Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Philippe, Jim, Douglas Thanks for looking. Woolens will be required I am afraid, at least for the Indian contingent. The whole Serengeti ecosystem exists at over 5000 ft over sea level, and mornings and nights are quite chilly at this time - the minimum will be around 14C Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Sounds great Jayanand, you won't need the winter woolies over there! > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < > jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" < > psm-1857 at googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 4:14 AM > Subject: [Leica] Cuverville Island > > > I just have a handful of photographs processed and ready, and thought >> I would post them before Neela & I leave for Ndutu in Tanzania >> tomorrow for a 10 day trip which also includes two other LUG couples - >> Howard and Esther Cummer and Alastair and Helen Firkin.. This is a >> place in the Antarctic Peninsula called Cuverville Island, which has a >> Gentoo Penguin breeding colony high up on a hill fronted by an >> extremely rocky beach leading to open water. The first photo is of the >> only land bird that makes its home in Antarctica, the Snowy >> Sheathbill, which can be found scavenging around the penguin colonies: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/ >> Antarctica_20140118_5713.jpg.html >> >> The Gentoo Penguins come down a very well traversed "highway" from the >> rookery to the rocky beach front in order to access the open water to >> feed: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/ >> Antarctica_20140118_5694.jpg.html >> >> Then they literally hop onto the rocks: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/ >> Antarctica_20140118_5663.jpg.html >> >> There were a few Weddell Seals around, too. This one just woke up as I >> approached and launched into a few luxurious yawns: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/ >> Antarctica_20140118_5720.jpg.html >> >> More interesting, though, was to watch these seals slithering and >> sliding over and around the rocks, like gigantic slugs, to get to the >> open water. Like most animals/birds here, you could get close without >> any fear - very surprising, considering the wholesale slaughter of >> these creatures that took place in these parts for a good part of the >> 20th century: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/antarctica/ >> Antarctica_20140118_5808.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >