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Gray whales courting at surface preparatory to mating

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Description

Gray whales courting at surface preparatory to mating. Stuart Jewell of DisneyStudio is taking pictures on left. (Image credit: NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; FWS | Dr. Raymond M. Gilmore)

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection; FWS

Photographer

Dr. Raymond M. Gilmore

Display Date

1953 circa

Location

Mexico, Baja California, Scammon Lagoon