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Dusk, and a long way down

The brown pelican, at sunset

Riding the swell, circling up on a warm draft, then folding up and falling out of the sky.

Pelecanus occidentalisGulf coast · 07:18 PM

A low sun sits on the horizon over a calm sea. A pelican rests on the swell, lifts off, circles up on a thermal, glides across the sun, folds its wings, and dives into the water. After a splash it paddles back to the swell.

●Riding the swell