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Great pictures!
These seals look how I feel at the end of a long day in Dazland ...
Are Kelp Circles like Crop Circles?
Well, I sort of see a sphinx resemblance if I squint.
This reminds me of you leading the 5 Toms. You are the big commanding presence at the head of the line. Tommy is last in line, thinking about going home to mama.
This cloud seems to me to be by far the most suspicious, as far a alien craft goes.
Yes, that's how I feel everyday after sorting through another few hundred photos.
I've never seen an elephant seal in any more active pose. They just look like big stationary lumps. In contrast, the fur seals have a lot of energy and are frequently swimming or running a round at a breakneck pace.
A slightly melted UFO.
Or possibly Wave Cloud. Come to think of it, more than a possibility, a high probability. Not sure it's somewhere I'd like to go gliding. Fantastic views, but limited flat areas to land out in if you lose lift. Would be an experience, though.
Regards,
Richard
Water looks a bit nippy if you landed in it.
My imagination told me that after you have left the area,
the party might begin...
Here's my first attempt at creative a "3D Ron!"
Landing a glider would be a challenge on those mountainous islands. Some have small beach areas, but you'd mow down thousands of penguins. Not recommended!
And yes, @background, the water was nippy! You'd have to watch out for icebergs when you landed.
Hey, that look just like my cloud! Too bad I wasn't there long enough to see this alien action. The penguins seem interested.
Thanks for the welcom back, Ron. Your self-render looks good.
Thanks, @barbult
How are you doing? Have you rested enough to post something new here?
Barbuilt, you're welcome, and thank you!
As I progress through my photos, we have left South Georgia Island. The Antarctic storms have calmed enough to continue south. We crossed the Antarctic Circle. We saw lots of icebergs and smaller floating ice pieces, including the one that looked like Richard (in our imagination, at least). The weather was snowing and sleeting. The temperature was just below freezing.
We had snow on our balcony. The spots in the photos are snow falling or stuck to the camera lens. We were fascinated by the huge icebergs and the ones that looked blue.
I want to finish posting my photos before I start a new Richard story. I do miss him, though. My husband and I are distracted by medical things right now, too. He is having surgery on the 24th and has lots of tests to complete before that. I am having physical therapy on my shoulder for a few weeks. Getting old comes with side effects!
Our first stop below the Antarctic Circle was Gourdin Island. We took a Zodiac cruise (no place to land on this steep volcanic island). The sea was rough and the snow and sleet make the ride less pleasant. Those warm green parkas were put to good use that day! We saw a fantastic iceberg and chinstrap penguins and an occasional seal on the rough rocky shore.
The Polar Plunge that had been scheduled and canceled several times, because of high winds, high sea swells, or both, finally occurred on on February 23. It took two attempts that day to find a place with acceptable conditions. David and I did NOT plunge! About half the ship passengers did, though. Those who related their experience to us, thought it was great. (They were mostly decades younger than us, though, but not all were so young.). The snow covered Zodiac is one of the safety boats lowered to sea with crew, in case a plunger got into trouble. All plungers had a rope connected to them, so they couldn't swim or drift away or sink too low.
barbuilt, the first thing I thought when I saw that one photo was "There's Richard!"
It does, doesn't it - one who has seen a bird flyiing overhead, by the head position - were there any passing albatrosses or had the penguins driven them off?
A little scary when you are on a bo ship.
On February 24, we had an early morning landing on Paulet Island. It was snow covered. Some areas were brown with penguin guano.There were lots of Shag Cormorants and Adélie Penguins. We saw Snowy Sheathbills (birds) and Weddell Seals. Some passengers went kayaking instead of landing on the island. When we sailed away toward the continent, there were more icebergs to see. One had penguins on it.
Some passengers saw Wandering Albatrosses on the trip, but I wasn't in the right place at the right time. Maybe the ice-you saw one overhead.
The holes in some of the icebergs are fascinating, some of them appear to go a long way back.
According to the Internet, holes can be caused by several things. I just like to look at them, without worrying about the science behind them.
I had guessed they were where the ice had melted a bit, whiich helped more adjacent ice to melt, and so opened up an interesting tunnel.
Oh my, they must be mad!
Hey everyone. I'm working on assembling a new cast of characters for future renders on my Art Studio section, renamed Ron's Artistic Misadventures.
I created a new "Digital Ron," starting with the Genesis 8.1 Male. You can read more about it on my thread.
And now we finally made it onto the actual Antarctic continent at Brown Bluff. This is where I fell (see first photo may posts ago).
Finally, as we sailed back to Argentina, we passed by Elephant Island. That is where Sir Ernest Shackleton left, and later rescued, 22 of his crewmen, after his ship the Endurance was crushed by the ice and sank. He and a couple other crewmen sailed in a lifeboat to South Georgia Island, where they hiked across the mountains and found help from some whalers. It took Shackleton 3 tries to rescue his men on Elephant Island, because he did not have adequate ships. On the third try the Chilean navy provided a ship and captain. Point Wild, where the 22 crewmen spent months waiting for rescue, now has a statue to that Chilean ship captain. Amazingly, every one of Shackleton's crew survived the ordeal. The expedition leader on our cruise, Chad Burtt, was one of the team that decades later searched for and found the Endurance beneath the sea.
This is a quote from explorer Raymond Priestly: "For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton."
The ship's captain said that people sail to Antarctica several times and never see Elephant Island, because it is shrouded in fog. That was our experience at the beginning, but when we went around to Point Wild (the place where the 22 crewmen waited for rescue), we had a much better view. It was still very foggy, but we could see the penguins and the statue on the island.
I took a photo of penguins swimming and jumping out of the ocean, but it was all blurry, because the experience caught me unprepared and my shutter speed was way too slow. I posted it anyway, because it was a unique sight for us. Another photo shows the penguins swimming under the water. Unfortunately, they didn't jump out again to get another picture of that.
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