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Corpus Christi 02

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This is a Great White Pelican.
In medieval Europe, the pelican was thought to be particularly attentive to her young, to the point of providing her own blood when no other food was available. As a result, the pelican became a symbol of the Passion of Jesus and of the Eucharist. It also became a symbol in bestiaries for self-sacrifice, and was used in heraldry ("a pelican in her piety" or "a pelican vulning (wounding) herself"). Another version of this is that the pelican used to kill its young and then resurrect them with its blood, this being analogous to the sacrifice of Jesus.
Image size
2592x3888px 1.05 MB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Shutter Speed
1/500 second
Aperture
F/10.0
Focal Length
259 mm
ISO Speed
250
Date Taken
Jul 4, 2009, 2:02:13 PM
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Great shot - just love the composition.