Blue Whale abut 95 feet long, (Balaenoptera musculus) Mysticeti baleen whale off Santa Cruz Island in the Channel Islands, near Santa Barbara, CA on a tour on the boat Condor Express 07 Sept. 2008  Creative Commons use note living.morethan.com/2008/09/16/shhh%e2%80%a6whales-have-s...   21 Nov. 2008 more Creative Commons use at www.cetacea.de/artikel/feature/2008/hybrid/index.php 15 April 2009 More Creative Commons use bringbackthedodo.blogspot.com/   Re: this Blue Whale photo, I said to photomorrobay www.flickr.com/groups/photomorrobay/ and tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/photomorrobay/  : I just noticed that Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale has one of my Blue Whale photos used in their desc. page. For those interested in the 7/3/2010 6-9AM whale watching outing, note that Rouvaishyana and I saw this one in the Channel Islands 9/7/2008  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_Whale_%28Balaenoptera_mus...  www.flickr.com/photos/72825507@N00/2838719126  I forgot to mention that Kevin Winfield of Subsea Tours would very much appreciate getting copies of any Blue Whale photos you may obtain on the 7/3/2010 trip  tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/photomorrobay/surveys?id=2621104  to be used to promote his business. If you are willing to share your photos, please select the Creative Commons Attribution option at flickr. Please tag all photos taken from the Subsea Tours Dos Osos boat with the unique label "subseatours" - that way they can be found more easily. And, add a few to www.flickr.com/groups/photomorrobay/ so your larger set can be located