Arribada

Arribada

Olive ridley sea turtles begin to emerge from the Pacific at Playa Ostional just minutes before sunset. By midnight, 300,000 will have arrived. The Ostional arribada, or arrival, is the last, largest congregation of sea turtles left in the world.

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