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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	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	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

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	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. Image ID: 34567 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA	Garibaldi and golden gorgonian, with a underwater forest of giant kelp rising in the background, underwater. Image ID: 23432 Species: California golden gorgonian, Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus, Muricea californica Location: Catalina Island, California, USA

Blue whale skeleton in Antarctica, on the shore at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. This skeleton is composed primarily of blue whale bones, but there are believed to be bones of other baleen whales included in the skeleton as well. Image ID: 25604 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Image ID: 25648 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	Bryozoan grows on a red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 25395 Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Aerial photo of the West End of Catalina Island. Image ID: 25978 Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. Image ID: 23419 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA	Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 25393 Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA

Water falling from the fluke (tail) of a humpback whale as the whale dives to forage for food in the Santa Barbara Channel. Image ID: 27029 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA	Garibaldi swims in the kelp forest, sunlight filters through towering giant kelp plants rising from the ocean bottom to the surface, underwater. Image ID: 37091 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA	Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32151 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32161 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32162 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32171 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32217 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32222 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32231 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

Southern Stingray, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32232 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Southern Stingrays, Stingray City, Grand Cayman Island. Image ID: 32235 Species: Southern stingray, Dasyatis americana Location: Stingray City, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands	Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Image ID: 29017 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: San Clemente, California, USA

California sea lion, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Image ID: 23418 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Image ID: 23429 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Image ID: 34560 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA

Blue whale, exhaling in a huge blow as it swims at the surface between deep dives. The blue whale's blow is a combination of water spray from around its blowhole and condensation from its warm breath. Image ID: 34564 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA	California sea lions, underwater at Santa Barbara Island. Santa Barbara Island, 38 miles off the coast of southern California, is part of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Channel Islands National Park. It is home to a large population of sea lions. Image ID: 23422 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus Location: Santa Barbara Island, California, USA	Red gorgonian on rocky reef, below kelp forest, underwater. The red gorgonian is a filter-feeding temperate colonial species that lives on the rocky bottom at depths between 50 to 200 feet deep. Gorgonians are oriented at right angles to prevailing water currents to capture plankton drifting by. Image ID: 25394 Species: Red gorgonian, Leptogorgia chilensis, Lophogorgia chilensis Location: San Clemente Island, California, USA