[Leica] Panoramas

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Nathan, Ric C, Jim N

Thanks for looking.

There are Norwegian names because the Norwegians came here first for
sealing and whaling, followed by the Scots - so you have names like Leith
Harbour, St.Andrews Bay, etc as well! The first organized whaling village,
Grytviken, was set up by this guy, Carl Anton Larsen, who as you can read
was very much more than a pure whaler. I am sure he would have never
started it if he knew the carnage that would eventually take place - a
total of 175k+ whales, and in 1929 or 1930, I forget which, over 30,000
Blue Whales in that one year alone!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Anton_Larsen

Nature recovers pretty fast if left alone, and that is what seems to have
taken place here - the last whaling station was closed in the 1960s. The
only species that has not really recovered, because it is an extremely slow
process, are the whales, and I have my doubts whether they can ever get
back to the pre whaling numbers.

Cheers
Jayanand





On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 9:40 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> Great panoramas, Jayanand.  And, about as different from India as you
> can find.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 11/28/2019 9:53 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG wrote:
> > A dozen panoramas from mu trip to South Georgia. These are all multi
> panel
> > panoramas taken hand held - I really had no option if I wanted to capture
> > landscapes because I invariably had a telephoto lens with me when I was
> on
> > shore, or in a zodiac! One word of caution - these have been reduced in
> > size a great deal in order to post it online, so fine details may have
> been
> > lost - but it does give a general idea of the beauty of the place.
> >
> > First, the beautiful and otherworldly Tierra Del Fuego National Park,
> just
> > outside Ushuaia at the southernmost tip of Argentina. We visited in a
> > snowstorm, and I took these panoramas between flurries (the first is full
> > colour, the second is monochrome):
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191010-7479.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191010-7458BW.jpg.html
> >
> > Next are the ruins of two of the major whaling stations where the carnage
> > took place - both also have a strong connection to Ernest Shackleton -
> > Stromness was the termination point of his epic journey and Grytviken is
> > where he is buried:
> >
> > Stromness:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191019-3269Small.jpg.html
> >
> > Grytviken:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191020-3279cropped.jpg.html
> >
> > The rest are various locations on the island:
> >
> > Elsehul:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South+Georgia-20191015-391.jpg.html
> >
> > Salisbury Plain - the first two are the views on either side of our
> landing
> > area, and the third is a monochrome one:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South+Georgia-20191016-575bsmall.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191016-587small.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191016-1041small.jpg.html
> >
> > Undine Harbour:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191022-4794small.jpg.html
> >
> > Gold Harbour, aka Blubber Central, where we could not land because of the
> > density of Elephant Seals on shore, taken from the zodiac:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191023-9706small.jpg.html
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191023-9739small.jpg.html
> >
> > Fortuna Bay, the only one taken from the ship:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/Panorama/South-Georgia-20191024-9125small.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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