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Baby Costa Rica Leatherback Turtle
Kristel Segeren / The Tico Times

In honor of turtle nesting season, photographer Kristel Segeren shared one of her favorite shots of a baby leatherback braving the sands at Moín, on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast.

Would you like to submit a photo to our #TTPicOfTheDay series? Please send horizontal photos at least 1100 pixels wide to kstanley@ticotimes.net. We’d love to see the sights with you.

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