Everybody Loves Atlantic Salmon-Here's the Catch,'The Spawn'

Paul Nicklen

National Geographic

The life cycle of salmon all comes down to this 5 second moment, when the female releases her eggs into her redd and the large males simultaneously fertilize her eggs. Clean, healthy rivers are key to survival of future stocks like these wild 40lb salmon photographed on Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula. This was the first time that this has ever been shot in the wild, largely due to National Geographic's amazing Photo-Engineering department.

Paul Nicklen, "Everybody Loves Atlantic Salmon-Here's the Catch,'The Spawn'," in POYi Archive, Item #33674, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/33674 (accessed November 23, 2024).