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Sperm Whales and Underwater Life

This gallery supplements the trip report I've posted on my website at: http://echeng.com/journal/2009/10/19/trip-report-sperm-whale-expedition-to-ogasawara-japan/
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The Dancing Whale, our 42-foot snorkeling vessel in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
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The Dancing Whale, our 42-foot snorkeling vessel in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan

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  • Photographer Tony Wu in the distance, with a diving sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • The remains of a large pelagic octopus, presumably spit up by a sperm whale. Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
  • The remains of a large pelagic octopus, presumably spit up by a sperm whale. Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
  • Photographer Tony Wu photographs the remains of a large pelagic octopus presumably spit up by a sperm whale. Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
  • The remains of a large squid found near a social group of sperm whales, Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off of Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off of Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off of Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off of Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off of Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • Tony Wu with Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off of Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • Douglas Seifert, Tony Wu and Emiko freedive with Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus) off of Chichijima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • Two pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) jumping out of the water. Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) jumping out of the water. Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
  • Pantropical spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) jumping out of the water. Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
  • The crew of Sea Tac's Dancing Whale use a directional hydrophone to listen for sperm whales
  • The Dancing Whale, our 42-foot snorkeling vessel in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
  • Tomoko Takahashi and crew member Shiho use a hydrophone to listen for sperm whales (Ogasawara Islands, Japan)
  • Wetpixel expedition members sit ready on the swim step of the Dancing Whale. Ogasawara Islands, Japan.
  • Photographers return to the Dancing Whale in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
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