Today we have the last installment of reader Joe Dickinson’s photos from Alaska taken about five years ago (part 1 is here and part 2 here). Joe’s captions are indented.
We were fortunate to see a pod of five or six humpbacks (Megaptera novaeangliae) bubble net feeding just offshore near Juneau. A local whale watch boat joined in the fun. In all the closer shots, you can easily make out the pleats in the throat area that allow huge gulps of sea water and prey and, in the much smaller upper jaw, the baleen that will filter out the good stuff. In some, you also can make out the eye just by the jaw joint.
I’ll round out this set with some more whale tails.
Thanks Joe for all the photos
Some fine-ass photos of some fine-ass mammals, Joe. Thx for sharing.
That’s something I’d love to see in person. One of these days…
Very cool! What an adventure that must have been.
Thank you for sharing! Very exciting photos…
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Nothing beats whales! Thanks for sharing.