# MergellusAlbellusTakeOffv2

- By: Thermos
- Date: 2007-03-31
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MergellusAlbellusTakeOffv2.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/MergellusAlbellusTakeOffv2.jpg/1920px-MergellusAlbellusTakeOffv2.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Smew (Mergellus albellus) accelerating to flight. The image has been rotated 180 degrees around vertical axis. Photographed at Vanhankaupunginlahti, Helsinki, Finland. The location is listed in Ramsar "List of Wetlands of International Importance". Geographic location (N):23355 (E):52520.