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Antarctic Sunset

Antarctic Sunset

Sunset on the Antarctic Peninsula. Just north of the antarctic circle, the northern islands of the peninsula only experience a couple hours of night time during...
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Sunset on the Antarctic Peninsula. Just north of the antarctic circle, the northern islands of the peninsula only experience a couple hours of night time during the height of summer. On the first night of this early January voyage, sunset came around 11pm.
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NIKON D500

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Aperture f/8 ISO 200 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 1700/10

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Dec, 2017

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