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13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
ANCIENT MARINER

This beautiful Atlantic Hawksbill accompanied on my dive. The Hawksbill is now endangered and is vulnerable to threats posed by man's acts of omission and commission. The Hawksbill is especially sensitive to pollution and plastics released into our Oceans.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2014
Date Uploaded: 11.2015
Photo Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, United States of America
Copyright: © JANE SAULL