Two to Tonga

Photograph by Fabrice Guerin , National Geographic Your Shot

This day the sea was clear and quiet, writes Your Shot member Fabrice Guerin , who captured this picture of a humpback whale and calf off the South Pacific island of Tonga. The baby played for a few moments, and before joining the depths of the ocean, rubbed its mother as if to [give her] a hug.

Guerin s picture recently appeared in Your Shot s Daily Dozen .

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