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Nearly every evening at dusk hundreds of thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats leave the Carlsbad cavern and fly south-east to feed in the Pecos and Black River valleys. The exodus can last from 20 minutes to 2.5 hours with a peak rate of about 5,000 bats per minute.
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photographer: Steve Davies | shooting date: 21 Jun 2004 (Monday) | country: United States of America | location: Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico | in galleries: United States of America, USA Road Trip 2004 | categories: All, Animals, Landscape | camera: Nikon D70 | lens: Nikon AF-D 24-120mm f3.5-5.6 @ 24mm (36mm in 35mm film SLR) | focus distance: im | shooting mode: Program AE | metering: Multi | shutter speed: 1/160s | aperture: f/6.3 | ISO: 200
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