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Olive Ridley turtle
Olive Ridley turtle
Honnavar, Karnataka, 5 March 2008
Camera :  NIKON D70
Shutter-speed :   1/800 sec
Aperture :   f 2.8
Exposure Mode :   Aperature Priority
ISO :   200
Exposure Compensation :   -0.7 EV
Flash :   No Flash
Focal Length :   105 mm
An Olive ridley hatchling reaches the sea from its nest site along the beach. Thought it managed to escape land and aerial predators, it still has to face many of them in the sea. All the female turtles will come back to the same nesting spot to lay their eggs almost two decades later.