wet images - Joel Sartore

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A South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) named Eddy at Buin Marino.

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A South American fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) named Eddy at Buin Marino.

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A South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) named Curro at Buin Marino.

Picture of a many-lined salamander (Stereochilus marginatus) from a private collection.

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A many-lined salamander (Stereochilus marginatus) from a private collection.

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A brother and sister have a water fight on their trampoline.

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A Mexican family wade across the Rio Grande beneath the International bridge, leaving Matamoros and entering Brownsville, Texas illegally.

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Wildlife spotter and guide in the rear-view mirror of his vehicle on the Rio Negro ranch in Brazil.

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A ranch hand holds a dorado he has caught in the flooded forest on Barra Bansa ranch in Brazil.

Picture of a herd of American bison (Bison bison) standing in the rain on Fort Niobrara NWR in Nebraska.

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A herd of American bison (Bison bison) standing in the rain on Fort Niobrara NWR in Nebraska.

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Biologists from Cornell eat their lunch standing while searching for the ivory billed woodpecker in the White River National Wildlife Refuge in St. Charles, Arkansas.

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Rosa Maria Ruiz, a guide from Bolivia, holding a laminated photograph in the rain to make sure they are waterproof. She will use the photos in a traveling exhibition to remote villages to educate the Bolivians about the importance of protecting Madidi.

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Illegal immigrants don dry clothes after swimming across the Rio Grande river near a bridge in Brownsville, Texas.

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Crude oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill washed ashore on Queen Bess Island, Louisiana in Barataria Bay.

A Mount Lyell salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) in the Sixty Lake Basin of King's Canyon National Park, Nevada.

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A Mount Lyell salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) in the Sixty Lake Basin of King’s Canyon National Park, Nevada.

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A Mount Lyell salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) in the Sixty Lake Basin of King’s Canyon National Park, Nevada.

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A Mount Lyell salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) in the Sixty Lake Basin of King’s Canyon National Park, Nevada.

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A Mount Lyell salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus) in the Sixty Lake Basin of King’s Canyon National Park, Nevada.

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An anole (Polychrotidae sp.) in the cloud forest reserve of Reserva Las Gralarias, near Mindo, Ecuador.

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An anole (Polychrotidae sp.) in the cloud forest reserve of Reserva Las Gralarias, near Mindo, Ecuador.

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An anole (Polychrotidae sp.) in the cloud forest reserve of Reserva Las Gralarias, near Mindo, Ecuador.

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A man proudly displays the fish he caught with his sister-in-law at Crosslake, Minnesota.

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A man gets a thumbs up from his sister-in-law as he proudly shows off his catch of fish at Crosslake, Minnesota.

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Geoffroy’s side-necked turtle (Phrynops geoffroanus).

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A mother bathing her daughter in the kitchen sink.

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An expedition guide drinks from the Loari River near Camp Belmonte on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

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Expedition members talk amongst each other while standing in the rain on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris) from the Toiyabe subpopulation near Austin, NV. (Candidate for listing under the US Endangered Species Act.)

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Columbia spotted frog (Rana luteiventris) from the Toiyabe subpopulation near Austin, NV. (Candidate for listing under the US Endangered Species Act.)