{"id":14890,"date":"2019-07-26T21:10:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T19:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/?p=14890"},"modified":"2019-05-29T21:10:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T19:10:55","slug":"breaching-humpback-whales-wrangel-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/26\/breaching-humpback-whales-wrangel-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaching humpback whales &#8211; Wrangel Island"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The whale whose song is so elaborate, the humpback whale, is the easiest to observe in the cold waters of North-Eastern Russia (it lives in all oceans and seas of the world).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is quite easy to approach humpbacks, which makes them a nice and easy subject for wildlife photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dgwt-justified-gallery\"><div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14890 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure 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The most pleasant (nad actually stunning) was to discover that one of them was a young guy willing to have a bit of fun jumping out (breaching) regularly (and quite often). This created a marvelous photo op, and an unforgettable moment, with plenty of splashes captured by the camera&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dgwt-justified-gallery\"><div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-14890 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2019\/07\/26\/breaching-humpback-whales-wrangel-island\/mg_6310w\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MG_6310w-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MG_6310w-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MG_6310w-300x200.jpg 300w, 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https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MG_6333w-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/MG_6333w.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Splash2-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14905\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Humpback whale (<em>Megaptera novaeangliae<\/em>), baleine \u00e0 bosse.<br>Wrangel Island, Russia.<br>August 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The whale whose song is so elaborate, the humpback whale, is the easiest to observe in the cold waters of North-Eastern Russia (it lives in all oceans and seas of the world). 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