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“The Love of Gannets”. I took this picture on the island of Helgoland. There were many photographers as always trying to get the most spectacular pictures of flying Northern Gannets. And they´re truly impressive animals in flight. But much more impressive to me was their behavior after landing. Northern Gannets stay in pairs for long times. Nobody really knows, what holds these pairs together or how they find back to each other. But somehow they do and each time a partner lands at the nest, they carry out a ceremonial ritual of salutation as if they´re truly in love. So I tried to capture this feeling in my photo. Photo location: Helgoland, Germany. (Photo and caption by Nico Fröhberg/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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