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Drone directly over the Right Whale blow hole sampling the output.

Drone directly over the Right Whale blow hole sampling the output.
Drone directly over the Right Whale blow hole sampling the output.
Drone directly over the Right Whale blow hole sampling the output.
Drone directly over the Right Whale blow hole sampling the output.
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LaCapra, Véronique
Drone directly over the Right Whale blow hole sampling the output.
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03/30/2015
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 1, pg. 2:
Top: A drone captures a sample of whale's breath.
Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 52, No. 2, pg. 11:
The drone hovers in the whales blow to collect a sample. The V-shaped spray pattern is characteristic of baleen whales such as North Atlantic right whales, which have two blowholes through which they breathe. Whales with teethsuch as sperm whaleshave only one blowhole.
Funding for this research project was provided by NOAAs Northeast Fisheries Science Centers Large Whale Team led by Peter Corkeron, through the Cooperative Institute for the North Atlantic Region Grant #NA14OAR4320158. The research approach of whales using the hexacopter was authorized by NMFS permit #17355 and flights were authorized under an MOU between NOAA and the FAA (Class G MOU #2016-ESA-3-NOAA).
Photo by Véronique LaCapra, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Research approach of whales authorized by NMFS permit #17355
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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