Sometimes you get lucky and God gives you a once-in-a-lifetime show of His wondrous creation:
For a few moments, the passengers and crew aboard Captain Dave's Dolphin & Whale Watching Safari braced themselves, thinking they were about to witness something horrible. Instead, they experienced what the tour company called "a once in a lifetime"opportunity to watch as a newborn gray whale emerged into the world.
Looking into blue-green waters just off the coast of Dana Point, Calif., people on the small boat spotted an adult gray whale splashing about. Then a pool of "something orange and red colored" appeared to spread.
"Many of us thought it may be a shark or predatory event. But no, instead of the end of life, it was the beginning of a new one!" the tour company wrote in a statement on YouTube.
Incredible. Here, some passenger-shot footage at the moment when the calf is born:
The whale tour service managed to capture astonishing video just after the birth:
