Dolphin Crest
In the ocean near Kona.
“Dolphins have a massive new brain area, the paralimbic lobe, that we do not possess. The paralimbic lobe is an outgrowth of the cingulate gyrus, which is known to elaborate social communication and social emotions in all other mammals. Thus, dolphins may have social thoughts and feelings that we can only vaguely imagine.” (Steven Johnson, Mind Wide Open, p.225.)
A recent update: "Despite the divergent evolutionary paths of dolphins and primates -- and their vastly different brains -- both have developed similar high-level cognitive abilities" such as mirror self-recognition.
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aileron, TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³, kiesel, whatchamakallit, and 86 other people added this photo to their favorites.
... has left the building [deleted] (105 months ago | reply)
What a nice moment!
kiesel (104 months ago | reply)
amazing!!!!
Songdog (104 months ago | reply)
That water color is just incredible. My wife and I saw a pod of spinner dolphins go by when we kayaked off South Kona. Were these dolphins swimming along with your boat?
jurvetson (104 months ago | reply)
Yes. And they would jump up in the air spinning and playing. Several pods that would thrash about. About 20-30 dolphins in all....
The Rocketeer (103 months ago | reply)
Very cool. Why are they swimming away from you, Steve? Did you accidentally say "Starkist" too loud or something?
Just kidding... they were probably near the bow of the boat riding the crest, werent' they? I've seen only one or two at a time in Galveston Bay. Also, Galveston Bay looks like chocolate milk compared to this beautiful water... what a treat!
jurvetson (103 months ago | reply)
Yeah, I was on the bow of the boat belting out the Celine Dion diddy from The Titanic, and they hate that song.
"Near, far, where ever you are..."
The Rocketeer (103 months ago | reply)
LOL!
I'm sure you still sing better than me, but neither one of us looks good singing that song...
TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ (103 months ago | reply)
They say that argentinian dolphins sing very well, btw...
jurvetson (103 months ago | reply)
Yes... they are quite special.
Rocketeer: Chocolate milk??? That sounds nasty. Does it relate to this passage I read in Biomimicry today?
"In Iowa, up to six bushels of soil are washed out to sea for every bushel of corn produced."
lunaryuna AGAINST CENSORSHIP [deleted] (103 months ago | reply)
most wonderful moment indeed! Lovely in so many ways :)
*ivo* (102 months ago | reply)
Oh man!!! I love dolphins... I swam with them in Mexico. They are heavenly creatures. They are so cool they would even endure you singing that god awful Celine Dion song to them :D
SparkyLeigh (101 months ago | reply)
Dolphins off Kona eh! They are so cool! Did you get a chance to get in the water woith them Steve?
I have been blessed to live here and have often swum with the wild spinner dolphins. I have some photos of some of these times and your picture here has inspired me to post them...maybe today!
jurvetson (101 months ago | reply)
Yup. Can't wait to see your shots! Your lava, crater and gecko shots are magnifique.
kaneblues (101 months ago | reply)
Wonderful capture~
[ j ] (98 months ago | reply)
wonderful!
ipernity.com/home/nicoleb / No to censorship [deleted] (98 months ago | reply)
Amazing picture!
davey-boy (98 months ago | reply)
Wonderful picture
halloo9 (97 months ago | reply)
would love to watch some dolphins
Sparkyfaisca (96 months ago | reply)
Amazing photo
deb5376 (95 months ago | reply)
Wow! I love this picture! So refreshing...I adore dolphins :))
!efatima (95 months ago | reply)
i love em. cool shot.
Corydora (94 months ago | reply)
Fantastic shot - there's nothing more amazing than being in the middle of a big group of dolphins.
dalesgirl [deleted] (94 months ago | reply)
Oh so beautiful!
Ravindranath Y (94 months ago | reply)
superb shot
Kim Van Horn (92 months ago | reply)
great shot! :) please post at
www.flickr.com/groups/ilovetheocean/
halloo9 (92 months ago | reply)
and i watched some dolphins. dreams can come true :-)
baba93552002 (91 months ago | reply)
Wow! I love this amazing picture!
dolphunangel (91 months ago | reply)
awesome picture. you are so lucky to have been able to experience thay moment!!!
judo_dad1953 (90 months ago | reply)
great capture
Paul Linton (81 months ago | reply)
Phenomenal shot!
shenxy (81 months ago | reply)
good shot, though a little over exposed.
The World Through My Eyes
bsmith4815 (81 months ago | reply)
nice capture!
LA Lassie (79 months ago | reply)
I would like to invite you to add this great photo
to the QEMD "Finch" Group (No Rules - Just Educational)
danielle_null_23_21 (78 months ago | reply)
Hey that picture is cute
jurvetson (73 months ago | reply)
glyph_hunter: you have cracked the code...
earthpages (41 months ago | reply)
lovely lovely lovely! thanks for the ccl; i've blogged this here: epages.wordpress.com/2012/07/14/the-qualiasph ere/
go thunk yourself (41 months ago | reply)
Thanks for making this Creative Commons license. I've used it in a blog post and presentation with the 3rd lesson to getting your self scam free. This presentation covers Maslow's hierarchy of needs. It's hosted on that page and here's the scam free online 3rd lesson slidecast. Hope to see the rest of your stuff soon!
Hawaii Wow! (38 months ago | reply)
Beautiful photo! Posted it at www.hawaiiwow.com.
michellebarryfranco (13 months ago | reply)
so beautiful! I'm using it on my blog at www.michellebarryfranco.com. Thank you for sharing!
js.brain (6 months ago | reply)
Beautiful