Another Humpback Whale
February 14th, 2010 at 12:12 am (AST) by Jake RichterPerhaps as if sensing we had not had good pictures of its cousin in the morning, another humpback whale showed up right after we had bid the fin whales adieu. This whale stuck around for quite some time, diving and surfacing, time and time again.
We spot another humpback whale in front of the boat
The humpback whale starts to surface
The humpback whale's head just barely clears the water
The humpback whale begins to blow out from its two blow holes
The blow from the humpback whale splashed back down on its back
The two blow holes of the humpback whale are clearly visible here
The humpback whale leaves us for the depths again
The tail of the humpback whale breaches the water surface
We see the fluke of the humpback whale start to come out of the water
The fluke of the humpback whale comes fully out of the water
The humpback whales waves goodbye - and we can use these underside markings on the fluke to identify it
Tags: Antarctic, humpback whale
February 15th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
WOWW
February 24th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
Truly fantastic pictures
February 26th, 2010 at 12:17 am
Nice flukes!