Caption

Two gannets (Morus bassanus) (synonym: Sula bassana) with white plumage beak together, gently touch each other with their beaks, tenderness, affection, cuddling, close-up with light background, gannet colony on the Lummenfelsen, Helgoland Island, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Date

Sep 07, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK24H26_257

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

36,1Mb (699,5Kb) / 14,7in x 9,5in / 4415 x 2854 (300dpi)

Keywords

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