2009 09-19 SB Channel

Two trips up to the oil seeps and Platform Holly, then an afternoon whale watch down towards Anacapa to see the Blue whales and Fin whales. Overcast but glassy smooth.

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) calf with mom.
tursiops truncatus calf mirror glass 2009 channel 005
Abstract.
abstract oil 2009 channel 187
Giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail fluke waterfall.
balaenoptera musculus tail fluke waterfall 2009 channel 012
The second largest animal that ever lived, a Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)...second only the the Blue Whale.
balaenoptera physalus 2009 channel 021
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail sinks into the deep.
balaenoptera musculus tail fluke 2009 channel 014
Another Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail fluke waterfall.
balaenoptera musculus tail fluke waterfall 2009 channel 013
California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus), wet and dry.
zalophus californianus oil platform holly mooring can 2009 channel 008
Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) at play above and below an oily glass ocean surface.
delphinus glassy water 2009 channel 201
Head and spout of a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
balaenoptera musculus spout 2009 channel 001
Tail of a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
balaenoptera musculus tail fluke 2009 channel 035
Several California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) climb the stairs leading up to oil platform Holly.
zalophus californianus oil platform holly 2009 channel 012
Abstract.
abstract oil 2009 channel 203
Side view of a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail.
balaenoptera musculus tail fluke side 2009 channel 034
Two Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) pass by oil platform Gail in the Santa Barbara Channel.
balaenoptera musculus platform gail 2009 channel 235
Close look at the flat head and raised splashguard of a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) that is spouting.
balaenoptera musculus head spout 2009 channel 023
Unusual deformity along the back of a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
balaenoptera musculus dent 2009 channel 006
The world famous Arch Rock at the eastern end of Anacapa Island is visible in the background of this spouting Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
balaenoptera musculus arch 2009 channel 025
Abstract with people.
abstract oil passengers 2009 channel 145
Twin exhaust pipes of giant Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus)...Arch Rock, Anacapa Island in back.
balaenoptera musculus two spouting arch 2009 channel 037
Abstract with finger pointing.
abstract oil hand 2009 channel 202
Two Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus), the one on the right side has the strange dent in its back.
balaenoptera musculus two one deformed 2009 channel 038
Balaenoptera musculus TWO 2009 09-19 SB Channel c - 008
balaenoptera musculus two 2009 channel 008
Two Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) swim side by side near Anacapa Island.
balaenoptera musculus two anacapa 2009 channel 017
Birds line up to rest with an oil platform in the background.
bird line water oil platform 2009 channel 006
Anothe look at this strange Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) back contour.
balaenoptera musculus dent 2009 channel 029
Abstract with foam.
abstract oil wake wash 2009 channel 185
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) with the big dent and large concavity along its back.
balaenoptera musculus dent 2009 channel 002
Close look at the dent and the concavity of this giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).
balaenoptera musculus dent 2009 channel 005
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus).
balaenoptera physalus 2009 channel 002
Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) in the natural oil seepage.
delphinus three oily sea 2009 channel 087
A Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) streaks below the surface oil film.
delphinus one oily sea 2009 channel 085
Abstract bubble hole with people.
gas bubbles oil passengers 2009 channel 001
Two Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) on a mirror glass surface; close cropped image.
delphinus two head glassy oily water 2009 channel 186
Two Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) on a mirror glass surface; uncropped...same image as the previous one.
delphinus capensis oily glassy surface wide 2009 channel 002
Whalers on board the Condor Express observe Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) on a oily day in the Santa Barbara Channel.
delphinus capensis oil passengers 2009 channel 003
Delphinus capensis oily glassy surface 2009 09-19 SB Channel b - 009
delphinus capensis oily glassy surface 2009 channel 009
Abstract with people.
oil passengers 2009 channel 008
A natural gas seep, or "bubble hole."
gas bubbles passengers 2009 channel 003
Malibu High School students on the bow of the Condor Express.
mhs students 2009 channel 105
Close up look at whale researcher John Calambokidis at work in the Santa Barbara Channel.
vessel inflatible john calambokidis arch rock 2009 channel 008
John Calambokidis and crew at work near Arch Rock, Anacapa Island.
vessel inflatible john calambokidis arch rock 2009 channel 003
The Brandt's Cormorant (Phalocrocorax penicillatus) habitat poles with wave slamming seawall in back.
phalocrocorax penicillatus habitat poles 2009 channel 001
Students study abstract patterns.
mhs students bright oily surface high contrast 2009 channel 194
Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
tursiops truncatus oil 2009 channel 001
Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) take a look at the whalers on board the Condor Express.
tursiops truncatus passengers 2009 channel 011
Two young California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) have climbed all the way up the stairs and are resting on a landing far above the water line on platform Holly.
zalophus californianus oil platform holly 2009 channel 003
A large bull California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) and his small harem sit on a mooring can near oil platform Holly.
zalophus californianus oil platform holly mooring can 2009 channel 002

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2009 09-19 SB Channel