15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Lunge-feeding Humpbakcs

A foggy day on Monterey Bay was highlighted by these lunge-feeding humpback whales. With schools of anchovies swimming near the surface, humpbacks, lunge through them with their mouths wide open, eating up to two tons of fish per day!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2017
Date Uploaded: 08.2017
Photo Location: Moss Landing, California, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D500
Copyright: © Douglas Croft