Speeding Cormorant :: Photo Of The Day and Natural History Commentary

3/2/2008

Speeding Cormorant

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This is a photograph of a cormorant speeding over the ocean, viewed from above. Taken in pre-dawn light, the slow shutter speed of the camera allowed the details of the bird and water to smear across the image.

Double-crested cormorants in flight at sunrise, long exposure produces a blurred motion., Phalacrocorax auritus,  Copyright Phillip Colla, image #20460, all rights reserved worldwide.
Double-crested cormorants in flight at sunrise, long exposure produces a blurred motion. La Jolla, California, USA.
Image: 20460  
Species: Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA
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