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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Agave Heron

"On National Wetlands Day, I took my camera to the Bolsa Chica Wetlands just off the Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, California. As the sun was setting in the Pacific Ocean, a fog began to roll in. I followed a Great Blue Heron through my lens as it flew overhead and landed on a row of tall agave stalks which provid- ed a Doctor Seuss-like silhouette against the filtered sunset."

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2023
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Huntingdon Beach, California, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Copyright: © Eric J. Smith