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Finalist Conservation Photographer of the Year

Kimball Chen New Zealand

46°39'44.1"S 169°06'14.1"E

An endangered yellow-eyed penguin under a starry sky. “Unlike other penguin species which are social, the endangered yellow-eyed penguin leads a rather solitary lifestyle,” says photographer Kimball Chen. “After a full day of foraging out in the Pacific Ocean, a lone individual comes ashore to dry its wet feathers on an ancient petrified forest at Curio Bay, New Zealand. The tide pools reflect the green glow of a shooting star and the radiance of the Aurora Australis, while the Milky Way stretches above.”

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2021 CPoY finalist, Kimball Chen

Kimball Chen New Zealand

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