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Mr. K.

I welcomed the new year last night with Mr. K., the friend I wrote about at the end of last year. (See post)Mr. K., smiling with a glass of red wineHe gave me permission to post a photo or two...for...

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Back To The Blue

It's time for me to head out again, back to searching the blue.It'll probably be a while before I am able to post again, so I'll leave with this photo of a blue whale leaving:Blue whale S-curve...

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Happy Year of the Monkey

Happy Year of the Monkey! Tufted grey langur (Semnopithecus priam thersites) (License image)

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Me At Work: Orca Edition

I've just returned from my first adventure of the year, one that was filled with adventure, new experiences, and lots of new friends (both in the water and on land).I was in northern Norway, where it...

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Happy Valentine's Day, from these lovely love birds:Happy Valentine's Day (License image)

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Taxi Ride

I just met a man. He is 63 years old. He drives a taxi for a living, in Los Angeles.Sometimes words stick with you.We got to talking on the ride to the airport. He asked where we were from. I answered...

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Humpback Whale Photos Recent Articles

Out of interest for any Norwegian and Italian readers, here are two recent articles that used a couple of my humpback whale photos.The first is from D2, a weekly publication put out by the publishers...

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Gray Whale Adventure

What a start to the year! From gawking at orcas in Norway straight to playing with gray whales in Mexico. Inquisitive gray whale calf with its mother visible in the background (License image)Each...

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Creepy Crawlies On Gray Whales

A quick addendum to my previous post about gray whales.In case you didn’t know it, many (all?) whales carry communities of other living organisms. Gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus), for instance,...

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More About Whale Lice

I wrote a bit about Cyamus scammoni, a.k.a. whale lice on gray whales, a week ago during an airport layover.I have a boat layover today. The winds are up, swells big, and seas chaotic.So I thought I’d...

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2016年ザトウクジラツアー

2016年トンガ王国のザトウクジラツアーの参加者を募集します。下記の日程に空席があります。8月9日-8月18日8月29日-9月7日 いずれも、ヴァヴァウ島チェックインとチェックアウトの日にちです。7日間海に出ます。宿泊先: リーフリゾート Reef Resort Vava'u利用する船: プロテウスBreaching adult female humpback whale (License...

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Jubilee The Sperm Whale

During a recent layover in Singapore, I had a chance to drop by the new Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, where my friends Swee Hee and Heok Hui were kind enough to show me around.There is a lot...

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Fair Game. Not!

A couple of weeks ago, on 27 March to be exact, I learned via a friend that some of my whale photos were being used in an online advertisement.Problem is, I didn’t know about the usage, and I certainly...

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Fair Game. Not!

A couple of weeks ago, on 27 March to be exact, I learned via a friend that some of my whale photos were being used in an online advertisement.Problem is, I didn’t know about the usage, and I certainly...

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Red-Margin Shrimp Goby

I've been away from the Internet for almost three weeks. Just back from pursuing more photos of fish spawning aggregations in Palau, with friends at Unique Dive Expeditions/ Sam's Tours, and Nauticam....

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Humpback Whale Trip Openings

A few friends have had to change their travel plans, which means I have some openings for humpback whale trips in Tonga this coming August and September.Inquisitive baby boy humpback whale (License...

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Iniistius aneitensis Juvenile

Here's another macro photo from way back that I dug up and cleaned up on a rainy afternoon in Palau, the same day I processed the red-margin shrimp goby photo I posted a couple of days ago.This is a...

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Whale Talks at TDEX

After a whirlwind 72 hours at home, I'm off to Bangkok for the Thailand Travel and Dive Expo, where I'll be giving talks about humpback whales and sperm whales. My talks are at 17:00 on Saturday and...

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Juvenile Flying Gurnard

The main reason I traveled to Palau again recently was to continue my efforts to photograph fish spawning aggregations. I just can't get enough of fish orgies.I did, however, manage to work-in one...

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Pseudamia amblyuroptera Cardinalfish

Along with the juvenile flying gurnard, this interesting fish turned up during my recent blackwater dive in Palau:Pseudamia amblyuroptera (License image)It's a white-jawed cardinalfish (Pseudamia...

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