to swim swiftly through the ocean, at times over one hundred miles in a single day. Swim Photo. Image ID: 21250 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA	A great white shark swims underwater through the ocean at Guadalupe Island. Swim Picture. Image ID: 21349 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico	A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Stock Photography of Swim. Image ID: 02169 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

A sockeye salmon swims in the shallows of the Adams River, with the surrounding forest visible in this split-level over-under photograph. Photograph of Swim. Image ID: 26144 Species: Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka Location: Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada	A male sockeye salmon, showing injuries sustained as it migrated hundreds of miles from the ocean up the Fraser River, swims upstream in the Adams River to reach the place where it will fertilize eggs laid by a female in the rocks. It will die so after spawning. Swim Photos. Image ID: 26147 Species: Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka Location: Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada	Adams River sockeye salmon. A female sockeye salmon swims upstream in the Adams River to spawn, having traveled hundreds of miles upstream from the ocean. Swim Image. Image ID: 26157 Species: Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka Location: Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada