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19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Power, Stillness & Beauty

This photo shows the Caribbean Sea, just meters away from where it meets with the Demerara River This image shows the sublime beauty of nature in the contrast between the power and brightness of lightning and the stillness of the ocean.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 09.2020
Date Uploaded: 09.2021
Photo Location: Georgetown, Guyana
Copyright: © Jairo Valverde Bermudez