Southern right whale in the "galleon position", floating on the surface of the water with only its rostrum and fluke out of the water, in an effort to avoid gulls picking at the skin of its back. By permission of the Government of Argentina, Chubut, permit # 51 / 2025-SsCyA.
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 41223
Gray Whale Raising Fluke Before Diving, San Diego, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Image ID: 41527
Gray Whale Raising Fluke Before Diving, San Diego, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Image ID: 41528
Gray Whale Raising Fluke Before Diving, San Diego, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Image ID: 41531
Gray Whale Raising Fluke Before Diving, San Diego, on southern migration to calving lagoons in Baja.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Image ID: 41532
Blue whale, fluke, tail with median notch, lifting tail before diving in the open ocean.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02221
Blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, swims through the open ocean, raising fluke (tail) before making a deep dive.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02226