Living Planet Photography Competition 2nd Place

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Congratulations to Debashis Mukherjee from Kolkata, India has won 6 months membership to The Society of Nature and Wildlife Photographers with this image entitled 'New Born'.

Debashis explains "Photograph taken in Rushikulya sea beach, Orissa, India."

"An east facing coast ‘Rushikulya’ of peninsular India shares the honor of hosting the yearly ritual of ‘arribada’ meaning mass arrival in Spanish of the Olive Ridley Sea Turtles for their nesting, usually found in the Indo-Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Due to trawling and offshore drilling for oil and gas in the Atlantic & Indian Ocean these turtle’s existence have now been listed under the Endangered Species Act by the US. The footprints left behind by these new born little species reflect an emotional track for them to come back for nesting when they again are mothers."
 

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2nd place see HERE
3rd place see HERE
Highly commended images see HERE
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