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ID |
Genus &
species |
Common Name |
Caption |
Date Taken |
Location |
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135L11
MSC 316 |
Delphinus delphis |
Common Dolphin |
A trio of Common Dolphins darts dreamlike beneath the surface of the Pacific. |
February 19, 1996 |
Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California |
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258L29
|
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Humpback Whales |
A pair of Humpback Whales blow near the shore of the Monterey Peninsula. |
July 24, 1999 |
Cypress Point, CA |
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258L31
|
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Humpback Whale |
A breaching Humpback Whale spotted near Cypress Point on the Monterey Peninsula.(Soft focus image.) |
July 24, 1999 |
Cypress Point, CA |
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258L36
|
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Humpback Whale |
A Humpback Whale completes a breach, viewed past a boat's railing. |
July 24, 1999 |
Cypress Point, CA |
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282L03
|
Eschrichtius robustus |
Gray Whale Fluke |
The fluke of a juvenile Gray Whale. This calf may have gotten lost on its Alaska-to-Mexico migration, and chose to remain at the Farallons. |
October 24, 1999 |
South Farallon Island, Farallon Islands National Marine Sanc |
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282L08
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Eschrichtius robustus |
Whale Fluke |
The fluke of a juvenile Gray Whale. This calf may have gotten lost on its Alaska-to-Mexico migration, and chose to remain at the Farallons. |
October 24, 1999 |
South Farallon Island, Farallon Islands National Marine Sanc |
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284L30
|
Eschrichtius robustus |
Gray Whale |
Flukes of a Gray Whale illuminated by the last rays of sunset. |
October 24, 1999 |
South Farallon Island, Farallon Islands National Marine Sanc |
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453L07
|
Orcinus orca |
Orca - Killer Whale |
A lone Orca rises to the surface of chilly Pacific waters for breath. |
June 6, 2003 |
San Juan Islands, Washington State |
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022N52
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Orcinus orca |
Orcas |
A pod of Orcas linger near salmon-rich river mouths, with snowy Mount Baker behind them. |
June 5, 2003 |
San Juan Islands, between Washington State and British Colum |
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170N052
MSC 317 |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Humpback Whale |
Water streams off the fluke of a Humpback Whale. |
November 30, 1999 |
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170N122
MSC 319 |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Humpback Whale |
The fluke of a Humpback Whale stands high off the surface of the Southern California Pacific. |
November 30, 1999 |
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652U15
|
Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
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May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |
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652U17
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Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
Small pod of Spinner Dolphins |
May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |
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653U01
|
Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
Dolphins in blue water |
May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |
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653U06
|
Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
Spinner Dolphins |
May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |
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653U07
MSC 158 |
Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
A pod of Spinner Dolphins stack closely as they glide from left to right across a sandy bottom in a Hawaiian bay. |
May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |
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653U10
MSC 159 |
Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
A pod of Spinner Dolphins, including at least two juveniles, cruises leisurely above a shallow sandy sea floor in a chevron formation. |
May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |
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653U16
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Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
Grey Dolphin |
May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |
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653U33
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Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
5 Spinner Dolphins underneath surface of water |
May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |
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653U35
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Stenella longirostris |
Spinner Dolphins |
Dolphins |
May 22, 2002 |
La Perouse Bay, Maui, Hawaii |