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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.”

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Human Connection Award 2024, NOAKOR2

Noam Kortler Israel

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  • Cloudy, light rain
  • Taken while scuba diving
  • Water temperature of 28 degrees Celsius
  • Mid-morning

IMAGES BY Noam Kortler

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