It’s a sad photo that sums up modern day life perfectly.

Eric Smith caught the magical moment a whale and her calf surfaced – but a man missed the spectacle because he was too busy on his phone.

The photographer snapped the incredible scene in Redondo Beach, California.

Smith told ABC News: ‘He could have been texting his mom in the hospital for all I know, but I thought it sucked that he missed such a wonderful moment happening just two feet in front of him.

‘We’re all guilty being buried in our phones, even me. You think life is better on your phone, but we’re missing what’s happening around us.’

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