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Blue whale, blowhole open.
Image ID: 02178
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is named for its tall, falcate dorsal fin. Mariners often refer to them as finback whales. Coronado Islands, Mexico (northern Baja California, near San Diego).
Image ID: 12771
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Image ID: 05780
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California, USA |
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Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Image ID: 05781
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California, USA | Blue whale, blowhole open.
Image ID: 02179
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale fluke, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03339
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: 07556
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | An enormous blue whale rounds out (hunches up its back) before diving. Note the distinctive mottled skin pattern and small, falcate dorsal fin. Open ocean offshore of San Diego.
Image ID: 07573
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | An enormous blue whale rounds out (hunches up its back) before diving. Note the distinctive mottled skin pattern and small, falcate dorsal fin. Open ocean offshore of San Diego.
Image ID: 07577
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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A blue whale raises its fluke before diving in search of food. 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: 09481
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | A blue whale raises its fluke before diving in search of food. The blue whale is the largest animal on earth, reaching 80 feet in length and weighing as much as 300,000 pounds. North Coronado Island is in the background.
Image ID: 09484
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Humpback whale holding fluke (tail) aloft out of the water.
Image ID: 00171
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Humpback whale with one of its long pectoral fins raised aloft out of the water, swimming on its side (laterally) as it does so.
Image ID: 01470
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | 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 | Gray whale.
Image ID: 01178
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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Gray whale.
Image ID: 01188
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, 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: 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 |
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Fin whale dorsal fin. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet.
Image ID: 27110
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill.
Image ID: 27119
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill.
Image ID: 27120
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill.
Image ID: 27122
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill.
Image ID: 27123
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Humpback whale holding fluke (tail) aloft out of the water.
Image ID: 00170
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Humpback whale swimming with raised pectoral fin (ventral aspect).
Image ID: 04135
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale surface active group including head lunge and two fluke swipes, whale watching boat.
Image ID: 04243
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale blowhole.
Image ID: 04322
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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North Pacific humpback whale, fluke held above water.
Image ID: 05872
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Whale shark.
Image ID: 01508
Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus
Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet.
Image ID: 27112
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |