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One of the best wildlife experiences of my life... In the season, you're guaranteed to see Humpback whales when taking a whale cruise in Sydney, but you're always hoping to see them breaching. On our third and final trip, shortly before we returned to Belgium, we were lucky enough to bump up to one particularly enthusiastic whale. We followed him for about an hour and he breached over 15 times. Seeing this is already very exciting, but being able to take a good image of it is really great - you've got not clue where it's going to breach next, and you're on a tiny, very unsteady boat. So I was thrilled to get a few decent shots, this one being the best, I believe.
The whale watching in the Barents Sea in the Kola Peninsula coast.
Humpbacks frequently breach, throwing two-thirds or more of their bodies out of the water and splashing down on their backs.
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After a breach in the dyke protecting a pasture south of Llandimore Marsh the land has become part of the marshland with its rich biodiversity.. Unfortunately this has caused the trees in the foreground to die from the salty tides.
The tip of the Walterdale Bridge surfacing at dawn, in river valley fog, with Edmonton's skyline behind.
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There's a block of C4 on the door, but you can't see it because I messed up the angle of the shot, but of all the shots I took that day, I liked this one the most, so here it is!
a very active humpback calf rewarded our trip by breaching many times, quite close to the boat.
Unfortunately the Monterey bay area was filled with smoke and fog, so the whole scene is quite grey...
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The story with this abandoned church in the severely depressed central Illinois town of Stillwell is that it was sold to a parishioner after the congregation was dissolved due to low numbers.He had expressed big ideas on renovating the deteriorating structure and making it into an antique store or the like.What he actually did(allegedly)was scavenge the place and then fill it with junk.The town's other church fared even worse-a sign in an empty weed and rubble filled lot across the street says "Stillwell Christian Church".It is in the shape of a cross...
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Bottlenose Dolphin calf breaching in the Moray Firth. Photographed the the shore at Chanonry point Fortrose Scotland.
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If you look closely enough, you'll see the whale's fluke. Also, notice how the clouds seem to mimic the Whale's splash. Amazing!
Little Jimmy earned his Laser Badge today with an impressive demonstration. He's headed to Mount Rushmore next!
Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, California 2012
The angle here shows the distinctive head shape of a Grey Whale which played a part in its original naming and identification. It was named new to science by Lilljeborg in 1861 as Balaenoptera robusta. But in 1865 John Gray thought it was not a baleen whale based on its rib, scapula and jaw so he created the genus Eschrichtius for it. It was called Gray Whale (American spelling of grey) after its colour, not John Gray. But perhaps the most unusual thing is that this species was described on the basis of sub-fossil bones found in Britain and Sweden, yet the whale was by then confined to the Pacific Ocean. Pacific Grey Whales were described by Scammon and Cope in 1869 (as Rhachianectes glaucus) but by the 1930s skeletal comparisons showed that the robust jaw bones from Europe were the same species at the Pacific Grey Whale. It also shows us there was once an Atlantic population of Grey Whales that became extinct. Gray chose the unwieldy genus Eschrichtius to honour Danish whale expert Daniel Eschricht who had recently died in 1863. Robustus came from the robust jaw, adapted for ploughing the sea-bed for food and more robust than any other whale jaw. Here is a Blue Whale lunge feeding and you can see the lower jaw bone is much more slender than this Grey Whale: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/52742997195/in/photolist
When you get that bucket list shot, which in this case was a humpback whale breaching, it makes the entire trip worth it. I had my doubts about whether I needed to drive a few hours north and stay overnight when I can go whale watching less than an hour from me in Newport Beach, but I had heard that they had really good whale watching in the Central Coast of California and it turned out to be true.! It was a pretty great morning as we saw several humpbacks, about 6 or 7 breaches, hundreds of sea lions, and a couple of dolphins. Always a plus too that I didn't get seasick until the very end... Dramamine really works for me. This was the sixth time I had gone whale watching and I finally got to see whales breaching, which is amazing as you can imagine.
This is a straight off the camera shot of a breaching Humpback Whale that was a bit too close for my fixed focal length telephoto. So I didn't manage to get the whole animal in view but I still think it makes quite a dramatic shot. Breaching isn't especially common behaviour but it's the thing that everyone wants to see. This was taken during a whale-watching boat trip to Monterey Bay.
Here's another Humpback Whale breaching at Gorda Banks off the southern tip of the Baja peninsula. The purpose of this energetically expensive activity is to communicate with other whales. But imagine the calories it takes to get 40 tons of whale into the air. Humpback Whales have unusually long pectoral fins that seem to flop about awkwardly when they breach. The name of their genus is Megaptera which translates as "enormous wings".
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Field Report: At six hundred hours a breach was detected in area 4. Human Civilians were being effected turning them into the living dead.
Barricades were arranged by the Administration to cease the increase in casualties from the outbreak. Not long after the breach was detected on the north side of the fortification.
Actions Required:Send in DDTF to respond to the incident.
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DDTF Combat Log: At six DDTF was tasked and assigned to seal breach in the north sector. Nero; code name Black Dog was sent in to assess the situation and report back the Oracul for further instruction.
Black dog did not respond til seven hundred hours reporting breach was sealed and scene was maintained.
Upon arrival six barricade Police vehicles were destroyed.
twenty five fallen targets.(Wether they were combatants or civillians is to be inspected upon further review)
Breach Sealed. Mission Complete.
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Upon review Nero will be suspended until further notice.
Drenching rains flooded coastal catchments in NSW this week, dramatically raising water levels in coastal lakes. Fish gathered near suspected break points, hoping to escape to the sea. Fish eating birds like these shags gathered in anticipation of a feast. A few humans also braved the weather to grab a few fish. This lake breached just a few hours later. Shot taken from the comfort of my dry Hilux, using a Super-Takumar 150mm f4 lens. Baragoot Lake, NSW Far South Coast, Australia.
Breaching is when animals leap out of the water but with whales it is usually when 50 to 90% of the body is airborne, as the tail usually remains in the water. But this young Humpback was occasionally leaping fully out of the water, like a gigantic dolphin, as you can see here. Alas, on the few occasions it performed a 100% breach it was leaping away like this, so you cannot see its head. This was taken at the Gorda Banks off the southern tip of Mexico's Baja peninsula.
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I posted a photograph of a breaching adult Humpback Whale recently, and I mentioned that it appeared to be a mother teaching her baby how to breach. Well here's the baby whale breaching. It was so relatively small and streamlined it barely made a splash as it rose from the water, and didn't really make much of a splash when it hit the water. This is a view of the belly showing the expanding rIdges, but you can still see its eye. In the northern hemisphere Humpback Whales breed in warmer waters from December to March and return to give birth about eleven and a half months later, having spent the summer feeding in colder, more productive waters. So this baby whale is probably no older than two months. It was so close that I only just managed to get it in the frame. For interest here is its mother breaching: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/52731421161/in/dateposted/
Incidentally breaching is when a cetacean, usually a whale, jumps high out of the water. But a breech baby (NB different spelling) is one that presents backside first in the uterus rather than the normal head first. But my title was more of a play on words from a summer hit from my early teens (1974) called Beach Baby by First Class.
I had seen quite a lot of good photos of the big swells that have recently hit Newcastle and finally got the chance to go and get some of my own. The seas were on their way down but still put on a show at the end of Newcastle Breakwall. I wasn't game enough to get a shot from the end.
L’Île de La Réunion est située dans l'Océan Indien, dans l'hémisphère sud, et les baleines à bosse (Megaptera novaeangliae) viennent y mettre bas durant l'hiver austral. Pour cela, elles parcourent des milliers de kilomètres depuis les eaux riches en krill de l'Antarctique pour trouver des eaux plus chaudes et plus calmes où élever leur petit. Pendant ce séjour de plusieurs mois, la mère ne trouve pas de quoi se nourrir et doit fournir chaque jour jusqu'à 300 litres d'un lait très riche en graisse au baleineau.
Les deux dernières années, le nombre de baleines ayant fait le voyage avait été exceptionnellement bas, causant l'inquiétude de la communauté scientifique. Mais heureusement, cette année est excellente avec plusieurs dizaines d'individus déjà observés, le plus souvent des mères accompagnées de leur petit mais également des mâles qui les suivent dans l'espoir de pouvoir s'accoupler à nouveau.
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Reunion Island is located in the Indian Ocean, in the southern hemisphere, and humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) come here to give birth during the southern winter. To do so, they travel thousands of kilometres from the krill-rich waters of Antarctica to find warmer, calmer waters to raise their young. During this several-month stay, the mother cannot find food and must provide up to 300 litres of fat-rich milk to the calf each day.
In the past two years, the number of whales making the journey has been exceptionally low, causing concern in the scientific community. Fortunately, however, this year has been excellent, with several dozen individuals already observed, most often mothers accompanied by their calves, but also males who follow them in the hope of mating again.
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Back at sea finally! Yesterday I saw humpbacks breaching but they were very far away and it was foggy and apparently misty because of the volcano eruption in the south. So I didn't really get any good pictures, those are the only passable ones. Was cool to see though.
The sun wasn't completely cooperating for this shot, but I was still thrilled when this humpback whale decided to breach several times near our ship while cruising around Prince William Sound.
2021-05-30, Day 1 hiking
A flare of desert light banks off the scalloped walls of Buckskin Gulch and slides into the lower recesses of the slot, losing red tones as it falls, Paria Wilderness, Utah.
Somewhere in this part of the canyon we encountered a young coyote, its body broken apart but still held together by the desiccated, furry skin. It looked forlorn, and somebody had placed a black raven's feather into its bleaching mouth. She held a story, this one.
Once she'd finished whelping, the young coyote pup began feeling restless, her mind focused somewhere beyond the family unit and all she'd ever known. Too, she felt herself growing tired of the obstreperous gamboling and constant intrigue that surrounded her 6 brothers and sisters. She sensed a tolerable mastery of hunting thanks to her devoted parents, and felt reasonably sure she knew how to flush rodents from their burrows well enough that she likely wouldn't starve. Perhaps once night fell she would set off on her own.
Evening gathered, and heat left the desert air with a surprising haste. The red stone and sandy washes, on the other hand, radiated daytime warmth for hours as she found her way out of her natal drainage and worked her way southwest and upslope in the dark toward Wire Pass. She flitted between clumps of Cliff-rose and Snakeweed, following the smells and paths of the rodents that sheltered within the shrubs. She caught a Kangaroo Rat, fat on summer grass seeds, and she felt pleased about the future.
Hoping for a second serving, before morning brought intolerable heat and the necessity of resting in the shade, she kept to the parts of the landscape most dense with vegetation, veering south toward Navajo sandstone, and what smelled perhaps like distant water. She found an eroded breach in the stone and wandered down a steep field of broken rock, dotted with Pinyon, Juniper, Artemisia, and yet more Snakeweed. She neared what seemed like an impossibly narrow cleft in the earth, with a swallowing darkness in the gloaming that kept her from prizing the secrets of its depth.
A scurry near the edge of the abyss caught her attention, and she pounced swiftly and surely into loose soil at the base of an Artemisia, without thinking. Scrabbling quickly, the smells of panicked rodent grew stronger, and she yelped involuntarily with excitement. In a flash she sensed what looked like another exit to the burrow, and she leaped round to pounce again and block an expected attempt at escape. This time, the force of her pounce dislodged some stone unexpectedly, and it broke away, falling into the dark slot. Almost simultaneously, an adjacent stone embraced the lure of gravity, causing her to scramble madly for purchase. It was no use. She felt herself falling and twisting in the air, and then her pelvis struck the wall, breaking, and she landed with a sickening thud on the benign, sandy floor of the slot.
She looked up, unable to move, the light of an incongruous new day just building in the sky. A pair of ravens circled overhead.
Went back for the third time this year (but my first evening attempt) and it was very rough but the whales were very active, multiple breaches, tail slaps, etc.
This photo was taken off the east coast of Australia in 2005. The sun had just set, marking the end of a long day at sea. The whale was just surfacing slowly, then suddenly it came out of the water like a bullet. This is the third shot in a sequence, by which time I had managed to zoom out enough to get the whole whale in frame.
Within a context of an ongoing leadership crisis and political turmoil Israelis went to vote on March 23rd, for the fourth time in two years.
On March 20th, a huge demonstration took place in Jerusalem by various groups who opposed to Netanyahu's serving as prime minister, as long as charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust were pending against him.
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