Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Olive-Ridley-Turtle-Underwater-27MZIFLEDDAA.htmlConceptually similarOlive Ridley Turtle UnderwaterGP01DMACompleted★★★★Nesting Turtles in OrissaGP01PE5Completed★★★★Nesting Turtles in OrissaGP01PE6Completed★★★★Arribada of the Olive Ridley Turtle in OrissaGP01JQPReadyForCataloguing★★★★Arribada of the Olive Ridley Turtle in OrissaGP01JQQReadyForCataloguing★★★★Arribada of the Olive Ridley Turtle in OrissaGP01JQRReadyForCataloguing★★★★The Turtle Witness Camp in OrissaGP01PE7Completed★★★★Olive Ridley Turtles MateGP01B57Completed★★★★★★Olive Ridley Turtle UnderwaterGP019FNCompleted★★★★View AllGP0198COlive Ridley Turtle UnderwaterAn Olive Ridley turtle swims in the coastal waters off Orissa. This is where hundreds of thousands of this species of turtle arrives each year as part of a mass nesting phenomenon called an arribada.Locations:Asia-India-OrissaDate:14 Mar, 2006Credit:© Sumer Verma / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3008px X 2000pxKeywords:Beauty-KWCI (GPI)-Nature-Oceans (campaign title)-Oceans (topography)-Outdoors-Turtles-Underwater shotsShoot:Documenting Olive Ridley Turtles in IndiaEvery year, thousands of Olive Ridley turtles congregate in Orissa to mate and then nest in a perfectly synchronised arribada. Sadly, many don't make it because they get caught in fishing nets.
