A blue whale's twin blowholes are fully opened as it inhales a breath of air just before diving underwater. Redondo Beach, California, USA
Stock Photo: 25964 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA Format: Digital 2:3 Other Names: Sulphur bottom whale, Sibbald's rorqual, blue rorqual, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, Ballena azul, rorqual bleu, baleine bleue Copyright © Phillip Colla, all rights reserved worldwide. Purchase a print of this image Request a review copy of this image Keywords: above, aerial, aerial photo, animal, animalia, balaenoptera, balaenoptera musculus, balaenopteridae, baleine bleue, ballena azul, big, blue rorqual, blue whale, blue whale aerial, california, cetacea, cetacean, chordata, creature, endangered, endangered threatened species, enormous, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, huge, large, mammal, mammalia, marine, marine mammal, musculus, mysticete, mysticeti, nature, ocean, outdoors, outside, over, pacific, pacific ocean, redondo beach, rorqual, rorqual bleu, sea, sibbald's rorqual, sulphur bottom whale, threatened, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, whale, wild, wildlife |