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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).
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.
 > 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.
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.
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