Dolphins Bow Ride — Bottlenose Trio
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Three bottlenose dolphins photographed underwater from the bow of a sailing yacht, riding the pressure wave — the animals perfectly positioned in formation within the wave.
Description
Bow riding in bottlenose dolphins — the behaviour in which animals position themselves in the pressure wave ahead of a moving vessel and maintain station with minimal energy expenditure while travelling at the vessel’s speed — is one of cetacean behaviour’s most characteristic and visually compelling displays. This underwater photograph was made from a bow-mounted camera housing on a 15-metre sailing ketch traveling at 8 knots in the Strait of Gibraltar, the camera triggered remotely from the cockpit. The three dolphins are in perfect echelon formation within the bow pressure wave, their bodies inclined slightly upward, the dark blue Atlantic water and the silver surface light creating a composition of considerable dynamic beauty.
