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| Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult. Image ID: 24455 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Juvenile 'oakum boy' penguin begs for food, which the adult will regurgitate from its stomach after foraging at sea. This scene plays out thousands of times each hour amid the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, where over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest and rear their chicks. Image ID: 24395 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Image ID: 24396 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| Juvenile 'oakum boy' penguin begs for food, which the adult will regurgitate from its stomach after foraging at sea. This scene plays out thousands of times each hour amid the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, where over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest and rear their chicks. Image ID: 24432 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain. Image ID: 24433 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Grassy windy highlands and rocks, overlooking alluvial floodplain formed by glacier runoff near Stromness Bay. Image ID: 24584 Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor. Image ID: 24401 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. The icebreaker M/V Polar Star lies at anchor. Image ID: 24402 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony and the Bay of Isles on the northern coast of South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 nesting pairs of king penguins reside here. Dark patches in the colony are groups of juveniles with fluffy brown plumage. Image ID: 24403 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| Glacial melt waters, runoff, flows across an alluvial flood plain between mountains, on its way to Stromness Bay. Image ID: 24587 Location: Stromness Harbour, South Georgia Island | Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33248 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA | Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33251 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA |
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| A Panorama of Wildflowers blooms across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33259 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA Pano dimensions: 4704 x 14024 | ||
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| Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33258 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA | Zebra, Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29596 Species: Zebra, Equus quagga Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya | Zebra, Amboseli National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29597 Species: Zebra, Equus quagga Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya |
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| Zebra, Meru National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29629 Species: Zebra, Equus quagga Location: Meru National Park, Kenya | Zebra, Meru National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29630 Species: Zebra, Equus quagga Location: Meru National Park, Kenya | Zebra, Meru National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29631 Species: Zebra, Equus quagga Location: Meru National Park, Kenya |
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| Zebra, Meru National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29632 Species: Zebra, Equus quagga Location: Meru National Park, Kenya | Zebra, Meru National Park, Kenya. Image ID: 29633 Species: Zebra, Equus quagga Location: Meru National Park, Kenya | Wildflowers bloom across Carrizo Plains National Monument, during the 2017 Superbloom. Image ID: 33241 Location: Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, USA |
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| King penguin at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24437 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, mated pair courting, displaying courtship behavior including mutual preening. Image ID: 24438 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Hundreds of thousands of pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Image ID: 24439 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Image ID: 24444 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Photographer overlooking the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, with over 100,000 pairs of king penguins. Image ID: 24445 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguins at Salisbury Plain. Image ID: 24446 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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| King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Image ID: 24448 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick. Image ID: 24449 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | |
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