So, before I get into sharing more photos from Antarctica, you have to hear about the Smashwords Summer/Winter sale. All my books are on sale, and for this first week of July, they are 75% off, which means the ones usually 99 cents are free--a great chance to get in at the start of each series! Jump on the chance, because I'm going to reduce the percentage off each week, unless I forget (yeah, I'm not really expecting great things of myself).
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Okay, now for Antarctica #6, Cierva Harbor Zodiac Cruise
As with my last photo post, I'm offering minimal commentary. This was the next-to-last day of landings and adventures, and as you will see, weather was damp and dreary, but even under those conditions the light in Antarctica could be beautiful. |
| Coming into the harbor in the morning. |
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| First view, an Argentine base. It was closed for the season, but is in regular summer use. The red buildings are a nice bit of color in an often black-and-white landscape. |
| Humans move out, penguins move in. I'm pretty sure this was a colony of gentoo penguins. |
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We then went off to look at icebergs and watch for wildlife in the harbor. |
| I'm still not sure exactly how these striations were formed. Has to have something to do with the layers in the snow (tilted 90 degrees). |
Finally we found our critters--a leopard seal that checked out each zodiac in term, probably trying to decide if there was anything there it could eat. |
| Note that by now it's raining for real. You can see the rain hitting the water. |
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| Our guide warned us not only to keep our hands out of the water, but to actually move away from that side of the boat, because they can lunge up and grab things, like tourists. |
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| A farewell gleam of sun hitting the clear ice on one jagged mini-berg. |
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