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Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape.
Image ID: 21291
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale, the large animal ever to live on earth, underwater view in the open ocean.
Image ID: 05819
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Baja California, Mexico | An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego.
Image ID: 07558
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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Blue whale rostrum, head, aerial view, open ocean.
Image ID: 02309
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale, exhaling at surface, Baja California.
Image ID: 03032
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale, Baja California.
Image ID: 05816
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego.
Image ID: 07550
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego.
Image ID: 07553
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | A blue whale blows (exhales, spouts) as it rests at the surface between dives. A blue whales blow can reach 30 feet in the air and can be heard for miles. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, reaching 80 feet in length and weighing as much as 300,000 pounds. Near Islas Coronado (Coronado Islands).
Image ID: 09504
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico |
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Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean.
Image ID: 21262
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whales, two blue whales swimming alongside one another.
Image ID: 21264
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | 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.
Image ID: 21265
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: 21266
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale, swimming through the open ocean.
Image ID: 21267
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale fluke (tail) lifted high above the water as the whale dives in the Santa Barbara Channel.
Image ID: 27020
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA |
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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: 25643
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | 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: 26410
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. 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: 27295
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: California, USA |
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Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. 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: 27301
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: California, USA | Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. 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: 27302
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: California, USA | Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. 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: 27303
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: California, USA |
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Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This incredible picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. 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: 27306
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: California, USA |
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