Megaptera novaeangliae lunge ventral groove blubber 2012 06-02 SB Channel-b-030
The ventral ("chin") side of this Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is visible as it performs a "half-breach."  Santa Barbara Harbor is in the background.
Upside down.  Still.
The ventral pouch with blubber grooves is seen as this lunge feeding Humpback Whale shows us the under side of its body.
Water pours out of through the baleen as this feeding Humpback Whale completes a vertical lunge.  The left eyeball can be seen.
Water pours out of through the baleen as this feeding Humpback Whale sends out a big spout spray from its twin blow holes.
A Humpback Whale tail, under side (ventral side).
This whale has rolled over on its back, exposing its ventral grooves and copious stalked barnacle colony.
An almost upside down Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) has rolled over on its right side exposing its ventral pleats as it lunges for krill.
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge ventral groove blubber 2012 06-02 SB Channel-b-030
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge ventral groove blubber 2012 06-02 SB Channel-b-030
Megaptera novaeangliae lunge ventral groove blubber 2012 06-02 SB Channel-b-030
See photo in original gallery.