Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Encounter

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

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Tourists encounter a Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis vicina) on Urbina Bay, Isabela Island in Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Tourist encounter a Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) on North Seymour Island, part of Galapagos National Park.

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Tourist encounter a Galapagos Land Iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) on North Seymour Island, part of Galapagos National Park.

Photo: Steve Diggon, an assistant/fixer on the Wolves to Whales shoot, tries to keep his dog out of the way of a habituated wolf on Vargas Island, BC.

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Steve Diggon, an assistant/fixer on the Wolves to Whales shoot, tries to keep his dog out of the way of a habituated wolf on Vargas Island, BC.

Photo: Steve Diggon, an assistant/fixer on the Wolves to Whales shoot, tries to keep his dog out of the way of a habituated wolf on Vargas Island, BC.

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Steve Diggon, an assistant/fixer on the Wolves to Whales shoot, tries to keep his dog out of the way of a habituated wolf on Vargas Island, BC.

Photo: Steve Diggon, an assistant/fixer on the Wolves to Whales shoot, tries to keep his dog out of the way of a habituated wolf on Vargas Island, BC.

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Steve Diggon, an assistant/fixer on the Wolves to Whales shoot, tries to keep his dog out of the way of a habituated wolf on Vargas Island, BC.

Photo: Ruth LaBarge's trained bear is all roar and no bite for a group of Boy Scouts in southern California.

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Ruth LaBarge’s trained bear is all roar and no bite for a group of Boy Scouts in southern California.

Photo: Grizzly bears in the Arctic (on the Beaufort Sea in the Prudhoe Bay area.)

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Grizzly bears in the Arctic (on the Beaufort Sea in the Prudhoe Bay area.)

Photo: Grizzly bears in the Arctic (on the Beaufort Sea in the Prudhoe Bay area.)

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Grizzly bears in the Arctic (on the Beaufort Sea in the Prudhoe Bay area.)

Photo: At "Bear World" in Rexburg, Idaho, one grizzly stands upright peering into a car while another tries to hitch a ride.

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At “Bear World” in Rexburg, Idaho, one grizzly stands upright peering into a car while another tries to hitch a ride.

Photo: "Bear World" in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

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“Bear World” in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

Photo: "Bear World" in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

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“Bear World” in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

Photo: "Bear World" in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

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“Bear World” in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

Photo: "Bear World" in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

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“Bear World” in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

Photo: "Bear World" in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

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“Bear World” in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

Photo: "Bear World" in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

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“Bear World” in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

Photo: "Bear World" in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

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“Bear World” in Rexburg, Idaho on the way to Yellowstone National Park provides visitors with an up-close encounter with grizzly bears.

Photo: Endangered Florida manatee in the wild, with divers.

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Endangered Florida manatee in the wild, with divers. Injuries from boat’s propellers are a leading threat to this species’ survival.

Photo: Tourists watch California gray whales at Laguna San Ignacionear Baja, California.

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Tourists watch California gray whales at Laguna San Ignacionear Baja, California.

Photo: Tourists pet California gray whales at Laguna San Ignacio near Baja, California.

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Tourists pet California gray whales at Laguna San Ignacio near Baja, California.

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