Partial solar eclipse to darken US skies this week. This NASA graphic shows the visibility area of the partial total solar eclipse of Oct. 23, 2014. The eclipse will be visible from most of the United States, weather permitting. Viewers in Los Angeles, California, will see 31 percent of the sun covered, at 3:28 p.m.
These whales can grow to the length of 40-50 feet with a weight of about 40 tons. Gray whales are omnivores and enjoy feeding on amphipod crustaceans. Scammonâs Lagoon, of Baja California is an example of gray whales.
The Eastern North Pacific population of gray whales, numbering more than 20,000 whales, is a great conservation success story and was removed from the United States Endangered Species List in 1994. Today they are subject to a small aboriginal hunt off the coast of the northwestern US.