I photographed this Swallow-tailed gull flying only inches above the head of a resting Galapagos Sea Lion at the very edge of South Plaza Island's towering cliff. I deliberately placed the bird at the very top of the frame, to increase the tension present in the tight spacing between the gull and sea lion. I fill the bulk of the frame with the rocky surface of the cliff-top, which leads the eye directly to the pair at the precipice. Both the gull and the sea lion look towards the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean -- we can only see them from behind, and are left to wonder what each may be thinking at this moment in time.