18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
Blizzard of snow geese.

In these days of environmental degradation, places with huge numbers of animals are few and far between, and photographers have to make the most of them. For millennia snow geese have wintered in the desert Southwest where you wouldn't expect to see them at all.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 12.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: New Mexico, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Copyright: © Gordon Illg