Saturday, September 13, 2008

Labor Day Weekend - Cape Cod Whale Watching



Photographer - Jeenal Shah



Photographer - Dhruti Shah

It was indeed most memorable event of the trip
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After traveling for 1.5 hrs into the ocean we spotted a family of humpback whales
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Starting our trip at Provincetown Harbors we ended up in between Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, the whales' favorite feeding grounds.
From what I hear the water is shallow here, plankton upon which whales feed rises closer to the surface.
The journey into the ocean was amazing in itself. The huge waves of water hitting the head of the boat would form rainbows every time it touched back into ocean. The whale family was at 10-15 feet distance from railing we were leaning on. The giant magnificent was such a delight to watch. We were actually pretty lucky because we had 3-4 sightings of whale on our entire trip back to shore. I really cannot understand why someone would want to kill them. But hey I am a vegan!


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