Caption

A pair of grey seals during a mating ritual on the Heligoland dune

Date

Apr 19, 2012

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Reiner Pechmann

Reference

BRK24F29_236

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

34,2Mb (2,7Mb) / 14,1in x 9,4in / 4243 x 2818 (300dpi)

Keywords

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