Image 3 of 3:  Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) mouth open.
Image 2 of 3:  Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus).  It is headed toward the lower left corner, mouth open.
Image 1 of 3:  Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus).  In this shot a pesky, California Sea Lion (Zalophus californians) can be seen pestering the shark
Choppy water, add a bit of phytoplankton green, and this is the best I could do to capture a large Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) lumbering along just under the ocean surface with only the very tip of its massive dorsal fin exposed to the air.
Image 3 of 3: Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) mouth open.
Image 3 of 3:  Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) mouth open.
Image 3 of 3: Three looks at a big Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) mouth open.
See photo in original gallery.