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an insect peeking over the side of a leaf
December 8, 2015

Peekaboo

While in his garden at his home in İzmir, Turkey, Your Shot member Can Tunçer caught this inquisitive insect peeking over the top of a leaf. “This [was] a one-time opportunity,” he writes.

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Photograph by Can Tunçer, National Geographic Your Shot

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