RANDY OLSON_MM7593_1260961.TIF
Colorful spawning salmon in the Ozernaya River. Salmon transform from silver missiles in the ocean to brightly colored creatures as they make their way back up their ancestral rivers, and during spawning adult males develop a hooked nose.
- Copyright
- RANDY OLSON
- Image Size
- 6000x4000 / 137.4MB
- Keywords
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animal behavior, animal breeding and mating colors, animal color strategies, animals, close up, color image, commonwealth of independent states, fish, fishes, geography, getty, image type, kamchatka, kamchatka peninsula, no people, ozernaya river, photography, rivers, russia, russia (the country), salmon, salmon fish, shallow, side views, spawning, surface, survival, swimming, swimming animals, two animals, underwater, underwater photography, water
- Contained in galleries
- Kamchatka Salmon_ National Geographic Magazine 8/2009
