Orca - Killer Whale
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I was working on a fractal image in my iPad, when through the trick of the lighting this ORCA appeared. The photo I used is in the first comment box.
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As we were crossing the Lamire Channel in Antarctica, these orcas appeared from nowhere and I was lucky to be on the front of the boat too. photograph them. The orcas are the top of the food chain, and kill even humpback whales. The elephant seals can dive deeper than the orcas so they are safe.
A lot of orcas were also feeding in the area, but the orcas and the humpbacks fish separately, and they use different methods.
The humpbacks are know to protect seals and dolphins from the orcas.
Orcas Island is the largest of the San Juan Islands, which are located in the northwestern corner of Washington state in San Juan County, Washington, United States.
Elevation: 2,409′, Population: 4,453 (2000)
My last view of a pod of orca (orcinus orca) that had passed close to my small fishing boat. The time spent surrounded by these animals remains one of my most memorable wildlife encounters. Photographed in Johnson Strait, British Columbia, Canada.
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I per fi varem veure orques! Després de 3 hores de (màgnifiques vistes) navegant pels fiords del nord de Noruega, varem veure orques. Tot un grup de sis o set, incloent mascles, femelles i cries, que ens varen seguir al llarg del estret de Kågsundet. Mentres nosaltres les observavem a elles, elles ens observaven a nosaltres...
Fotografies d'una excursió amb el vaixell Brim Explorer per a, des de Tromso, veure balenes al entorn de Skjervøy.
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And finally we saw orcas! After 3 hours of (magnificent views while) sailing through the fjords of northern Norway, we saw orcas. A whole group of six or seven, including males, females and calves, that followed us along the Kågsundet strait. While we watched them, they watched us...
Photographs from a whale watching excursion from Tromso on the Brim Explorer boat around Skjervøy.
Who would have thought that we had a resident pod of Orca here in Australia. Located in the Southern Ocean, about 80 km south of Bremer Bay in Western Australia is the Bremer Canyon. This is home to a large pod of Orca. During the summer months the tour operators guarantee sightings. A great day out, as long as you don't get sea sick!
West Beach, Orcas Island, Washington
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The sun is setting behind Waldron Island
Another erratic found at the top of this hill above Penticton, BC. There are 3 parts to the original rock; the 3rd part is laying down on the left. My brother-in-law is standing on another rock at the edge of the hill. The rock also looks like an orca spy hopping.
Orca (Orcinus Orca) parents & calf swimmingly out in Monterey Bay, California. Imaged in Oct. of 2022.
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The Digital Orca dominates the foreground in front of the Burrard Inlet in Vancouver. A 2009 sculpture by Douglas Coupland it is often referred to as Lego Orca or Pixel Whale and is made out of steel armature with aluminum cladding of black and white cubes Vancouver, British Colombia, Canada
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Orca backlit in in morning sun
This is the big male in a pod of 5 orca's watched them along side the boat for a couple of miles hunting the channel
Orca pod -2 adults & calf -swiftly passing thru Monterey Bay, California. Approximately three miles out from the coastline.
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This pair captured during surfacing in Monterey Bay, California. Imaged in Oct. of 2022.
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Three orca spotted off shore from Shaw Island/Salish Sea, NW Washington State. Two adults and one calf.. at the rear.
Bio: The orca, or killer whale, is a toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family. It is the only extant species in the genus Orcinus. Orcas are recognizable by their black-and-white patterned body. A cosmopolitan species, they are found in diverse marine environments, from Arctic to Antarctic regions to tropical seas. - Wikipedia
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This shot also shows the discolouration on the normally white parts of the orca due to diatoms in the Southern Ocean.
This is a female from a "Northern Resident" pod photographed off the north-east coast of Vancouver Island. In Canada and the US the term "Resident" means that the Orcas are fish-eating and tend to stay in predictable areas, where their fish prey can be found. This distinguishes them from the seal and dolphin-eating Orcas that range over a large area in search of prey. In autumn the "Northern Resident" Orcas can usually be found in Clayoquot Sound as this is where five species of Pacific salmon gather awaiting the autumn rains that will enable them to migrate to spawning grounds upriver. Usually when an Orca surfaces to breathe you only see the black topside and a bit of the white face-patch, but this one was so energetic I could see the white underside too.
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Taken on our way back from our Grizzly adventure we managed to see a small group of Orcas from the boat....7 transient Orcas 2 of which were young. A great way to end a day.
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The Orca Chief is a fish carrier ship and is in for an annual refit at Point Hope Maritime Shipyards in Victoria BC Canada. Shipyard worker gives an idea of scale to the size of this ship. This location is the site of the first shipyard in Victoria and dates back to 1873.
was just beside my favourite eagle site Beachcomber....made the evening so special , couldn't decide where to focus..hahaha.
this was last night....tonight we went to see the nootka rose in full bloom...omg I love spring/summer~
So very happy to see this from the Pentland ferry to Orkney. My first Orca and it brought a tear to the eye.
Despite of some Orca sightings in Vancouver harbor this year I unfortunately did not have this luck on my birthday's whale watching tour. So I had to put 2 photos from this day together to make my wish come true. Not with help of AI, good old manual editing work. I thought for a long time whether I should even post it...now you know my decision