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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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The Roving Tortoise
Photograph by Mark Jones

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Gerard Hutching. 'Whales', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/whales/2/2