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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 | 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 | Blue whale, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean.
Image ID: 01964
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree.
Image ID: 23259
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree.
Image ID: 23273
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Blue whale, mother and calf.
Image ID: 02301
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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Blue whales: mother/calf pair w/ adult, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03354
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Four blue whales (including calf) socializing, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03356
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | A parent and child admire the fascinating kelp forest tank at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, California.
Image ID: 10308
Species: Giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera |
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Blue whale, mother and calf, swimming at surface between dives, open ocean, aerial view.
Image ID: 02302
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree.
Image ID: 23260
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree.
Image ID: 23261
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA |
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A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree.
Image ID: 23270
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | A giant sequoia tree, soars skyward from the forest floor, lit by the morning sun and surrounded by other sequioas. The massive trunk characteristic of sequoia trees is apparent, as is the crown of foliage starting high above the base of the tree.
Image ID: 23289
Species: Giant sequoia tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum
Location: Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, USA | Weedy scorpionfish. Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus.
Image ID: 12897
Species: Weedy scorpionfish, Rhinopias frondossa |
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Weedy scorpionfish. Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus.
Image ID: 12898
Species: Weedy scorpionfish, Rhinopias frondossa | Wild discus. The female wild discuss will lay several hundred eggs and guard them until they hatch. Once they emerge, the young fish attach themselves to the sides of their parents for the first few weeks of their lives, feeding on a milky secretion produced by glands in the parents flanks.
Image ID: 13953
Species: Wild discus, Symphysodon discus | Wild discus. The female wild discuss will lay several hundred eggs and guard them until they hatch. Once they emerge, the young fish attach themselves to the sides of their parents for the first few weeks of their lives, feeding on a milky secretion produced by glands in the parents flanks.
Image ID: 13954
Species: Wild discus, Symphysodon discus |
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Wild discus. The female wild discuss will lay several hundred eggs and guard them until they hatch. Once they emerge, the young fish attach themselves to the sides of their parents for the first few weeks of their lives, feeding on a milky secretion produced by glands in the parents flanks.
Image ID: 13955
Species: Wild discus, Symphysodon discus | Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus.
Image ID: 14496
Species: Rhinopias | Tropical scorpionfishes are camoflage experts, changing color and apparent texture in order to masquerade as rocks, clumps of algae or detritus.
Image ID: 14497
Species: Rhinopias |
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Blue whale, mother and calf.
Image ID: 02303
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA | Blue whale mother and calf, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03350
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge. This female has apparently recovered, as evidenced by her calf in the background.
Image ID: 05907
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Blue whales, mother and calf, Baja California.
Image ID: 03033
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale mother (above) and calf (below), surfacing, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03345
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale mother and calf, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03346
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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Blue whales: adult pair (upper left), mother/calf pair (lower right), Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03351
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whales: adult pair (upper left), mother/calf pair (lower right), Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03352
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue whale mother and calf, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03360
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus |
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