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Great Barrier Reef

33 images Created 22 Oct 2013

The Great Barrier Reef holds some surprises and one of the most amazing are the sleek and beautiful Dwarf Minke whales. Actually they are about 20-25 ft (8-10 m) long and weigh in at several tons.

The Minkes visit the reef each year. Sometimes 20 or more loosely congregate in areas of deepish water. They are very curious and will repeatedly cruise past, sometimes closer and closer, until they might only be a few feet away. The important thing is to remain calm and don't make a lot of noise.

The Minkes are the focus of "genuine" research by scientists in Australia. Some of the mysteries they are studying are where they go after the reef and why the Minkes that visit the reef are all of a similar age. The Minke are a beautiful animal that needs our protection.

Swimming with the Minkes is an unforgettable peak life experience, I hope that my images will invoke in you some of the excitement that I feel about these fabulous whales.

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  • The Minke's sleek form is perfect for moving through thousands of miles of ocean. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The sleek Minke whale returns each year to the sheltered waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Minkes seem very curious swimming up and making multiple passes. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Minke kissing the sky. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Minke Whale in Blue Space. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Dappled light and sun beams on Minke whale with snorkelers above. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The sleek Minke whale returns each year to the sheltered waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Minkes seem very curious swimming up and making multiple passes. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Minkes sometimes spy hop and look around. When you think how they experience the transition from water to air it makes you wonder what the human equivalent is. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • It is amazing how different the sleek Minke is from the bumpy Humpback. Yet they both show curiosity which is in someway the hallmark of intelligence. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Minke with snorkelers above. The Minke is about 30 or more feet long. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The sleek Minke whale returns each year to the sheltered waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Minkes seem very curious swimming up and making multiple passes. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Glasseye Schooling. (Photo by Wildlife & Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Incredible Minke Whale. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • A sleek perfect form created by over millions of years by evolution. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Minke about to dive. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • A giant Potato cod poses for a portrait at a cleaning station. (Photo by Underwater Photographer)
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  • An incredible creature and an exemplar of the form follows function ideal. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Finely structured soft coral. (Photo by Travel Photographer Matt Considie)
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  • Minke whale near the surface. The minke lives in a world.defined by water. This is their liquid world. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • (Sea fan. Photo by Travel Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Giant Potato Cod being attended to by small cleaner wrasse. (Photo by Underwater Photographer)
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  • Minke about to dive. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The sleek Minke whale returns each year to the sheltered waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Minkes seem very curious swimming up and making multiple passes. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Potato Cod under luminous blue sky. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Minke coming up for air. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Giant Potato Cod with small cleaner wrasse. (Photo by Underwater Photographer)
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  • Glasseye Schooling. (Photo by Wildlife & Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • These giant cods are so large they could swallow a human head in one go. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Vibrant sea anemone. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Potato Cod under luminous blue sky. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The Crinoid is an animal but looks like a plant. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • The beautiful and poisonous lion fish. (Photo by Wildlife Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • Scribbled Filefish (Photo by Travel Photographer Matt Considine)
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  • A little Pufferfish lurking among the coral. (Photo by Underwater Photographer Matt Considine)
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