A human hand reaches out towards a newborn gray whale calf (Eschrichtius robustus) swimming near the surface with its mother in Laguna San Ignacio, on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site and part of the Vizcaino Biosphere Reserve, it is the last undeveloped gray whale birthing lagoon on the planet, Mexico

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