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Caught scooting across a pond at Baxter Bog

Caught scooting across a pond at Baxter Bog
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NIKON D300S

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Aperture f/16 ISO 3200 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 1500/10

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Anchorage, Alaska, US

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Apr, 2016

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