Natural History Photography

Salt Creek surf, pretty big day, winter, morning, Laguna Niguel, California

Salt Creek surf, pretty big day, winter, morning.
Location: Salt Creek, Laguna Niguel, California
Image ID: 14851

Salt Creek surf, pretty big day, winter, morning.
Location: Salt Creek, Laguna Niguel, California
Image ID: 14852

Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California

Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16177

Blue whales, two blue whales swimming alongside one another, Balaenoptera musculus, La Jolla, California

Blue whales, two blue whales swimming alongside one another.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 21259

Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 21260

Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Redondo Beach, California
Image ID: 25955

Schooling fish, circling jacks, Las Animas, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Caranx sexfasciatus

Schooling fish, circling jacks, Las Animas, Sea of Cortez, Baja California.
Species: Bigeye jack, Caranx sexfasciatus
Image ID: 00249

Northern elephant seal, mother and neonate pup, gulls eating placenta, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California

Northern elephant seal, mother and neonate pup, gulls eating placenta.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 00945

Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Big Sur, California

Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 01182

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

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

Blue whale, mother and calf, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, mother and calf.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02301

An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego, Balaenoptera musculus

An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07554

Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California

Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01129

Gray whale, blow, Eschrichtius robustus, Big Sur, California

Gray whale, blow.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California
Image ID: 01170

Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus, Monterey, California

Gray whale.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01190

Blue whale.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 01901

Blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, swims through the open ocean, aerial view, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, swims through the open ocean, aerial view.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02165

Blue whale, blowing, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, blowing.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02182

Blue whale.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02190

Blue whale, mottled skin, vertebrae, inflated throat, swimming at surface in the open ocean between foraging dives, aerial view, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, mottled skin, vertebrae, inflated throat, swimming at surface in the open ocean between foraging dives, aerial view.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02195

Blue whale.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02199

Blue whale, caudal stem, fluke with median notch, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, caudal stem, fluke with median notch.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02220

Blue whale, fluke, tail with median notch, lifting tail before diving in the open ocean, Balaenoptera musculus

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, Balaenoptera musculus

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

Blue whale, fluke up before dive, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, fluke up before dive.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 02310

Blue whale, exhaling at surface, Baja California, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, exhaling at surface, Baja California.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 03031

Blue whale fluking up, raising its tail, before a dive in the open ocean, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale fluking up, raising its tail, before a dive in the open ocean.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 03336

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