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Balaenoptera musculus
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MarineBioPhotography > Boca grande.  Looking inside the lower jaw as the mouth is wide open and the whale is lunge feeding on the orange/red krill that you can see here on the surface.  The upper jaw, with its baleen, is under the water.
MarineBioPhotography > Two Blue Whales seen off Santa Rosa Island from 1000 foot altitude.
MarineBioPhotography > Nice patch of krill (Thysanoessa spinifera) pops off the surface as we can just begin to see the Blue Whale coming up from below with its mouth open wide.
MarineBioPhotography > A patch of krill (Thysanoessa spinifera) is seen popping off the surface as a mighty Blue Whale lunge feeds from beneath.  The whale is upside down, belly to the left and upper jaw open wide to the right.
MarineBioPhotography > Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail fluke waterfall.
MarineBioPhotography > Blue Whales photo
MarineBioPhotography > Vertical lunge, ventral pleats visible.
MarineBioPhotography > Blue Whale in blue waters off Santa Rosa Island spouts on the surface.  Photo taken from small airplane 1000 feet above.
MarineBioPhotography > Shot 1 of 4 - Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) surrounded by Common Dolphins (Delphinus sp).
Boca grande. Looking inside the lower jaw as the mouth is wide open and the whale is lunge feeding on the orange/red krill that you can see here on the surface. The upper jaw, with its baleen, is under the water.
 > Boca grande.  Looking inside the lower jaw as the mouth is wide open and the whale is lunge feeding on the orange/red krill that you can see here on the surface.  The upper jaw, with its baleen, is under the water.
Boca grande. Looking inside the lower jaw as the mouth is wide open and the whale is lunge feeding on the orange/red krill that you can see here on the surface. The upper jaw, with its baleen, is under the water.
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