Pilot Whale Skull

The bleached, decaying skull of a (likely) long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) found on the beach at Mason Bay, Stewart Island (Rakiura), New Zealand.

Filename

Rakiura-4466.jpg

Copyright

Tim Mulholland/Illuminata Photo

Image Size

4493x6000 / 11.7MB

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