Photo of the Day

Pink river dolphin
September 1, 2009

Freshwater Dolphin, Amazon

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine

Imagined lords of a golden underwater city—the Encante—Amazon dolphins, or botos, may have been shielded from exploitation by their mythical status.


See more photographs from the June 2009 feature story "River Spirits."

Photograph by Kevin Schafer, National Geographic

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