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Blue whale fluking up (raising its tail) before a dive to forage for krill, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03332
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | 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 | A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Image ID: 01135
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA |
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Gray whales, two males both with extended penis during courtship socialization, Laguna San Ignacio.
Image ID: 06431
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico | Gray whale baleen.
Image ID: 03388
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus | Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean.
Image ID: 01910
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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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: 12769
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | 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 |
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Gray whale.
Image ID: 01182
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California, USA | Blue whale fluke, powerful tail that propels the huge whale through the open ocean.
Image ID: 01911
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 |
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Gray whale, neonate calf with embryonic folds visible.
Image ID: 01129
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Gray whale.
Image ID: 01190
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Monterey, California, USA | Blue whale, caudal stem, fluke with median notch.
Image ID: 02220
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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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, fluke up before dive.
Image ID: 02310
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale fluking up, raising its tail, before a dive in the open ocean.
Image ID: 03336
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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Courting gray whales, Laguna San Ignacio.
Image ID: 03393
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico | Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio.
Image ID: 03395
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico | Courting gray whales, Laguna San Ignacio.
Image ID: 03396
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico |
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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: 07549
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: 07552
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: 07555
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA |
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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: 07557
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: 07519
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Blue whale, blowhole open.
Image ID: 02178
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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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 | Gray whale, raising fluke to dive.
Image ID: 05781
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Big Sur, California, USA |
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