2009 08-24 SB Channel

A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lunges directly at the camera. The lower jaw and its ventral pleats are expanded and the upper jaw (to the left) can be seen with its bushy baleen.

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The mighty blast of a giant Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is the largest known amount of air to be exhaled by any organism that ever lived on this planet.

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The spout of a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) catches the breeze in the middle of a huge krill patch.

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Three Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis) fooling around.

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High speed Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) caught with high speed photography.

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Whalers on board the Condor Express enjoy a close encounter with Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).

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The bulbous head and spout of a Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).

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Two Risso's Dolphins (Grampus griseus).

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Extreme close up look at a Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).

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Several streaks of red kril (Thysanoessa spinifera) and lots of seabirds feasting.

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A single patch of krill (Thysanoessa spinifera) about the size of a football field.

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A closer look at the big krill patch on the surface (Thysanoessa spinifera).

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A curious image of some real biological interest: A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) lets out a big blast of air bubbles from its blowhole as it rises up from below this patch of kril (Thysanoessa spinifera). You can see the krill jumping out of the water.

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Whalers on the Condor Express enjoy a friendly Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).

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The top of the head of this Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and its baleen can be seen as the animal lunge feeds on krill away from the camera.

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A very close portrait of a Humpback Whale's (Megaptera novaeangliae) head and spout.

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Say "ahhh." A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) does a slow vertical lunge in the middle of a huge patch of krill (Thysanoessa spinifera).

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Here we see the jaws snaped shut and water being expelled from within the mouth of this Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).

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The gaping jaws of a feeding Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)...again notice the krill everywhere.

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Krill in the mouth, krill all around the mouth, this lazy Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fed itself in slow motion.

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Light shines off the tips of the baleen plates in the open mouth of this lunge feeding Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).

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The right flanks and dorsal fin of a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).

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Tail flukes of a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae).

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