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Subject: [Leica] Deception Island
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 07:04:37 +0530
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Jay, Nathan
Thanks for looking. Jay, thanks for the explanation. 
Cheers
Jayanand

Sent from my iPad

> On 21-Feb-2014, at 2:19 am, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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> More awesomeness, especially the valley. And the seal is so fat and cute!
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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> YNWA
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>> On Feb 19, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>> 
>> The first stop around the Antarctic peninsula was Deception Island, a
>> very well known spot in the South Shetlands, and our first landfall
>> below 60 degrees South. It is the blown out caldera of a volcano,
>> which is still active to some extent, with a narrow channel called
>> "Neptune's Bellows" leading to a large, circular, sheltered harbour.
>> We stopped at a point called Telefon Bay for a short hike up to a view
>> point and some scenery. Luckily, this was one of the few clear days
>> with bright sunshine that we had in the whole trip. The minute I
>> landed, the first thing I saw was a Chinstrap Penguin running along a
>> beach full of kelp, next to very deep blue water, and the walls of the
>> caldera as a backdrop. The ice tended to be grey because of all loose
>> greyish brown volcanic soil blowing around everywhere.:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4642.jpg.html
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>> Suddenly, it swerved into the water, and was gone:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4685.jpg.html
>> 
>> Walking on, a Crabeater Seal was asleep on the water's edge. Despite
>> the name, these seals live on krill, and not crabs - they are thought
>> to be the most numerous seals on the planet, but this was the only one
>> we saw. It was fast asleep, but as I got near, it raised its head and
>> had a look:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4758.jpg.html
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>> Then it yawned and went right back to sleep:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4796.jpg.html
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>> The rest of the photographs are of the landscape and details on the
>> caldera. This one was from the zodiac, the ice forming a detail that
>> looked like a flying saucer, and a two toned sea in the foreground::
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4918.jpg.html
>> 
>> A typical landscape:
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4706.jpg.html
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>> Two looks at a small valley with a stream at the bottom:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4719.jpg.html
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4738.jpg.html
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>> Details on the caldera slopes, taken from the ship:
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4812.jpg.html
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>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/Antarctica_20140116_4827.jpg.html
>> 
>> Please see LARGE
>> 
>> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>> 
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