A Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spouts on a windy ocean.

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A fresh breeze scatters the spout spray from a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).

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The "blue streak." A giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) glides beneath the waves and shines bright blue.

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A giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spouts in the breeze.

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A close look at the spout spray from a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus).

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The head of a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) emerges from beneath the waves.

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A giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) without a dorsal fin.

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Close look at a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) rostrum and closed blow holes, gliding beneath the surface.

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A giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spouts with Santa Cruz Island in the background.

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Again we see a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) steaming ahead into the on-coming swells.

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A giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) in heavy seas with Santa Rosa Island in the background.

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A long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).

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A long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) gets airborn.

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A long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).

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Long-beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) surf an open ocean swell.

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Two long-beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) cavort.

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A long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) busts through the back of a wave and takes off.

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California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) frequently "porpoise" as they travel and feed along with the long-beaked Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).

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A California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) looks back at a Humpback Whale (not in picture).

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A "porpoising" California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus).

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