Underwater-World Finalist: “Giant’s Gullet”
Fish flee the gaping maw of a Bryde’s whale, which surprised U.S. photographer Doug Perrine, who was in the middle of photographing striped marlin lured by a bait ball of sardines. In an account released with the image, Perrine said he snapped the picture while also fleeing the whale.
Sleek and lean, Bryde’s whales use their meshlike mouth plates, called baleen, to filter food as they power through the sea.
Photograph by Doug Perrine, EPOTY.org/Fame/Barcroft
