Just to re-cap on this encounter, the above photo reveals the Whale shark "fingerprint", an area of spots that are specific to each animal. The red dots signify the critical markings that have been loaded onto Whaleshark.org's research database already.
It was a good start to the expedition. The conditions deteriorated today, the south easter got up, and it took quite a while to find this animal. You'll see from the blog entry times that it took almost 2.5 hours to locate the shark, but to strike on day 1 is always nice.
We're back at base processing the television content, and of course... preparing for tomorrow.
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