Two blue whales surfacing off California, both have partially distended throat pleats from feeding.
Blue whale lunge-feeding on surface swarm of krill off California
Blue whale surface lunge-feeding off California.
Blue whale blow which can extend 25 feet into the air off Bodega Bay California. Photo by Gretchen Steiger, Cascadia Research.
Blue whale fluking off Bodega Bay California. Photo by Gretchen Steiger, Cascadia Research.
Blue whale fluking off Bodega Bay California. Photo by Gretchen Steiger, Cascadia Research.
An unusually pigmented white blue whale surfacing next to another blue whale in the Santa Barbara Channel. Photo by John Calambokidis, Cascadia Research.