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Singing Humpback, Hawaii, 1999

"Showing his ID as he floats head-down in the singing position, Frank displays the unique pattern of tail markings by which individual humpback whales can be recognized."

—From “Listening to Humpbacks,” July 1999, National Geographic magazine

Photograph by Flip Nicklin