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| 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 | 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 |
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| Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg. Image ID: 25005 Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | 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 | Great hammerhead shark. Image ID: 31966 Species: Great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran Location: Bimini, Bahamas |
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| Two tiger sharks. Image ID: 31875 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | A great white shark opens it mouth just before it attacks its prey with a crippling, powerful bite. After the prey has been disabled, the shark will often wait for it to weaken from blood loss before resuming the attack. If the shark looses a tooth in the course of the bite, a replacement just behind it will move forward to take its place. Image ID: 19452 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Kelp frond showing pneumatocysts. Image ID: 00627 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA |
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| A whale shark swims through the open ocean in the Galapagos Islands. The whale shark is the largest shark on Earth, but is harmless eating plankton and small fish. Image ID: 01520 Species: Whale shark, Rhincodon typus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | A kelp forest, with sunbeams passing through kelp fronds. Giant kelp, the fastest growing plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 02411 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | Atlantic spotted dolphin, Olympic swimmer Mikako Kotani. Image ID: 00647 Species: Atlantic spotted dolphin, Stenella frontalis Location: Bahamas |
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| A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and tuna. Image ID: 07666 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. Image ID: 25007 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Oceanside Pier at dusk, sunset, night. Oceanside. Image ID: 14628 Location: Oceanside Pier, California, USA |
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| 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 | Galapagos shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands, with schooling fish in the distance. Image ID: 16240 Species: Galapagos shark, Carcharhinus galapagensis Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Scalloped hammerhead shark swims over a reef in the Galapagos Islands. The hammerheads eyes and other sensor organs are placed far apart on its wide head to give the shark greater ability to sense the location of prey. Image ID: 16246 Species: Scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna lewini Location: Wolf Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| A great white shark swims through the clear waters of Isla Guadalupe, far offshore of the Pacific Coast of Mexico's Baja California. Guadalupe Island is host to a concentration of large great white sharks, which visit the island to feed on pinnipeds and use it as a staging area before journeying farther into the Pacific ocean. Image ID: 19465 Species: Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | A SCUBA diver swims through a giant kelp forest which is tilted back by strong ocean currents. Giant kelp, the fastest plant on Earth, reaches from the rocky bottom to the ocean's surface like a submarine forest. Image ID: 01107 Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA | 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 |
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| 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 | Brown booby flying over Rose Atoll at sunset, with dark colorful storm clouds and other birds in the background. Image ID: 00914 Species: Brown booby, Sula leucogaster Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA |
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| A white tern, or fairy tern, alights on a branch at Rose Atoll in American Samoa. Image ID: 00871 Species: Fairy tern, Gygis alba Location: Rose Atoll National Wildlife Sanctuary, American Samoa, USA | Tiger shark and horse-eye jacks. Image ID: 31880 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas | Tiger shark and underwater photographer. Image ID: 31877 Species: Tiger shark, Galeocerdo cuvier Location: Bahamas |
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| Bigeye trevally jacks, motion blur, schooling. Image ID: 16347 Species: Bigeye jack, Caranx sexfasciatus Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | 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 |
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