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In 2015 we went to the Niue Island in the Pacific Ocean for the first time. The island is small, you can literally drive around it in 30 minutes. But what is unique is that just around 50 m from the shore the ocean goes very deep - up to 300 m. Therefore you can see whales and dolphins a lot - right from the window of you motel, or from a restaurant deck. We went to swim with dolphins and it was a remarkable experience. The picture is from my small Canon camera - therefore not extremely high quality.
Long-beaked common dolphins are gregarious and are often seen ‘porpoising' at the water surface, breaching and bow-riding for extended periods of time. They are also highly vocal and like the short-beaked common dolphin, can be heard whistling to each other when they are above the surface of the water. They typically travel in large social groups numbering between 10 and 50 dolphins.
Macro Mondays - Glass, August 24th 2020
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Dusky Dolphins in New Zealand.
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In dophin jumping skill I think this one scored close to a 10! We had watched a sperm whale catching its breath after a deep dive for 45 minutes then found a dolphin school. Seen from a Whale Watch boat off Kaikoura, a small town on the East coast in the north of NZ's South Island.
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Porvenir, Chile. Another bird that I was anxious to see when in Patagonia. These gulls, with their bright orange bills and legs, are transfixing. Thanks for looking and any comments or feedback.
bottlenose dolphin
tursiope
tursiops troncatus
summer, taken from boat
estate, scattata dalla barca
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In Cardiff Bay and the adjacent Cardiff docks complex, there are many structures that remain from when Cardiff was the world's premier coal exporting port.
One of the most recognisable - and most photographed (well, by me, anyway!) - are the mooring 'dolphins'.
Their purpose was to allow ships waiting to enter the docks to tie up to them to stop the ships toppling over when the tide retreated and the ships rested on the tidal mud flats.
Despite being built about 120 years ago, there are quite a few of these structures still remaining.
In this image, I've applied a slight sepia tone and vignette to represent how a photograph of a 'dolphin' may have looked when taken in the early Edwardian period - although the water gauge board in metres rather undermines my efforts!
HSS!
I wonder how many cell phones are laying on the bottom of the ocean right off shore?
I see people taking pictures of the dolphins off the back of jet skies all the time.
I am such a klutz, I just know that the 1st swell to come along and bump the craft would make me drop my phone right in the drink!
The dolphin breached the water with a corkscrew twist to give additional height. It reached about 5m clear of the water, just avoiding a belly flop on landing! All this with the Ceredigion coastline in the background. A fabulous encounter...
Bottlenose Dolphin breaching in the Moray Firth. Taken from the shore at Chanonry point Fortrose Scotland.
First day out sailing this season and we were met by a pod of dolphins, we can now recognise a few of the group as locals as they have distinctive markings so it was wonderful to meet up with them today all looking healthy after a long and stormy winter here in North Wales. A youngster was spotted with Mother but I didn't manage to photograph them as it was a very misty morning to begin. The pod appeared delighted to have us back in the water as we left the harbour entrance and put sails up they raced over to follow us and played around the bow as we sailed at 6-8 knots upwind with the yacht bouncing through the gentle swell.
In the Queen's Megaron, i.e. the Queen’s private reception room, in the East Wing of the Palace of Knossos. historyandarchaeologyonline.com/the-frescos-of-knossos/
Knossos "is a Bronze Age archaeological site in Crete. The site was a major centre of the Minoan civilization and is known for its association with the Greek myth of Theseus and the minotaur. It is located on the outskirts of Heraklion, and remains a popular tourist destination. Knossos is considered by many to be the oldest city in Europe.
Knossos is dominated by the monumental Palace of Minos. Like other Minoan palaces, this complex of buildings served as a combination religious and administrative centre rather than a royal residence. The earliest parts of the palace were built around 1900 BC in an area that had been used for ritual feasting since the Neolithic. The palace was continually renovated and expanded over the next five centuries until its final destruction around 1350 BC." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos
"The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age culture which was centered on the island of Crete. Known for its monumental architecture and energetic art, it is often regarded as the first civilization in Europe. The ruins of the Minoan palaces at Knossos and Phaistos are popular tourist attractions." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization
The coral atoll that emerges from the depths of the Red Sea near Marsa Alam, Egypt is home for a pod of spinner dolphins who visit 3 times a week. I am informed they rest in the shallow waters of the lagoon between hunting expeditions. I took these series of shots free diving (snorkelling). The site is regulated - all boats limit their intrusion on the pod for a set hour /day. It is important that the pod is protected and not invaded by masses of tourist boats- this happened on another area and the dolphins have not returned.
The dolphin in the foreground appeared regularly in my photographs, keeping an eye on me. Easily recognizable by the scars. Perhaps he was acting as security or merely inquisitive. Shot taken with a compact Sony RX100 in a nauticam underwater housing.
The golden rule when on this reef is: not to chase the dolphins, let them come to you. Staying stationary, the dolphins circle a few times at close quarters before swimming off.
Common Dolphins (Delphinus delphis) were indeed a common sight on our 9 day cruise around the Hebrides. On a number of occasions we spotted them distantly and they headed straight for our boat in order to bow-ride. For some reason they seem to enjoy swimming on the pressure wave in front of boats, even though our boat only travelled at a stately 8 knots. They were very difficult to photograph well when they were bow-riding as you were looking straight down on them, but it was a great experience as they were so close I could hear them making a wonderful clicking noise like you hear in Flipper films. Although Flipper was a Bottlenose Dolphin so presumably had a different sound.
Had an amazing experience encountering a superpod of thousands of Northern Right Whale Dolphins and Pacific White-Sided Dolphins grouped together in Monterey Bay, CA.
Two dolphins coast in the bow wave of the boat as we were going through the fjords of the South Island of New Zealand. I've only swum with wild dolphins once... that was in Hawaii. We swam out about a mile into the ocean where we saw them jumping and having fun... I swam and dove with them for about an hour... They were all totally peaceful and I never felt nervous, even though I was in awe. One of them was even pregnant... was hoping to see it give birth or something! But that didn't happen... but it would have been awesome to see that in the wild.