It happened yesterday in Las Canteras, 15 km from Puerto Madryn in the El Doradillo Protected Natural Area. The photographer Maxi Jonas went with his camera to that beach where the whales are so close to the shore phear the steep slope. Are the southern francs, those who travel to the waters of the New Gulf to reproduce. This is where the babies are born, which will return the following autumn with their mothers to stay until spring. That wonderful cycle of life that in this paradise of Patagonia It takes place meters from the coast.
How to get to Las Canteras beach to see the whales
As they are paving, You have to take a detour to get there from Puerto Madryn: it is 50 km instead of 15. Residents and tourists visit them every day to see this spectacle of nature that seems like a miracle.
The whales, the little fox and the photographer
Yesterday, at sunset, everyone had already left the beach. Maxi, dazzled by what he saw, extended his retreat even though he was fresh. The last lights of the day deserved one more shot, the calm sea, the giants there, everything was a temptation for a hunter of perfect images of nature.
He looked for the best position, moving away a few meters, already returning to the parking lot where he had left the truck.
Then he saw it, about 15 meters away.
The little fox, He looked like a puppy, he slept curled up in the sand, he was lying there as calmly as possible. Behind, the sand, the sea, the whales. A dream.
The photographer looked at him and stayed at a sufficient distance so as not to disturb him, he prepared the camera with slow movements.
The fox looked at him too, He didn’t seem worried.
Maxi heard a noise, as if a motorcycle or a car was accelerating.
He turned his head.
Nobody on the road.
Then he heard it again.
He looked again at the little fox, who had also turned his head, but in the direction of the sea, with his ears raised.
Then Maxi understood: it was the eshocking sound that whales make to communicate, his vocalization was what made the little fox react.
Farther away, in the ocean, a whale dived and revealed its tail, others crossed in front of the camera. She later published it on her networks. This time, he didn’t put music on it. She chose to leave the sound they made behind the little fox. who observed them in this corner of nature of supernatural beauty.
As Maxi said: “Those of us who live nearby know that it is the best beach in the world to see whales.” After those twenty seconds of beautiful and wild nature, he left the beach, happy.
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