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    Tuesday, August 21, 2007

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    21 August 2007: Family field trip to watch the blue whale.

    We found her filter feeding along a trench outside Long Beach harbor. A member of the biggest animals ever club, Tallulah did not fail to impress.

    She would evacuate her blog hole, roll a chorus line of vertebrae above the water, and then expose her diminutive dorsal fin (located 3/4 along the length of her body) before diving to feed. Repeat. It was plenty to see.

    She would stay under for 7 minutes, leaving me free to sing sailing songs. My favorite treat was seeing her flukes underwater glowing blue-white.

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