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Finalist Human Connection Award: People & Planet Ocean
Noam Kortler Papua New Guinea
10°15'44.2"S
150°46'34.7"E
“During a muck dive looking for macro critters to shoot, the sun disappeared all of a sudden,” remembers Kortler. “I looked up thinking it was a cloud with rain but it was a huge cloud of sardines with a local fisherman and his traditional canoe.”
BEHIND THE LENS

Noam Kortler Israel
ABOUT THE IMAGE
- Cloudy, light rain
- Taken while scuba diving
- Water temperature of 28 degrees Celsius
- Mid-morning
IMAGES BY Noam Kortler

Conservation (Impact)Photographer of the Year
2025 Philippines
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