On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 11:41:45 -0400, Christopher
wrote:

~~ snippage ~~

http://www.nausetlight.net/miscphotos/fish2.jpg

Any one able to identify this one in the photo? Could it be a basking
shark? I estimated the distance between the dorsal fin and the tail to
be around 15 +/- feet. The photo was taken at a distance of about 50
feet with zoom lens.

As you can tell by this picture

http://www.apexpredators.com/images/.../BR134e_gL.jpg

it isn't a Great White.

It's not a Basking Shark

http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/fi...tml?size=large

Based on where you were, the time of the year, I'd guess this,

http://www.oceanlight.com/html/mola_mola.html

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717