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Photos of open ocean and pelagic creatures

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Ocean sunfish sunning/basking at surface in the open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish sunning/basking at surface in the open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03498  
Ocean sunfish referencing drift kelp in the open ocean near San Diego, Mola mola
Ocean sunfish referencing drift kelp in the open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03563  
Blue whale fluking. An enormous blue whale raises its powerful fluke (tail) high out of the water as it makes a steep dive into the open ocean, Balaenoptera musculus, La Jolla, California
Blue whale fluking. An enormous blue whale raises its powerful fluke (tail) high out of the water as it makes a steep dive into the open ocean.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 21261  
Aerial view of the lagoon inside Clipperton Island. The lagoon within the atoll was formerly open to the ocean but has been closed and stagnant for many decades. Some experts believe erosion will open the lagoon up to the ocean again soon. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France)
Aerial view of the lagoon inside Clipperton Island. The lagoon within the atoll was formerly open to the ocean but has been closed and stagnant for many decades. Some experts believe erosion will open the lagoon up to the ocean again soon. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France).
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32878  
Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents, San Diego, California
Freediving photographer in a cloud of salps, gelatinous zooplankton that drifts with open ocean currents.
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 27012  
Blue whale, the large animal ever to live on earth, underwater view in the open ocean, Balaenoptera musculus
Blue whale, the large animal ever to live on earth, underwater view in the open ocean.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 05814  
Fried-egg jellyfish, drifting through the open ocean, San Clemente Island
Fried-egg jellyfish, drifting through the open ocean.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 37088  
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids
Pyrosome drifting through a kelp forest, Catalina Island. Pyrosomes are free-floating colonial tunicates that usually live in the upper layers of the open ocean in warm seas. Pyrosomes are cylindrical or cone-shaped colonies made up of hundreds to thousands of individuals, known as zooids.
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 37164  
Underwater Portrait of an Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Swimming in the Open Ocean, near San Diego, Mola mola
Underwater Portrait of an Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Swimming in the Open Ocean, near San Diego.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 39408  
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Swims in the Open Ocean, near San Diego, Mola mola
Ocean Sunfish Mola mola Swims in the Open Ocean, near San Diego.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 39465  
Ocean Sunfish Under a Boat in the Open Ocean near San Diego, Mola mola
Ocean Sunfish Under a Boat in the Open Ocean near San Diego.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 39466  
A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 34565  
A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
A huge blue whale swims through the open ocean in this underwater photograph. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 34566  
Aerial view of the lagoon inside Clipperton Island. The lagoon within the atoll was formerly open to the ocean but has been closed and stagnant for many decades. Some experts believe erosion will open the lagoon up to the ocean again soon. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France)
Aerial view of the lagoon inside Clipperton Island. The lagoon within the atoll was formerly open to the ocean but has been closed and stagnant for many decades. Some experts believe erosion will open the lagoon up to the ocean again soon. Clipperton Island, a minor territory of France also known as Ile de la Passion, is a spectacular coral atoll in the eastern Pacific. By permit HC / 1485 / CAB (France).
Location: Clipperton Island, France
Image ID: 32866  
Brown Pelican with open mouth and throat pouch, with Distant Ocean in Background, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult non-breeding plumage coloration, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla, California
Brown Pelican with open mouth and throat pouch, with Distant Ocean in Background, stretching its neck and gular pouch, winter adult non-breeding plumage coloration.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 38934  
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16177  
Ocean sunfish, open ocean, photographer, freediving, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish, open ocean, photographer, freediving.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26049  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26819  
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Colonial planktonic pelagic tunicate, adrift in the open ocean, forms rings and chains as it drifts with ocean currents.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 26823  
Blue shark and videographer, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Blue shark and videographer.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 00276  
Blue shark underwater in the open ocean, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Blue shark underwater in the open ocean.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01152  
Blue shark, detail showing ampullae of Lorenzini, Prionace glauca, San Diego, California
Blue shark, detail showing ampullae of Lorenzini.
Species: Blue shark, Prionace glauca
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01154  
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp (pelagic tunicate) reproduction, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 01263  
Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean, Balaenoptera musculus
Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Image ID: 01911  
Hydromedusa with amphipod, open ocean, Mitrocoma cellularia, San Diego, California
Hydromedusa with amphipod, open ocean.
Species: Hydromedusa, Mitrocoma cellularia
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02491  
Drift kelp, open ocean, Macrocystis pyrifera, San Diego, California
Drift kelp, open ocean.
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02501  
Ocean sunfish, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03322  
Ocean sunfish and photographer, open ocean, Mola mola, San Diego, California
Ocean sunfish and photographer, open ocean.
Species: Ocean sunfish, Mola mola
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 03323  
Salp chain and diver, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp chain and diver, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05343  
Salp chain and diver, open ocean, Cyclosalpa affinis, San Diego, California
Salp chain and diver, open ocean.
Species: Salp, Cyclosalpa affinis
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05345  
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