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Miracle. All of it.
T.G.I.F.: It’s been a long week
Giant humpback leaps from the sea in Monterey California as fisherman in small boat looks on agog. Humpback whales are in the same family as the largest beings on earth, the blue whale, and females can reach up to 50 foot long and weigh 25–30 metric tons, about five times as heavy as a fully-grown male African elephant. Don’t miss the video and other photos here: DailyMail.com. (Via Your Eyes Blaze Out)
Sunday Morning
After a century, humpbacks migrate
again to Queens. They left
due to sewage and white froth
banking the shores from polychlorinated-
biphenyl-dumping into the Hudson
and winnowing menhaden schools.
But now grace, dark bodies of song
return. Go to the seaside—
Hold your breath. Submerge.
A black fluke silhouetted
against the Manhattan skyline …
Our songs will pierce the dark
fathoms. Behold the miracle:
what was once lost
now leaps before you.
~ Rajiv Mohabir, from “Why Whales Are Back in New York City”
Notes:
- Photo: Humpback Whale in New York Harbor: Day 3 by Bjoern Kils.
- Poem Source: 3quarksdaily
Let’s just say: Wow!
Don’t miss all of the 2015 Winners: National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.
This photo, Whale Whisperers, was taken by Anuar Patjane, who was diving with a humpback whale and her newborn calf at Roca Partida in the Revillagigedo [Islands], Mexico. Be sure to check out his other whale shots here: Anuar Patjane.
Thank you Eric.