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This salmon is about to complete it's lifecycle as it returns to Issaquah Creek a little battered after a likely four-year journey from the hatchery to Alaskan waters and back, led mainly by its nose and the imprinted smell of the waters it came from. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

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This salmon is about to complete it's lifecycle as it returns to Issaquah Creek a little battered after a likely four-year journey from the hatchery to Alaskan waters and back, led mainly by its nose and the imprinted smell of the waters it came from. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)