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18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Brown Bear's Realm

Lake Kuril in southern Kamchatka, attracts hundreds of Brown Bears as millions of Salmons swim upstream to their spawning streams. The Ilyinsky volcano appears in the background, as this entire land is volcanic.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Russia
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Galitz Roie