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03-JUN-2004

Spinner Porpoises

This is no prize-winning photo, but it was the only one I got of a large pod of Spinner Porpoises that followed us around one day. They would ride the bow wave, as doing here, or they'd drift away and launch spectacular spinning leaps for which they are named. One of them must have launched himself 10-12 feet high and 20 feet across the air as he also spun 5-10 times. Wow, that must be fun! I tried to get a picture of one doing this, but never had the camera pointed the right way at the right time.

Canon EOS 10D
1/250s f/9.5 at 28.0mm iso400 full exif

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