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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 |
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