Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus

An enormous blue whale rounds out (hunches up its back) before diving. Note the distinctive mottled skin pattern and small, falcate dorsal fin. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. California, USA, Balaenoptera musculus, natural history stock photograph, photo id 07574Add To Light Table
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An enormous blue whale rounds out (hunches up its back) before diving. Note the distinctive mottled skin pattern and small, falcate dorsal fin. Open ocean offshore of San Diego. California, USA

Stock Photo: 07574
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California, USA
Format: Film 3:2
Other Names: Sulphur bottom whale, Sibbald's rorqual, blue rorqual, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, Ballena azul, rorqual bleu, baleine bleue
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