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Blue whale underwater closeup photo. This picture of a blue whale, the largest animal ever to inhabit earth, shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Since this blue whale was approximately 80-90' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale.
Image ID: 27299
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: California, USA | North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring.
Image ID: 00140
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale breaching, near Molokai, Hawaii. Megaptera novaeangliae. It is suspected the breaching often has a communicative purpose which depends on the behavioral context of the moment.
Image ID: 00205
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Guadalupe fur seals, floating upside down underwater over a rocky reef covered with golden kelp at Guadalupe Island.
Image ID: 02113
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth.
Image ID: 02304
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Guadalupe fur seal, floating upside down under the ocean's surface at Guadalupe Island, watching the photographer and looking for passing predators.
Image ID: 02114
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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A Florida manatee, or West Indian Manatee, swims slowly through the clear waters of Crystal River.
Image ID: 02696
Species: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus
Location: Three Sisters Springs, Crystal River, Florida, USA | Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani.
Image ID: 00647
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas | Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica.
Image ID: 25646
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa.
Image ID: 01611
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Humpback whale breaching with pectoral fins lifting spray from the ocean surface.
Image ID: 03854
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Atlantic spotted dolphin and Olympic champion swimmer Matt Biondi.
Image ID: 00018
Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis
Location: Bahamas |
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Hawaiian spinner dolphin, resting herd swimming along reef.
Image ID: 00108
Species: Hawaiian spinner dolphin, Stenella longirostris
Location: Lanai, Hawaii, USA | California sea lions underwater, Coronados Islands, Baja California, Mexico.
Image ID: 34577
Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | South American sea lion underwater, Otaria flavescens, Patagonia, Argentina.
Image ID: 35930
Species: South American Sea Lion, Otaria flavescens
Location: Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina |
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Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32663
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | California sea lion, La Jolla.
Image ID: 34272
Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Blue whale underwater photo showing entire whale head (rostrum) to tail (fluke). This picture of a blue whale shows it swimming through the open ocean, a rare underwater view. Specialized underwater camera gear, including an extremely wide lens, was used to capture the entire enormous whale in a single photograph.
Image ID: 27300
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: California, USA |
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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: 25950
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet.
Image ID: 27594
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus | Fin whale underwater. The fin whale is the second longest and sixth most massive animal ever, reaching lengths of 88 feet.
Image ID: 27597
Species: Fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus |
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A large group of Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 36052
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia | Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 36050
Species: Steller sea lIon, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia | Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 36053
Species: Steller sea lIon, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia |
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Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32660
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean.
Image ID: 34568
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | California sea lions, La Jolla.
Image ID: 34273
Species: California Sea Lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Blue whales feeding on krill underwater closeup photo. A picture of a blue whale with its throat pleats inflated with a mouthful of krill. A calf swims behind and below the adult. Over 80' long and just a few feet from the camera, an extremely wide lens was used to photograph the entire enormous whale.
Image ID: 27314
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: California, USA | California sea lion and diver consider each other, underwater in the clear ocean water of Guadalupe Island.
Image ID: 02251
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | A northern elephant seal hovers underwater over a rocky bottom along the coastline of Guadalupe Island.
Image ID: 03505
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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