Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Heavy

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Theme: Heavy | Become a Photo Hunter

I was at a loss coming up with something for today’s theme at first. Then I remembered that we had pictures of an elephant at a zoo — but then I thought of this picture and decided on it.

Whale show at Seaworld

This is from a whale show at Seaworld in Florida in April of 2002. We had gone down during spring break Jeremy’s senior year to check out Clearwater Christian College (loved it, but they didn’t have the major he wanted). We took a day to visit here. We had been to a similar place in CA once when Jesse was just a baby, and I had always wanted to go back when he was old enough to remember it, so I am glad we got the chance.

Whales are certainly heavy, but they glide through the air with such ease! So graceful!

I didn’t notice this when I first scanned the picture, but the whale on the left has a man standing on his nose (or snout? whatever you call a whale’s nose). That gives you some idea of how big these creatures are.

Jeremy and Jesse were down in the “splash zone” and were disappointed when they didn’t get wet at all — til the whale made one last pass around the tank at the end and flipped water on their section with its tail!

I am more of a homebody than a goer and a doer, but this is something I would love to see again — this and the dolphins.

34 thoughts on “Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt: Heavy”

  1. Orcas! Yes, very heavy!!!

    If you haven’t stopped by yet, I hope you can visit with me as I celebrated my birthday today!! My heavy is part of the celebration.

  2. Orcas! Yes, very heavy!!!

    If you haven’t stopped by yet, I hope you can visit with me as I celebrated my birthday today!! My heavy is part of the celebration.

  7. Hi Barbara! Long time no see, thanks for dropping by 🙂 You got a great shot of those killer whales, and they sure look heavy! Imagine if the whale was balancing on the man’s snout, that would be even heavier hehe… Happy hunting and happy weekend!

  8. What an amazing photo. You don’t realize how huge they are until you see than man standing on it’s nose. I’m not sure what you call it either, but I think “nose” gets the point across. LOL

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  13. Wonderful photos, Barbara. In fact, both of the orcas in your photo are balancing a person on their snout. Seaworld is one of our favorite places to visit. Thanks for stopping by the creek to comment. The opportunity to greet the Bushes was certainly a treat. Blessings on your weekend and week ahead!

  16. If you haadn’t pointed out the man I would never have noticed! That certainly does give youthe perspective. Great shot!

  28. This is a fabulous photo for this theme. We had killer whales in our aquarium for years here in Vancouver but no more. Only belugas now. I always loved to see them.

  33. Wow – what an incredible shot. I think this photo is just perfect for this week’s heavy theme. Thank you so much for sharing.

    Have a blessed week 🙂

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