Image 3 - the Orca sends up a big plume of spray as it seemed to attach the sea lion.  A hungry gull looks on.
Epilogue:  the sea lion was not eaten; no blood or apparent injuries...it swam away.
Image 2 - an Orca takes a high speed pass at the sea lion.
Image 1 - a California Sea Lion, oblivious to the presence of Orcas, feeds on a fish at the surface.
Wounded young gull sits on a rock after its mother chased away the attacker.
Mother and wounded juvenile swim together after the attack.
Part of a surface patch of krill (Thysanoessa spinifera) with krill jumping out of the water to escape predatory squid (Loligo opalescens) below.  The squirts and ripple patterns are from the squid.
Another shot of krill (Thysanoessa spinifera) leaping out of the water to escape predatory squid (Loligo opalescens) attacking the krill from below.
A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaengliae) tail ravaged by Orcas.
Image 3 - the Orca sends up a big plume of spray as it seemed to attach the sea lion. A hungry gull looks on.
Epilogue: the sea lion was not eaten; no blood or apparent injuries...it swam away.
Image 3 - the Orca sends up a big plume of spray as it seemed to attach the sea lion.  A hungry gull looks on.
Epilogue:  the sea lion was not eaten; no blood or apparent injuries...it swam away.
Image 3 - the Orca sends up a big plume of spray as it seemed to attach the sea lion. A hungry gull looks on.
Epilogue: the sea lion was not eaten; no blood or apparent injuries...it swam away.
See photo in original gallery.