“The sheep had drowned while trying to cross a small canal in the meadow-swamp ‘Tøndermasken’ in southern Jylland in Denmark. Birds had eaten every part above the surface and everything under was left totally untouched.”
photo location: Tøndermarsken, Tønder, Denmark
This was a National Geographic photo contest entry from 2012. Not sure if it won but this image at full uncropped resolution gives me chills. Horrifying and beautiful all at once.
