Life at the end of the world
Thale Damm-Johnsen
Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
A lone snow petrel on its way home to its breeding areas in the mountains surrounding Lake Untersee, Antarctica. After leaving behind more than 150 km to catch prey in the Southern Ocean some rest will be sorely needed.
The photo was taken on a windy day out doing geological fieldwork for the project ANTSIE (Antarctic Sea Ice Ecolution from a novel biological archive). We were struggling in the wind, but the snow petrel were flying gracefully around us. Really displaying its mastering of this remote, brutal, but stunningly beautiful environment.
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Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
3.4 MB
Width
3704 px
Height
2778 px
Aspect
4:3
Brand
Apple
Model
iPhone SE 3rd generation
Exposure
4 mm f/1.8 1/4878 s ISO 32
Taken
1 December 2023
Coordinates
-71.3350, 13.5883
Tint
Pale blue
Submitted
24 January 2024
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