Heh, yeah, those are pretty cool. I'm with you on the cloud cover over the mountain pic. That's great. I kinda like the lightning one as well.
The one out on the ocean with the storm coming in is cool. I saw it before when it was being attributed to that hurricane that ruffled Farmville last semester. As it turns out, the pic was actually taken of a tropical storm off of Australia if I remember correctly (I may not, my memory does tend to play tricks on me). That sort of ruined the picture a little for me. That said, it is rather creepy how calm the ocean is. Look at it, it's practically a lake. I've only seen the ocean that calm on one occasion ever. And I can tell you, the saying that it's calmest before the storm is usually false. Creepy!
The one with the dude holding the sun doesn't do much for me. I don't know why, it just seems sort of plain when grouped with the others.
On that same note, that last picture doesn't work for me either. Don't get me wrong, I love sharks. . . And that's the problem. You see, while it looks cool and the dude on the surfboard probably got quite a start out of it, that isn't a shark. That's very much a whale. How can I tell? For one, no secondary dorsal fin. Sharks have a second, much smaller dorsal fin between the primary dorsal and the tail. Also, the tail is pretty obviously horizontal (though slightly bent) which is patently whale. Sharks have a vertical tail. Ah well, still a pretty cool pic. At least is wasn't faked or anything.
You're quite right. I said whale as an inclusive when I should have said cetacean.
Sadly, without being able to see the markings, it's all but impossible to conclusively say what it is. I can say for certain it's not a shark though.
My personal guess is that it's a Pacific white-sided dolphin. Like I said, without the markings (or even a size estimate. Or hell, even a clear look at the tail and head) there's no way to be sure, but the shape of the body and dorsal fin seem consistent with a Pacific white-sided dolphin. They generally favor deeper waters, but they've been known to venture close into shore before.
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Date: 2004-08-13 07:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-13 10:07 pm (UTC)The one out on the ocean with the storm coming in is cool. I saw it before when it was being attributed to that hurricane that ruffled Farmville last semester. As it turns out, the pic was actually taken of a tropical storm off of Australia if I remember correctly (I may not, my memory does tend to play tricks on me). That sort of ruined the picture a little for me. That said, it is rather creepy how calm the ocean is. Look at it, it's practically a lake. I've only seen the ocean that calm on one occasion ever. And I can tell you, the saying that it's calmest before the storm is usually false. Creepy!
The one with the dude holding the sun doesn't do much for me. I don't know why, it just seems sort of plain when grouped with the others.
On that same note, that last picture doesn't work for me either. Don't get me wrong, I love sharks. . . And that's the problem. You see, while it looks cool and the dude on the surfboard probably got quite a start out of it, that isn't a shark. That's very much a whale. How can I tell? For one, no secondary dorsal fin. Sharks have a second, much smaller dorsal fin between the primary dorsal and the tail. Also, the tail is pretty obviously horizontal (though slightly bent) which is patently whale. Sharks have a vertical tail. Ah well, still a pretty cool pic. At least is wasn't faked or anything.
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Date: 2004-08-14 05:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-14 05:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2004-08-14 11:08 pm (UTC)Sadly, without being able to see the markings, it's all but impossible to conclusively say what it is. I can say for certain it's not a shark though.
My personal guess is that it's a Pacific white-sided dolphin. Like I said, without the markings (or even a size estimate. Or hell, even a clear look at the tail and head) there's no way to be sure, but the shape of the body and dorsal fin seem consistent with a Pacific white-sided dolphin. They generally favor deeper waters, but they've been known to venture close into shore before.