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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
"Should I launch or not launch?"

A juvenile female condor is rehearsing its first flights against the background of a wonderful landscape. Tired (or perhaps a little scared by the height), she has perched on a rock and looks curiously at some strange beings who observe her in admiration. Her plumage, still brown-brown, will be completely black when she reaches adulthood. He doesn't feel threatened. She will take a breath and in moments she will clumsily unfold her enormous wings to awaken gasps of surprise among her admirers. Beauty in its purest form.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Valle Grande, Mendoza, Argentina
Camera: NIKON D3100
Copyright: © Ramon Rodolfo Asar