Photo of the Day

Close-up of the eye of a southern right whale
November 8, 2011

Southern Right Whale

This Month in Photo of the Day: Nature and Weather Photos

Southern right whale eye, New Zealand, 2007

(From the National Geographic book Ocean Soul by Brian Skerry)


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Photograph by Brian Skerry, National Geographic
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