Image 1 of 5: Extreme telephoto lens close up look at the back of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spouting.
Image 4 of 5: Extreme telephoto lens close up look at the back of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) festooned with a diatom film (Cocconeis cetacus).
Image 4 of 5: Extreme telephoto lens close up look at the back of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) festooned with a diatom film (Cocconeis cetacus).
Image 3 of 5: Extreme telephoto lens close up look at the back of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) festooned with a diatom film (Cocconeis cetacus).
Image 2 of 5: Extreme telephoto lens close up look at the back of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) festooned with a diatom film (Cocconeis cetacus).
The right flanks and dorsal fin of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) coated with a film of microscopic single-celled algae, benthic and commensal diatoms (Cocconeis ceticola).
Image 1 of 5: Extreme telephoto lens close up look at the back of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spouting.
Image 1 of 5: Extreme telephoto lens close up look at the back of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spouting.
Image 1 of 5: Extreme telephoto lens close up look at the back of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spouting.
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