Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), hauled out for their annual catastrophic molt (moult) on the beach at Snow Island, Antarctica

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Location: Antarctica
Photo credit: © Michael Nolan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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