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Blue Whale Moments

Approaching a pygmy blue whale to collect photo-identification images, the aqua and blue tones of their bodies, as seen just through the water surface fill your vision with fabulous blue hues.

No wonder I get stuck in the blue section of my wardrobe after a day with blue whales!

 

A Pygmy Blue Whale. Pod 1, an animal approximately 22 m long, came over to check out Whale Song!

A 22m long Pygmy blue whale came over to check out Whale Song!

 

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Hair on a pygmy blue whale emerges from the centre of the black spots on the edge of the upper jaw.

 

As a 22 metre long pygmy blue whale raised its’ 7 metre wide tail flukes in a sounding dive, Skipper was ecstatic!

Mr Skipper meet Mr Blue Whale!

 

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The flat upper jaw of a pygmy blue whale is seen here, a moment before the splashguard rises and the whale exhales and inhales.

 

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Beside Whale Song, a pygmy blue whale surfaces.

 

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Pearly hues of the pale blue skin glow underwater.

 

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‘Phwwwwwfff!’

 

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A pygmy blue whale just below the surface…

 

 

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