Caption

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), male, coming out of the surf on a pebble beach, Valdés Peninsula, Patagonia, Argentina

Date

Sep 16, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Stefan Nehls

Reference

BRK26G91_188

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

81.2Mb (27.1Mb) / 21.7in x 14.5in / 6523 x 4349 (300dpi)

Keywords

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