After a brief visit to New Zealand, it was nice to be back in the Azores, just in time for spring. This is the time of the year when a spring bloom occurs, and life in the oceans increases in general. It's the best time of the year to see the most species of cetaceans, especially the migratory baleen whales such as the beautiful humpback featured in the majority of the photos below. 2011 was one of our best years on record to see humpback whales!
Extreme closeup - Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) pectoral fin as it breaching close to the boat
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in a flat calm ocean
Male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) going on a dive
No comments:
Post a Comment