We were lucky to encounter several Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus) offshore near Bodega Canyon/Cordell Bank on 25 August 2019.
You can tell individual Blue Whales apart by the details of the patterning on their skin and the shape of their dorsal fins. Here's a different individual than the one shown above:
Below, this is the same individual as shown in the first photo, but the view is further forward and the "splashguards" surrounding the blowhole are visible (right side).
It's always nice to see Blue Whales and fun to think about them feeding offshore, not too far away.
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