Humpback whale mother and calf, Tonga

:: Tuesday, July 25th, 2006 @ 10:47:09 pm

:: Tags: Photo, Travel

mamma humpback whale and young calf

You know that mother and calf humpback whale (Megaptera noveangliae) we had to abandon yesterday? We found them again today, and our encounters were amazing. After being in the water with them several times, the mother finally decided that she trusted us and allowed her calf to come literally within arm’s length. Whales are big.

More photos follow…

mamma humpback whale and young calf

a curious humpback whale calf approaches

ok. i am officially close to the calf here.

bye bye, whales!

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:: 7 comments (rss)

1. posted by Mike V on Tue, July 25, 2006 @ 11:42 pm

   sweet stuff Eric

2. posted by davepatchen on Wed, July 26, 2006 @ 12:40 am

   Holy shit, that’s amazing. :)

3. posted by jamesw on Wed, July 26, 2006 @ 6:21 am

   Incredible shots - must have been an experience of a lifetime.

4. posted by joshklein1 on Wed, July 26, 2006 @ 8:57 am

   wow

5. posted by wendy on Thu, July 27, 2006 @ 10:20 pm

   cool! glad you had enough fuel on day 2 :)

6. posted by shu on Sun, July 30, 2006 @ 7:51 am

   I want one of the photos. They are so cute!

7. posted by nab on Wed, January 10, 2007 @ 5:05 am

   thank U so much there’s not enough photos like this in the web I’m addicted now and I hope I’ll see more from you

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