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Sea Monster
Photograph by Robert Clark
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The serpentine Basilosaurus, once thought to be a reptile (its name means “king of reptiles”), undulated in Earth’s seas about 37 million years ago. “Basilosaurus is close to the ancestry of modern whales, but it is on a sideline—its vertebrae are very unusual,” says paleontologist David Bohaska of the Smithsonian Institution, where the composite skeleton is housed. His daughter Alex stands at right for scale. The whale, snout to tail, is 55
feet (17 meters)long.
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Camera:
Cannon Eos-1n
Film Type:
Fujichrome Provia 100
Lens:
17-35mm f/ 2.8 zoom
Speed and F-Stop:
1/30 @ f/5.6
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Weather Conditions:
N/A
Time of Day:
N/A
Lighting Techniques:
Multiple strobes lighting the wall and the whale
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