This year, the annual whale migration caught everyone off guard. Instead of taking their usual north-south route, they migrated out of the ocean altogether and into the clouds. No one knew how they could stay aloft like that and some scientists argued they did it out of sheer determination, something that humans have not been able to duplicate.
At first, whale sightings were few, but with practice and knowing when to look, you could see them jumping from cloud to cloud, gracefully, as if they’d done it their whole lives.
Daniel Hudon, originally from Canada, teaches natural science at Boston University. His writings have appeared in various online and print magazines, and his first book, The Bluffer’s Guide to the Cosmos, was published this year by Oval Books (UK). He’s been writing since making a New Year’s Resolution to do so in 1989. It’s still the only resolution he’s kept.