Caption

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), making a threatening gesture with open mouth on a pebble beach, tussock grass in the background, Ocean Harbour, South Georgia

Date

Oct 21, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Stefan Nehls

Reference

BRK26F71_423

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

104.0Mb (34.7Mb) / 26.8in x 15.1in / 8039 x 4522 (300dpi)

Keywords

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