A minke whale breaching is rarely captured on camera, said Marc Webber, a marine mammal research scientist and instructor at the Kachemak Bay campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage.

He knew he'd gotten the perfect shot. [A killer whale was headed toward a sea otter in Kachemak Bay. Then the otter hopped on a boat — and stayed there.] Afterward, Herbst sent the photo to The ...