# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CcxVL21O5cy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11680677-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/597c93f5ed.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-04-25T10:32:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photo by paulnicklen | There are many ways to describe a whale’s breach: tail, chin, back flop, and side, to name a few. Then there is my favorite of all, the spinning breach. At the Silver Bank, north of the Dominican Republic, an 80,000-pound (35,000 kg) humpback whale erupts from the sea, twisting its 45-foot (15 m) body like a corkscrew as it heads for the sky, while the wind peels hundreds of gallons of water from its 15-foot (5 m) pectoral fins. It is an impressive sight to behold. Follow me paulnicklen to see more great leviathans of the deep. #Whale #Humpback #HumpbackWhale #SilverBank #DominicanRepublic #Breach #SpinningBreach

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breach, spinningbreach, humpbackwhale, silverbank, humpback, whale, dominicanrepublic

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