Natalia Avseenko, 36, was persuaded to strip off as marine experts believe beluga whales do not like to be touched by artificial materials such as diving suits.
1.5˚ below freezing? I went out this morning in +6˚C to look at the lunar eclipse, and I was cold in a hat and padded jacket. This loony Russian chick is jumping starkers into -1.5˚ water? Is that wise? Seems likely to take one of the whales' eyes out with her nipples.
Con or not, it is a fabulous photo.
ReplyDeleteA line worth falling for.
And I bet one of them got stung by a jellyfish and needed the poison sucked out.
ReplyDeleteAnything will pass for Art in Wales, Julia. There was this diving weekend in Aberffraw but today it is a dull memory. (sigh)
ReplyDelete1.5˚ below freezing? I went out this morning in +6˚C to look at the lunar eclipse, and I was cold in a hat and padded jacket. This loony Russian chick is jumping starkers into -1.5˚ water? Is that wise? Seems likely to take one of the whales' eyes out with her nipples.
ReplyDeleteDon't want to appear a pedant -
ReplyDeleteSea-water would likely freeze around minus 1.5 - 2.0degC, but any 'water at 1.5 deg below freezing' is known as ICE.
(Nice photo - though I wonder why the whale has a big smile?)
No wonder the whale has a smile on its face.
ReplyDeleteGotta love the Mail comments - one from Matthew says:
ReplyDelete"In one of the photos you can just about see the blow-hole."
Did he mean the whales or..........
I had to look twice at the last photo
ReplyDelete"Con or not, it is a fabulous photo."
ReplyDeleteI suspect if she'd had a face like an old boot, belugas would have loved the touch of wetsuits...
"And I bet one of them got stung by a jellyfish and needed the poison sucked out."
:D
"This loony Russian chick is jumping starkers into -1.5˚ water? Is that wise? Seems likely to take one of the whales' eyes out with her nipples."
A bit of poetic licence, or a mistranslation?
"I had to look twice at the last photo"
:)