Title

Blue whale

Caption

Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) surfacing to breathe, showing the blow created by expelling air and mucus through the blowhole

Date

Jun 10, 2015

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Arterra/Patrick Keirsebilck

Reference

BRK22G25_449

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53.9Mb (1.8Mb) / 17.7in x 11.8in / 5315 x 3544 (300dpi)

Keywords

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