Whale Watching

Some recent whale footage. The first one is filmed by my co-worker's phone. This whale came up after swimming under our boat.

Same encounter but different angle:

And a photo of the same encounter:

This is what we call a "tail slapper:"

And this is a calf splashing around next to our boat. You can see the white pectoral fins ("arm-fins") that look turquoise under water:

In this clip you we have a hydrophone in the water and the background noise is actually humpback whale song that you can hear even with your own ears if you go diving or snorkeling during whale season. This song has been heard in all the world's oceans for centuries but we didn't figure out where this cacophony came from until the 1960s. I bet that many marine stories of ghosts and sea monsters originated back in the day when sailors heard whale song through the wooden hulls of grand ships.

And finally, some pictures of me. Here's one of the better ones I could find:

Ha ha, I love the cupcake face mask from LUSH. Seriously though, here's another one:

I finally after several years here got my license.

Location:Maui