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MAG · 15 September 2026

Right Beside Us

Several dolphins surfacing at the same time from grey-green water with white spray; the horizon blurred by mist; a small white boat in the distance
Several dolphins surfacing at the same time from grey-green water with white spray; the horizon blurred by mist; a small white boat in the distance

Photograph: MAG · Description: AI

The water breaks in three places at once, then in a fourth, and there is no way of watching all of them. The backs come out and go back in as though it took no effort at all.

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