20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Seal Spread

Having grown up in Montana, marine mammals are still quite foreign to me. On a vacation to the Oregon coast, my family and I came across this large group of harbor seals spread out in the sun. I love how silly and chaotic they look on land when in the water they are so effortlessly graceful.

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Date Taken: 07.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Oregon, United States of America
Copyright: © Brian Hoffman