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California golden gorgonian on rocky reef, underwater. 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: 25397 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Brown gorgonians on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. Gorgonians are filter-feeding temperate colonial species that live 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: 25398 Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa Location: San Clemente Island, 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: 21257 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: La Jolla, 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: 25955 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, 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: 25957 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, 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: 25962 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA

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: 27137 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Del Mar, California, USA	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: 27141 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Del Mar, California, USA	North Pacific humpback whale. Image ID: 00167 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Brown gorgonians, Catalina. Image ID: 00567 Species: Brown gorgonian, Muricea fruticosa Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean. Image ID: 01911 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	North Pacific humpback whale raising its fluke before diving underwater to forage for herring in southeast Alaska. Image ID: 02154 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Blue whale, mother and calf. Image ID: 02301 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Humpback whale breaching. Image ID: 03855 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	Humpback whale breaching. Image ID: 03875 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA

Humpback whale breaching. Image ID: 03926 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA	A blue whale eating krill. This blue whale is seen feeding and surfacing amid krill with its throat fully engorged with krill and water. It will push the water back out with its tongue, trapping the krill in its baleen which acts like a filter. Aerial photo, Baja California. Image ID: 05837 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	An enormous blue whale raises its fluke (tail) high out of the water before diving. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. Image ID: 07554 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA

Blue whale. Image ID: 01901 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, swims through the open ocean, aerial view. Image ID: 02165 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale, blowing. Image ID: 02182 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale. Image ID: 02190 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale, mottled skin, vertebrae, inflated throat, swimming at surface in the open ocean between foraging dives, aerial view. Image ID: 02195 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale. Image ID: 02199 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, caudal stem, fluke with median notch. Image ID: 02220 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale, fluke, tail with median notch, lifting tail before diving in the open ocean. Image ID: 02221 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	Blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, swims through the open ocean, raising fluke (tail) before making a deep dive. Image ID: 02226 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

Blue whale, fluke up before dive. Image ID: 02310 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus	California Golden gorgonian, red gorgonian, sheephead. Image ID: 02533 Species: California golden gorgonian, Muricea californica, Lophogorgia chilensis, Semicossyphus pulcher Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Blue whale, exhaling at surface, Baja California. Image ID: 03031 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus