Under a fiery nocturnal lamp, a lifesaving beach rescue of exhausted turtle earns Spanish photographer major award
October 12, 2026
During the pitch dark of night, a lifesaving rescue takes place on a Mexican beach. Under the fiery red light of a nocturnal lamp, conservation worker Isreal Oblea helps an olive ridley sea turtle move her newly laid eggs from the shoreline further up the beach.
The mother turtle is exhausted, having made the long pilgrimage to El Suspiro in Baja California, and has nested close too the water.