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Snow Petrel

Snow Petrel

Snow petrels are pure white birds with black beaks and eyes. They are the size of a pigeon and arguably the most beautiful of all the Antarctic birds.
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Snow petrels are pure white birds with black beaks and eyes. They are the size of a pigeon and arguably the most beautiful of all the Antarctic birds.

It is one of only three birds that breed exclusively in Antarctica and has been seen at the South Pole. It has the most southerly breeding distribution of any bird.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture 8/1 ISO 1250 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 300/1

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Nov, 2016

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