Harbor Seals in the Moonlight, South Africa

A group of harbor seals rests peacefully on a cluster of rocks emerging from calm, reflective water, bathed in the ethereal glow of a large, luminous full moon dominating the upper left of the image. The scene has a dreamlike, digitally enhanced quality, with deep cobalt blues saturating the sky and water, wispy clouds swirling dramatically overhead, and the moonlight casting a cool, silvery shimmer across the seals’ spotted coats and the still surface below. The seals are piled together in various relaxed poses — some curled, some stretched out — creating a sense of warmth and community in an otherwise vast, quiet nightscape.