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| North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass. Image ID: 06057 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Scripps Pier solstice, surfer's view from among the waves, sunset aligned perfectly with the pier. Research pier at Scripps Institution of Oceanography SIO, sunset. Image ID: 30150 Location: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, USA | Bald eagle in flight, snow covered beach and Kachemak Bay in background. Image ID: 22592 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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| 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: 25951 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape. Image ID: 21251 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale. The entire body of a huge blue whale is seen in this image, illustrating its hydronamic and efficient shape. Image ID: 21252 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| A humpback whale raises it fluke out of the water, the coast of Del Mar and La Jolla is visible in the distance. Image ID: 27142 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Del Mar, California, USA | Blue whale and San Onofre Nuclear Power generating station, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting its tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging for food. Image ID: 27337 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Dana Point, California, USA | A blue whale spouts at sunset. The blow, or spout, of a blue whale can reach 30 feet into the air. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on earth. Image ID: 02217 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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| Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible. Image ID: 27955 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: San Diego, 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: 21253 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, California, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, peduncle throw. Image ID: 02153 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| 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: 34560 Species: Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, 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: 34564 Species: Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, 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: 25953 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA |
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| 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: 21249 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, 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. Image ID: 27324 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. Image ID: 27331 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: California, USA |
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| Humpback whale breaching, pectoral fin and rostrom visible. Image ID: 27958 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: San Diego, California, USA | Garibaldi maintains a patch of algae (just in front of the fish) to entice a female to lay a clutch of eggs. Image ID: 37144 | California Golden gorgonian polyps. The golden gorgonian is a colonial organism composed of thousands of tiny polyps. Each polyp secretes calcium which accumulates to form the structure of the colony. The fan-shaped gorgonian is oriented perpendicular to prevailing ocean currents to better enable to filter-feeding polyps to capture passing plankton and detritus passing by. Image ID: 37204 Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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| Golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, amid kelp forest, Catalina Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 34219 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Garibaldi and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 30864 Species: Garibaldi, California golden gorgonian, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef below kelp forest, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by, San Clemente Island. Image ID: 30909 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| Blacksmith Chromis and California golden gorgonian on underwater rocky reef, San Clemente Island. The golden gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Each individual polyp is a distinct animal, together they secrete calcium that forms the structure of the colony. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 30956 Species: Blacksmith, California golden gorgonian, Chromis punctipinnis, Muricea californica Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next. Image ID: 02794 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale competitive group, underwater, swimming quickly and one trailing a stream of bubbles. Image ID: 02854 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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| Large competitive group of humpback whales seen underwater. Image ID: 04462 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother. Image ID: 05928 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whales, part of a larger competitive group of humpbacks. Image ID: 05946 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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