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Seal Slumber
A Weddell seal sleeps on a floating ice floe in Cierva Cove, Antarctic peninsula. Antarctic seals can't move well on land, but they are much better protected from predators such as killer whales. As a result, they can sleep in peace - so much peace, in this seal's case, that a little icicle of snot runs from its nose all the way to the ice...
Photo Details
| Date Taken: | Dec 8, 2015 |
| Date Uploaded: | May 21, 2016 |
| Location: | Snow Hill, Antarctica (general), Antarctica |
| Camera: | NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7000 |
| Focal Length: | 300 mm |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/640 sec |
| Aperture: | f/5 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Copyright: | © Jonathan Fuhrmann |
| Categories: | Nature |
| Contests: | 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year |