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Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae 29 July 2010

The humpback whale activity off the coast of Santa Cruz has been pretty high the last couple of weeks, with some awesome photographs and videos surfacing across the web. As cool as it sounds to have a close encounter with these guys, though, authorities have warned that it’s definitely not… Read the rest

Conservationist Leon Deschamps hopes images of him patting tiger sharks while they tear chunks off the dead whale he is sitting on will help dispel the ocean predators’ image as bloodthirsty man eaters.

“Tiger sharks are not aggressive,” Mr Deschamps said, “And I thought the most effective way to demonstrate … Read the rest

Love this photo.
Thanks to Ross for this one!… Read the rest
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The video short for the music group Modest Mouse’s song “King Rat,” which was directed by Heath Ledger, was released today. First of all, it isn’t your ordinary “music video,” and, in fact, can hardly be categorized as such. The video itself is roughly 6 minutes long, and is an… Read the rest

David Sheridan, a kiteboarder and high school photography teacher, figured out a way to mount his camera onto his kiteboarding sail and have it take pictures of him every 10 seconds. In the process he managed to capture a pretty amazing shot with him and a whale; unfortunately the camera… Read the rest