Common Dolphin on a Overcast Day :: Photo Of The Day and Natural History Commentary

6/8/2007

Common Dolphin on a Overcast Day

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Common dolphin leaping (porpoising)., Delphinus delphis,  Copyright Phillip Colla, image #18933, all rights reserved worldwide.
Common dolphin leaping (porpoising). San Diego, California, USA.
Image: 18933  
Species: Delphinus delphis
Location: San Diego, California, USA
 

It’s morning offshore of San Diego and the clouds have not yet burned off. It is hard to take good photos in this type of light. For some reason this shot of a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) leaping alone through a glassy ocean surface seemed moody enough to keep.


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