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21st Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Mirror of the Soul

While visiting Stonehenge with my family, I photographed this Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) that got incredibly close to me, allowing me to detail his eye. As a metaphorical “mirror of the crow’s soul”, this eye serves as a window to the crows’ environment, personality, and intelligence. (As I hope you can see, my mother, my brother, and I are featured right inside the eye’s reflection).

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2022
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Wiltshire, United Kingdom
Camera: Canon EOS R5
Copyright: © Juan David Cortes Echeverria