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CNRS

Caption

The New Caledonian storm petrel (Fregetta lineata) ‘running’ across the sea. (Petrel is thought to be derived from ‘Peter’, an allusion to the biblical account of Peter walking on the water.) This bird was photographed in January 2020, off New Caledonia.

Credit

© Hadoram Shirihai (Tubenoses Project)

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License

Public Domain

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