Caption

A dead grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) with broken body and visible red flesh and rib bones lies on a quiet, rocky sandy beach, death, disgust, creepy, unpleasant, gruesome, repulsive, nature, transience, died, die, illness, piece of carrion, washed up carcass with full head and closed eyes, ebb, coast, shore, coastline, body of water, North Sea, Dune island, Heligoland, Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Date

Jul 11, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25M05_252

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

42,6Mb (4,8Mb) / 16,7in x 9,9in / 5000 x 2978 (300dpi)

Keywords

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