Ocean Conservation (Impact) Photographer of the Year 2022, RF - Oceanographic

2nd place Conservation (Impact) Photographer of the Year

Rafael Fernandez Caballero Mexico

24°11'37.0"N 110°29'11.3"W

A dead sperm whale beached and bloody, its tail showing signs of entanglement. "Seeing a dead animal is always sad," says photographer Rafael Fernandez Caballero, "but seeing a huge mammal dead, like this sperm whale, is indescribable. From land the scene was terrifying, but from the air the situation was even more shocking and dramatic. The river of blood stretched for perhaps more than a mile."