Seagull egg near Paranal
The Gray Gull (Larus modestus) nests in the Atacama Desert up to 100 km away from the coast. It lays one egg, and travels every day between nest and coast to feed.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
| Id: | eso_seagull_egg-4256 |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:19 |
| Size: | 4368 x 2912 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Atacama Desert |
| Type: | Solar System : Planet : Feature : Surface |
| Category: | Paranal |
