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Breaching Humpback Whale

Dan started this in his travel moleskine on the flight from Auckland to LAX, on the way back from our trip to Tonga. Obviously still under the spell of the humpback whales off Vava'u.

The scientific name for the baleen whales is mysticetes. Damn right, MYSTIC!

Check out photos from our trip to Tonga to swim with humpback whales HERE.

Ambonya Morning

November 9, 2010 We were in a very isolated place. Tourists don't come to Ambon much I don't think. Even divers don't come to this silty sandy trash strewn bay for the most part. We were her with a group of underwater photographers though who appreciated the muck diving in the bay of Ambon for the treasures it held - tiny beautiful creatures that are hard to spot on a coral reef, but easy enough to spot crawling across the sand or sitting on an empty paint can in 10 feet of water.

The little dive resort we were staying at had no internet and no TVs and i wake up early mostly, so I found a lot of time to draw. This morning I just watched the sun coming over the mountains on the opposite side of the bay and drew what i saw.