A female orca, commonly called a killer whale (Orcinus orca, with her calf in Kenai Fjords National Park. Female orca can be up to 27 feet long and can weigh up to 7 tons, while newborn calves are about 7 feet long and weigh almost 400 pounds. These whales were part of a pod of about ten whales that our boat spent about half an hour among.

This photograph is © 2014 by Murray Lundberg, and is not to be copied without express permission.