Caption

Fighting elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) from Sea Lion Island, the Falkland Islands

Date

Jul 09, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER

Reference

BRK24A99_119

Model release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,0Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,7in x 11,4in / 5000 x 3423 (300dpi)

Keywords

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