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Published: 2013-05-21 01:17:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 783; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 7
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Description Female Humpback Whale diving. While I cannot determine if the whale is a female the whale specialist on board the Voyager III was able to make the determination.

Humpback whale are easily identified by the unique patterns on their tail flukes.

The humpback whale population has made an incredible recovery in the past 40 years. After nearly becoming extinct, laws enacted to protect the population have allowed the species to recovery. The population world wide is over over 80,000 strong and containing to recover.

Photo taken from the Voyager III whale watching cruise out of Boston, MA.

Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary


(C) Mitchell Steinhardt "galactica1actual"
2013 All rights reserved
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Comments: 16

lauricedeephd [2013-06-03 10:36:24 +0000 UTC]

Hi - I would like to let you know how beautiful your cetacean photo is! I submitted it to the gallery of my group, #CetaceansFromTheSea . It will be awaiting your approval before it's displayed in the gallery. In the meantime, I would like to invite you to be a member of my group. If you're interested, please do click the link above and then click 'join'. I will really look forward to your being a part of my group.

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galactica1actual In reply to lauricedeephd [2013-10-26 04:46:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Nature-Addict [2013-06-01 23:57:11 +0000 UTC]

That must have been quite the experience! Very wonderful.

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galactica1actual In reply to Nature-Addict [2013-10-26 04:47:39 +0000 UTC]

It was, and I would gladly do it again. I was hoping for some breaching behavior, but they weren't in the mood that day.

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Caen-N [2013-05-31 03:21:22 +0000 UTC]

beautiful shot! must have been amazing to witness that

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galactica1actual In reply to Caen-N [2013-05-31 04:03:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It really was an amazing sight, the waters were extremely busy that day.

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JoanLlado [2013-05-27 15:10:51 +0000 UTC]

TOTALLY AWESOME!!
has always been my dream, watch a moment like this

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galactica1actual In reply to JoanLlado [2013-05-31 04:05:47 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It's a pretty amazing sight

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JoanLlado In reply to galactica1actual [2013-06-03 08:06:52 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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NotablePhotography [2013-05-26 01:23:08 +0000 UTC]

very nice shot! Congrats!!

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galactica1actual In reply to NotablePhotography [2013-05-31 04:07:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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NotablePhotography In reply to galactica1actual [2013-06-04 03:15:48 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome!

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andreareno [2013-05-23 10:59:51 +0000 UTC]

nice timing and you catched right moment. I love that you framed this moment with string of water falling down like waterfall.

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galactica1actual In reply to andreareno [2013-05-24 01:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It's hard with whales because you need to anticipate where they're coming from.

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andreareno In reply to galactica1actual [2013-05-25 09:24:22 +0000 UTC]

can imagine, that waiting ofr right moment is the hardest part of taking picture of whale. You did wonderfull job. Thumb up.

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galactica1actual In reply to andreareno [2013-05-25 16:13:45 +0000 UTC]

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