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In a rare quiet moment during breeding season, a bull elephant seal throws sand on its back to keep cool. Getting close to the massive, mercurial creatures is a dangerous dance.
Location: Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island November 2008
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"After tracking the moon phases for months, I positioned my camera on a ladder and snapped the shutter‐‐it didn't work. I took the lens off, pried open the shutter, replaced the lens and used the dark slide as a shutter, guessing at the exposure time. This is the result." ‐ Clyde Butcher
Location: Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida 1986
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Lake Tele in Northern Congo, a 3.5‐mile‐wide basin surrounded by vast swamp, is one of the most remote places on earth. Pygmy oral traditions led cryptozoologists to search here for mokele‐mbembe, the last living dinosaur.
Location: Republic of the Congo, Africa 1998
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Tusks of all lengths indicate these walruses are of various ages. The group has gathered on the Svalbard Archipelago, which can see as many as 2,600 walruses in a summer. By the early 1900s, ivory hunters had nearly wiped out Norway's walrus herds.
Location: Bellsund, Spitsbergen, Norway July 2007
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Michael Nichols covered in "Sweat Bees" during the Megatransect.
Location: Ndoki National Park, Congo Basin, Africa 1999
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King penguins and elephant seals gather on the beach during breeding season. The ultimate beach party, this profusion of wildlife is fueled by a krill‐rich current from Antarctica.
Location: St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island November 2008
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"The water was two feet deep, but the muck was endless, so I took this image from my pontoon boat. Even with anchors at each corner, the boat was still an unsteady platform. It took several akempts to achieve this one sharp image." ‐ Clyde Butcher
Location: Chasshowitzka River, Florida 1991
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Men fashion themselves as tigers during an annual celebration in southern India.
Location: Mangalore, India 1997
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The tops of a lava flow form solidified tubes as they cool. This image shows a lava tube that has broken off, revealing molten lava inside, which flows for miles. Along the top of the tube, lava can re‐melt and form stalactites, a rare phenomenon to witness.
Location: Kilauea Volcano, The Island of Hawai'i December 2005
