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Orca Spy-hopping in Icy Waters

An orca spy-hopping in icy waters surrounded by floating ice floes with pink-lit mountains in the background at dusk.

An orca spy-hopping between broken floes in the Gerlache Strait at dusk, its black head and white eye patch lifted straight out of the water, water sheeting off, the icebergs behind lit pink by the low sun, 300mm telephoto at water level See more

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