Loud sooty terns at Wide Awake airfield, Ascension Island
Thousands of sooty terns nest at Ascension Island, a remote volcanic rock in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The birds are aggressive and very loud, hence their local nickname 'wide awakes'. Wide Awake Airfield (or more simply RAF Ascension [ASI]) was the base for aircraft measuring microphysical properties of stratocumulus clouds around Ascension Island during the summer of 2017.
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Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Martin de Graaf (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
4.2 MB
Width
4032 px
Height
3024 px
Aspect
4:3
Brand
Apple
Model
iPhone SE
Exposure
4 mm f/2.2 1/3205 s ISO 25
Taken
17 August 2017
Coordinates
-7.9889, -14.3988
Tint
Strong blue
Submitted
9 February 2018
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