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Our tour out of Boothbay Harbor in Maine took us to find whales. We found one, but what a show she put on! Her name is Victim, so named for her injury to her tail, which you can see on the right side on the tail pic. Like fingerprints for us, no two whale tails are the same. This gal breeched for us 13 or 14 times, a record for our guide. Pretty darn cool!
A mother humpback whale and her calf feeding! This photo was taken at the Stellwagen bank national Marine sanctuary off the shores of Cape, Massachusetts! Stellwagen is a prime feeding ground for whales!
Nosedive by a Humpback Whale near Perth, Western Australia during their annual migration.
Humpbacks have a wide geographic range and are found in all the world’s oceans. During summer months, populations in the southern hemisphere spend their time in Antarctica feeding. In late autumn they begin an annual migratory route to their winter breeding and calving grounds in the warmer tropical waters of the Pacific. They return south in spring.
Humpback whales migrate around 5000 km on average, one of the longest migratory journeys of any mammal on Earth.
Watching whales on a tour out of Avila Beach, CA, a few of the Humpback Whales decided to send their tails high up into the air…all while our boat captain was playing the Van Halen song, “Jump.” It was a spectacular ending to a two hour tour.
Did you see the fish? Zoom in to see it falling out of the whale's mouth. Whale watching at Brier Island, Nova Scotia, a fantastic photo opportunity! Like playing whack a mole with a 50 ft, 40 ton mole! I was shooting at 10 frames/second to catch some of these shots. Boats have to stay 100m from the whales.
Named after an unfortunate sea creature that was washed up on the banks of the River Severn in 1885. The former Oldbury nuclear power station is in the distance.
When whales stick their heads out of the water it is known as spyhopping. It is nothing like a breach, as they emerge gently and slowly, then descend equally slowly after hanging stationary for a few seconds. Often the eye will remain submerged but here you can see the eye. This was taken in San Ignacio lagoon on Mexico's Baja peninsula, where a large proportion of the world's Grey Whales come to breed and give birth each winter. They spend the summer in the rich feeding grounds off Alaska, and the rest of the year travelling between these two distant places.
Incidentally, Grey Whales feed by eating sediment and filtering out invertebrate food. They always "bite" the sea-bed side-on and moreover, they always feed on the same side. You can tell that this whale feeds on its right side because there are no barnacles on this visible side. The majority of Grey Whales feed on their right, a bit like left and right handed people. Here's the left side of another Grey Whale where you can see patches of barnacles along the length of the jaw: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/5511295899/in/photolist
Was in Half Moon Bay for three days. All three days the humpback whales were in the bay. This was taken while standing on the beach. They were so close. Not as sharp as I would like but just seeing these awesome mammals in the wild, WOW
To the left of this image, about 60 miles as the crow flies, is Prince William Sound, the Gulf of Alaska, the Pacific Ocean, etc. As I was surveying the scene I noticed a killer whale sneaking in over the south side of Anchorage...okay, so some imagination is required!
Prompt: A large whale surrounded by blue water and dreamy sunlight. The whole vista is bathed in soft pale blue tones, creating a magical and dreamy atmosphere. This is a strange and creative photo. It gives people the feeling of being immersed in an enchanting realm full of wonder and creativity, in the artistic style of Paul Nicklen --ar 5:4 --stylize 750 --v 7
This digital fine art was created using Midjourney AI and Photoshop
A group of Pilot Whales is an incredibly lucky encounter in the Mediterranean, considering that the estimates of their population size are in the hundreds of individuals. Once you do happen to find them, however, you are rewarded with some of the most breathtaking interactions of the marine world, as long-finned Pilot Whales are some of the most curious and playful wild creatures I've ever seen.
A big thank you to Tethys research institute for making such experiences possible, and for all the research and conservation they do to protect these creatures.
In this picture I also managed to capture the incredibly smooth texture of their Melon, with a reflection of the research vessel "Pelagos".
Old whale ships in Hvalfjordur Iceland
Hvalur 7 RE-377 and Hvalur 6 RE-376, Made in Middelsborough England in 1945, Smith Doch & Co Ltd
Went whale watching the other day and saw this whale. According to the guide who has been logging whales in the area for a few years, this one is called Music. I don't know how she names the whales, maybe something to do with their tail markings.
Hervey Bay, Fraser Coast Cultural Centre
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Local wood artists spent more than 400 hours carving almost 10 tonnes of local red ironbark timber to create Nala’s main body. Over 12 tonnes of marine grade stainless steel was used to form the frame and underbelly. The sculpture reaches almost 12 metres into the air.
Humpback whales migrate from Antarctica to the sub-tropical coastal waters of western and eastern Australia and Fiji to give birth and mate during winter and spring.
Each year at least 1200 humpbacks migrate 5000km to the eastern coast of Australia. Groups of whales or 'pods' start to arrive at the southern Great Barrier Reef in mid-June and in the following weeks they move further along the Great Barrier Reef concentrating in the southern Whitsundays area. On the southern migration back to Antarctic waters, a large proportion of the whales stop over for a few days in Hervey Bay. Most humpbacks will have left the Queensland coast by the beginning of November.
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The number of migrating whales has steadily increased over the last few weeks. A couple from a pod of about 8.
Humpback Whales, Broulee, N.S.W. South Coast
double exposure. whale skeleton at the moma by gabriel orozco. the other exposure is the side of a building, I think. those aren't dust flakes mostly, they are lights and other stuff from the other exposure. looks scifi anyhow.
Konica Autoreflex T with 50mm f1.8 Hexanon lens.
Cheap 200iso film.
Scanned with Epson V300.
For a long time ships would crash and sink on the notorious Whale Rock just outside the coastline. Until the light house was build next to it. Now ships can sail safely past it.
The Light House has 4 rooms, an attic, lantern on the top and an outdoor privy. The rooms and roof can be opened for acces. The outdoor privy can be opened and has a fully functioning and deeply satisfying hole to drop whatever that's left from the food eaten the day before into the sea below.
Sometimes I wish I could live in such a place...
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Sometimes the journey is much more interesting than it's destination. And to me this MOC is just that.
This MOC was a personal victory for me. It's the biggest and for me most complex thing I did. Took about 6 months planning, saving parts and building. And each step in the building proces was a torture to get it right. There where at least 3 times I had to count to a hundred to prevent myself from slamming the whole freaking thing in a crate and just forget all about it. It made me loose sleep thinking about how to solve building issues. It stopped me from going out when the sun was up.
Corners didn't fit and jumped loose from the base. Roofs didn't line up right. The whole thing even crashed down from the table days before it's deadline when lifted to put something under it.
But I'm happy, now. It was finished on time for Legoworld Utrecht (NL) in October 2013 and now (as always) McBricker was kind enough to take the pictures.
So, now it's done! I can start looking for a new MOC to torture myself ;)
Thanks!
The “whale watching capital” Húsavik is located in the northeast of Iceland. Skálfandi Bay offers the best viewing opportunities for different types of whales. The most common sight is humpback whales. You can book different tours with different types of boats from the local providers. If you don't necessarily want to do a tour (with short-term bookings on the day of the tour, it can happen that all tours are fully booked), I recommend waiting to see what the weather is like on the day of the tour and taking a Zodiac tour if the sea is smooth book (this tour can get extremely wet due to splashing water). The speed of the boats allows a larger radius of action, which significantly increases the chance of sightings and, in addition, the whales actually come closer to the inflatable boat than to the larger boats (inappropriately mostly old whaling boats).
Beluga Whales are not especially common in the Svalbard archipelago with a population of about 550. They are usually seen in shallow water in the fjords, often near glaciers and usually in small groups. These three adults and a dark juvenile were part of a group of about ten Belugas near Kapp Lee on the island of Edgeoya. They feed mainly on fish but will also eat invertebrates likes shrimps, crabs, squid and clams. The name Beluga derived from the Russian word "belyi" meaning white, and their scientific name Delphinapterus leucas translates as white dolphin without a fin. This refers to their lack of a dorsal fin which allows them to move freely under sea-ice. My experience of photographing Belugas in the wild is that they are difficult as all you usually see is a white lens in the water for a split second as they surface to breathe. But I decided to upload because there appear to be very few photos of Beluga in the wild on Flickr. I typed Beluga into the search engine and I reached the bottom of the first page of hundreds of images and they all appeared to be captive animals. This was one of five species of cetacean we saw during our trip around Spitsbergen.
Orcinus Orca
Taken aboard the Pt. Sur Clipper
April 17, 2016 - All Day Whale Watch
Monterey Bay, California
Just so you understand how powerful and huge these waves are. This is a whale at play just behind them scene from the dunes at the back of the beach.
The spectacular whale-back ridge of Suilven hidden from view.
My dog Bert and I spent a couple of days walking in Assynt, mainly around Suilven. It was a rather memorable walk.
Midge attacks, knee deep bog, disappointing weather followed by the most amazing light I have seen in a long time.....
Stay tuned.