The ocean was full of life today. There was so much to look at. We saw a total of 6 fin whales, 3 ocean sunfish, a pod of 25 Atlantic white-sided dolphins, a basking shark and something we have yet to see this season... a sea turtle!
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| Fin whale |
Our fin whales were scattered around and we even watched a couple become associated with each other for a brief moment.
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| Pair of fin whales surfacing in synchrony |
The ocean sunfish showed up sporadically throughout our travels and we were lucky enough to check out a small group of dolphins for a bit too.
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| Ocean sunfish dorsal fin |
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| Atlantic white-sided dolphin |
The icing on the cake was the leatherback sea turtle, the largest sea turtle there is, spotted just before we headed for home.
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| Leatherback sea turtle!!!! |
What an extremely exciting find especially considering this turtle sighting marks for the first turtle for one of our crew members! Such a very special day :)
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