Blue whale rounding out at surface, before diving for food, showing characteristic blue/gray mottled skin pattern.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Dana Point, California
Image ID: 27347
Lat/Long: 33.41588, -117.68153 (Coordinates: 33° 24' 57.17" N, 117° 40' 53.51" W)
Altitude: 52.20m
Format: Digital 3:2
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Dana Point, California
Image ID: 27347
Lat/Long: 33.41588, -117.68153 (Coordinates: 33° 24' 57.17" N, 117° 40' 53.51" W)
Altitude: 52.20m
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: animal, balaenoptera, balaenoptera musculus, balaenopteridae, baleen, baleine bleue, ballena azul, big, blue rorqual, blue whale, blue whales, california, cetacea, cetacean, creature, dive, endangered, endangered threatened species, enormous, fluke, great blue whale, great northern rorqual, huge, large, mammal, marine, marine mammal, musculus, mysticete, mysticeti, nature, ocean, pacific, pacific ocean, rorqual, rorqual bleu, sea, sibbald's rorqual, sulphur bottom whale, tail, threatened, usa, whale, wild, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Cetacean > Whale > Blue Whale
- Animal > Endangered / Threatened Species > Marine > Blue Whale
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