A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), exhaling through its two nostril blowholes, United States of America, North America

Spouting humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae), United States of America, North America

Yoga, Kapari Beach, Mykonos, Cyclades, Greek Islands, Greece, Europe

Minke Whales(Balaenoptera acutorostrata) feeding in the Gerlache Strait separating the Palmer Archipelago from the Antarctic Peninsular off Anvers Island. The Antartic Peninsular is one of the fastest warming areas of the planet.

Just a split second before surfacing, a Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) opens its blowhole to exhale ready to inhale when the blowhole has cleared the water. Beluga whales are an endangered and protected species in the St. Lawrence estuary, Canada

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing (note blow) in Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) blow. Azores

Bottlenose Dolphin, (Tursiops truncatus) surfacing with bubble trail. Azores (RR)

Blowhole of pilot whale (Globicephala melas). Ligurian Sea. Restricted resolution (Please contact us).

Young Orca (Orcinus orca) surfacing in Chatham Strait, southeast Alaska, USA.

Risso's dolphin surfacing to exhale (Grampus griseus) Azores, Atlantic Ocean (RR)

Male Killer whale (Orcinus orca) surfacing to breath, blow forming spray over back. Snaefellsness Peninsular, Iceland

Orca (Orcinus orca) pod surfacing in Chatham Strait, southeast Alaska, USA.

Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) surfacing to blow near boat. Yellowish barnacles and mottled pigmentation typical of this species. Baja California, Mexico

Orca (Orcinus orca) pod surfacing in Chatham Strait, southeast Alaska, USA.

Risso's dolphin surfacing to exhale (Grampus griseus) Azores, Atlantic Ocean (A4 only).

Old woman smoking a cheroot, Minnanthu, Bagan, Myanmar, (Burma)