Brown bear, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States Aug 23, 2026

Brown bear, Katmai National Park, Alaska, United States

At Katmai National Park, crowd-pleasers don"t need a stage. Brown bears wait by the river, and when the salmon jump, the show begins.

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