Search results for Platform Elly

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34654  

Male and female southern right whales mating underwater, Eubalaena australis. The male positions himself below the female and turns upside down, so the two whales are belly-to-belly and can mate. Sand has been stirred up by the courtship activities and the water is turbid.
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38291  

Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. In this image, the male is below and inverted (belly up) and the female is at the surface. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating.
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38296  

Moon jelly, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Species: Moon jelly, Aurelia aurita
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35283  

Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure.
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34661  

Moon jelly, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Species: Moon jelly, Aurelia aurita
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35281  

Purple-striped jellyfish, Coronado Islands, Mexico.
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 37049  

Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating. The male is below, upside down and trying to access the female belly-to-belly. However, the female does not want to mate, so she has positioned herself upside down at the surface so that the males in the courting group cannot reach her genital slit.
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38446  

Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure and invertebrate Life.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34660  

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34658  

Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. In this image, the male is below and inverted (belly up) and the female is at the surface. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating.
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38295  

California sea lion at oil rig Eureka, underwater, among the pilings supporting the oil rig.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 31087  

California sea lion at oil rig Eureka, underwater, among the pilings supporting the oil rig.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 31088  

Corynactis anemones on Oil Rig Elly underwater structure.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 31121  

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure.
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34655  

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34656  

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure.
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34657  

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure.
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34659  

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure.
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34662  

Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure.
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34663  

Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure and invertebrate Life.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34664  

Moon jelly, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, Canada.
Species: Moon jelly, Aurelia aurita
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 35335  

Courting pair of southern right whales underwater, Eubalaena australis. While the posture in this photo isn't quite mating, it is a courting behavior that often precedes mating. The male is below, upside down and trying to access the female belly-to-belly. However, the female does not want to mate, so she has positioned herself upside down at the surface so that the males in the courting group cannot reach her genital slit.
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38345  

Invertebrate life covers the undersea pilings of a oil platform.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34244  

Corynactis anemones on Oil Rig Elly underwater structure.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 31130  

Freediver photographing pelagic gelatinous zooplankton, adrift in the open ocean.
Species: Fried-egg jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26817  

Oil Rig Eureka, Underwater Structure and invertebrate Life.
Species: Strawberry anemone, Corynactis californica
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34672  

Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27012  

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly, Underwater Structure.
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34665  

Oil Rig Ellen and Elly with invertebrate life growing on it and fish swimming around.
Location: Long Beach, California
Image ID: 34666