20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Historic Heat Wave
Lounging seals in the sun upon a chunk of glacier ice in Price William Sound, Alaska as a waterfall cascades in the shadows behind them. While not obvious in this photo, Alaska was experiencing record-breaking heat that day, close to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. The floating seals baking in the sun, ice chunks, melt water & heat wave were a comically visual illustration of climate change.
Photo Detail
Date Taken: | 07.2019 |
Date Uploaded: | 11.2022 |
Photo Location: | Whittier, Alaska, United States of America |
Copyright: | © Elissa Ebersold |