1.   The head of one appeared close to the vessel as others shot jets of water into the air through their blow holes.

2.   Now of course they were drenched with this water sump water coming from this blow hole.

3.   The blow hole was still there when I was there and you see fountains of water coming out of it.

4.   Also, the blow hole automatically closes and must be opened voluntarily by the whale.

5.   I leaned out and, taking care to avoid its blow hole, placed my palm gently on its back.

6.   Late in the afternoon, the humpbacks nap, keeping their blow holes just above the surface.

7.   Nearby is Cave of the Winds, whose moaning blow holes were forever silenced by the ill-positioned gift shop.

8.   They descended, then alternately surfaced after a minute or two, exposing their scarred and barnacled bodies as they exhaled condensed air from their blow holes.

9.   When a tiny stream of water spurts from the blow hole that crowns his head, he practically receives a standing ovation.

10.   Meyer was with a companion on a walking path looking at blow holes when the accident happened.