Very close look at the center of a patch of Krill (Thysanoessa spinifera) in which the black eyeballs and long, red bodies of the crustaceans can be seen.
Surface lunge feeding Blue Whale. The beast is upside down and the mouth is open. We are looking into the greatly distended ventral pouch and lower jaw. Baleen plates can be seen aiming upward from the upper jaw.
Food Chain in action...we see Krill (mostly upper right) being attacked by juvenile Market Squid (Loligo opalescens). Sea lions were abundant in the area, feeding on the squid.
Water runs across the head of a Blue Whale in thin sheets. The snout is in the upper left corner, and the blowholes are visible in the middle of the image.
After the lunge the Blue Whale lays in its side, ventral grooves fully expanded to make a huge gullar pouch full of water and krill. We are looking from the back of the whale towards the head.
