Caption

Northern gannet (Morus bassanus) (synonym: Sula bassana) in flight over the moving sea, landing approach with outstretched, spread feet, visible webbed feet, several other animals flying with spread wings in the background, sunny day, northern gannet colony Lummenfelsen, Helgoland, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Date

Sep 07, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25A34_180

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

66,2Mb (2,2Mb) / 13,1in x 19,6in / 3930 x 5888 (300dpi)

Keywords

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