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Dolphin Silhouetted in Breaking Wave

A bottlenose dolphin is silhouetted within the translucent, glowing crest of a breaking ocean wave at sunset.

A bottlenose dolphin silhouetted inside the glowing face of a wave in the Mentawai Islands at sunset, the low sun behind the swell turning the water around its dark shape translucent jade and gold, spray feathering off the crest above it, jade, gold and charcoal, 400mm from a boat in the channel See more

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