Blue Whale Pictures

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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, Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Copyright Phillip Colla, Oceanlight.com

Blue whale
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, Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus. Copyright Phillip Colla, Oceanlight.com

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Date:	2 Jan 2007
Location:	San Diego California USA
Credit:	Phillip Colla / Oceanlight.com
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