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22nd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Releasing The Endangered III

A Peregrine Fund California Condor Specialist releases a recently captured and tested condor back into the wild at a remote lab facility at the top of the Vermillion Cliffs in Arizona. The Peregrine Fund scientists attempt to capture and test every condor in their region at least once a year.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2022
Date Uploaded: 12.2024
Photo Location: Remote location, Arizona, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © James Shane