Sounds of a Dying Whale



Photo Title

Sounds of a Dying Whale

Photographer/Creator

Charles Nye

Collection

Publisher

Eugene Register-Guard

Caption/Description

A sperm whale beached on the shore of the Oregon coast. The whales, weighing from six to twenty-five tons each, could not be budged. Most of them died slowly, their lungs collapsing from the weight of their own bodies.

Citation

Charles Nye, "Sounds of a Dying Whale," in POYi Archive, Item #10182, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/10182 (accessed May 3, 2024).

Date Added

07.04.2008