Caption

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) (synonym: Sula bassana) preening its plumage, plumage care on a red rock, cliff with sea in the background, Lummenfelsen, Helgoland Island, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Date

Sep 07, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25D04_465

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

46.2Mb (1.6Mb) / 11.8in x 15.3in / 3526 x 4584 (300dpi)

Keywords

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