Every year, during the salmon season, grizzly bears in Katmai National Park, in Shelikof Strait, Alaska, gather in Brooks River to finance fishing.

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Photographer Michael Nolan had to travel to Alaska from the end of June to catch great photos of this "fish festival".

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To catch these fresh salmon, the bears had to apply many "hunting" tactics.

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From catching on air .

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. "to your upper hand".

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Many bears are waiting to catch fish in shallow waters.

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Brooks River is the best place for bears to get salmon.

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Here salmon returns from the ocean to breed.

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This is a 3m high waterfall, where salmon must pass to swim into Lake Brooks.

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"Lazy" bears are waiting for the salmon to enter their feet.

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