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Photo of the Day

June 02, 2001

 

Photo: Singing Humpback

Singing Humpback, Hawaii, 1999

Photograph by Flip Nicklin

"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

 

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