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| 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 this blue 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. Image ID: 27299 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA | 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. Image ID: 02304 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Grand Prismatic Spring (left) and Excelsior Geyser (right). Grand Prismatic Spring displays a stunning rainbow of colors created by species of thermophilac (heat-loving) bacteria that thrive in narrow temperature ranges. The blue water in the center is too hot to support any bacterial life, while the outer orange rings are the coolest water. Grand Prismatic Spring is the largest spring in the United States and the third-largest in the world. Midway Geyser Basin. Image ID: 13571 Location: Midway Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA |
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| Townsley Lake (10396'), a beautiful alpine lake sitting below blue sky, clouds and Fletcher Peak (right), lies amid the Cathedral Range of glacier-sculpted granite peaks in Yosemite's high country, near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp. Image ID: 23206 Location: Yosemite National Park, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 27300 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA | 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. Image ID: 25950 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA |
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| Blue shark underneath drift kelp, open ocean. Image ID: 01006 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA | A blue shark swims through the open ocean in search of prey, backlit by the sunset. Image ID: 02286 Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca Location: San Diego, California, USA | Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. Image ID: 34568 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 27314 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA | Blue whale 80-feet long, full body photograph of an enormous blue whale showing rostrom head to fluke tail, taken at close range with very wide lens. Image ID: 27967 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina. Image ID: 34635 Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA |
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| Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina. Image ID: 34638 Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA | Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina. Image ID: 34640 Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA | Blue ribbon eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita, leafnose moray eel, Fiji. Image ID: 34732 Species: Blue Ribbon Eel, Rhinomuraena quaesita Location: Namena Marine Reserve, Namena Island, Fiji |
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| 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. Image ID: 34567 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus 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. Image ID: 03027 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale skeleton in Antarctica, on the shore at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. This skeleton is composed primarily of blue whale bones, but there are believed to be bones of other baleen whales included in the skeleton as well. Image ID: 25604 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| The Fire Wave, a beautiful sandstone formation exhibiting dramatic striations, striped layers in the geologic historical record. Image ID: 26473 Location: Valley of Fire State Park, Nevada, USA | Blue Moon, Full Moon at Sunset over San Diego City Skyline, approaching jet with headlights appearing in front of the moon. Image ID: 28753 Location: San Diego, California, USA | Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean. Image ID: 21248 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| 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. Image ID: 21250 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | 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. Image ID: 02169 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale aerial photo, with the shadow of the survey plane providing scale as to how huge the whale really is. Image ID: 02168 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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| Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill, Baja California (Mexico). Image ID: 03332 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina. Image ID: 34636 Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA | Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina. Image ID: 34637 Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA |
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| Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina. Image ID: 34641 Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA | Early Snow and Late Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina. Image ID: 34642 Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA | Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Colors, Asheville, North Carolina. Image ID: 34643 Location: Asheville, North Carolina, USA |
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