sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, or red salmon, swimming up stream to spawn and photographer Steve Nourse, interior of Alaska

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Size: 3468px × 5202px
Location: interior of Alaska
Photo credit: © Steven J. Kazlowski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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