Story: Whales

Blue whale blowing

Blue whale blowing

Some sense of the magnificent scale of the blue whale is captured in this image, taken in the Sea of Cortez, off the Baja California peninsula.

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Gerard Hutching, 'Whales - Blue whales and fin whales', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/7092/blue-whale-blowing (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 12 Jun 2006