Took a Whale Watching Cruise,
August 18, 2001
Hump Back Whales
About the background:  Foot Print of a Whale.
Taken August 18, 2001 on a Whale Watching Cruise.
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Taken by KMA, 08/18/2001
Spook & I were practicingsynchronous photography here:
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
Thar She Blows!  (That foggy spot is from the blow spout)
Taken by KMA, 08/18/2001
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
The reason these whales are called "Hump Back", for the way the body arches (or humps up) just before it ascends.
Taken by KMA, 08/18/2001
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
Flukes up, whale down.
For those who have some way of looking up a whales' who's who, the first whale we sited was the one below.
Taken by KMA, 08/18/2001
There's One in Every Croud,
(Show Off!!!)
Taken by KMA, 08/18/2001
Taken by KMA, 08/18/2001
The approach before the show...
Sidling up next to the boat, about 20 yds. away.
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
The flip...
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
The windup...
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
The flap...flap...flap...flap, about six times, splashing the lower deck.
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
Taken by JRA, 08/18/2001
Humping up

and waving "Bye Bye"
For the Light House Fans:
Taken by KMA, 08/18/2001
There are two light houses on the way out of Plymouth Harbor.

This one is commonly called the Bug Light, because of the Lobster (local vernacular "Bugs") beds are very good right around it.  It's located at the tip of Long Beach at Plymouth Harbor.
Taken by KMA, 08/18/2001
This is Garnet Light

It's just a little beyond Bug Light and Long Beach on Clark's Island.  It's the only light house to have ever come under enemy fire, during the American Revolution (and that was a mistake).

The light was moved back from the cliffs a couple of years ago.  It's one of the few surviving wooden light houses.
(I love that lanteen rigged boat, by the way...)
Spook's camera is a Pentax K-1000, he was using his 28/80 zoom lense.
My camera is a Sears (Ricoh) KS-2, I was using my 80/200 lense.
Film was Kodac 100, 200 or Brooks 200 film.  (Hey, freebies are good.)
There were 5 rolls of film taken, although one was damaged and none of those turned out (over exposure).
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