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Description
Splash as humpback - Megaptera novaeangliae - hits the water after breaching.This picture won the whale cannonball contest. (Image credit: Commander John Bortniak)
Photographer
Commander John Bortniak
Display Date
1992 October
Collection
NOAA's Ark
Whales
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA Corps (ret.)
Keywords
Marine Mammals
Great Whale
Humpback