Arctic terns at sunset (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Arctic terns at sunset

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A colony of Arctic terns in Iceland. This species has the longest migration in the world, traveling from Iceland to Antarctica and back in a single year.

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Sara Maxwell/University of Washington

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