ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 4月15日 00時13分

Photo by @BrianSkerry.
A close-up view of the soulful eye of a Southern Right Whale, photographed in the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands of New Zealand. Barnacles and cyamids (small crustaceans) thrive in the rough patches of skin around the whale’s eye, providing distinct patterns of shapes and colors.
North Atlantic Right Whales, cousins of the whale photographed here, are the most endangered whales on the planet - with only about 500 remaining. These North Atlantic Right Whales live much closer to human industrialization than Southern Right Whales, often hit by ships, entangled in fishing gear and affected by pollution.

Though the Southern Rights are also endangered, their populations have increased since the whaling days due to increased regulation and geographic distance from shipping and hunting lanes. Photographed on assignment for @ナショナルジオグラフィック Magazine.
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