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18th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Oasis

Part of an Aegean river delta, this scene has everything, blue sea, green foliage, winding streams, flying flamingos, and it's not even tropical! I learned that flamingos fly in a V pattern, too! From the UNTAMED series. I photographed natural areas where there is no human disturbance in Turkey's all four Black Sea, Marmara, Aegean and Mediterranean coasts from the air by flying in my paramotor over the course of two years.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 08.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2020
Photo Location: Türkiye
Copyright: © Ali Kabas