The largest animal on Earth, a blue whale, was recorded feeding while swimming over the Monterey Bay's submarine canyon this past weekend. Slater Moore Photography used a drone to record the graceful giant. He described the experience as "mind blowing."Moore, who was on a Monterey-based Discovery Whale Watch boat, had spent the morning observing humpback whales lunge feeding near Moss Landing. Despite their massive size, blue whales are more elusive than the grays, orcas, and humpbacks that migrate past California's Central Coast.MORE: Gray whale successfully defends her calf from orca pod"We saw the largest animal on Earth, and if that wasn't already cool enough, then we saw it feed This is by far one of the coolest things I have ever filmed," Moore said.In the video, the blue whale can be seen gulping up krill and filtering water through its baleen plates.Moore said conditions were perfect for filming because the ocean was calm and fog had burned off. Blue whales can grow as long as 100 feet -- larger than dinosaurs once were.READ MORE: How whales evolved into giants

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The largest animal on Earth, a blue whale, was recorded feeding while swimming over the Monterey Bay's submarine canyon this past weekend.

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Slater Moore Photography used a drone to record the graceful giant. He described the experience as "mind blowing."

Moore, who was on a Monterey-based Discovery Whale Watch boat, had spent the morning observing humpback whales lunge feeding near Moss Landing. Despite their massive size, blue whales are more elusive than the grays, orcas, and humpbacks that migrate past California's Central Coast.

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"We saw the largest animal on Earth, and if that wasn't already cool enough, then we saw it feed This is by far one of the coolest things I have ever filmed," Moore said.

In the video, the blue whale can be seen gulping up krill and filtering water through its baleen plates.

Moore said conditions were perfect for filming because the ocean was calm and fog had burned off.

Blue whales can grow as long as 100 feet -- larger than dinosaurs once were.



READ MORE: How whales evolved into giants