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Calving Glacier and Kittywakes

Calving Glacier and Kittywakes

Whilst in our zodiac exploring this glacier front in Svalbard it suddenly calved ! We made a hasty retreat and I took this and some others as we reversed !! A s...
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Whilst in our zodiac exploring this glacier front in Svalbard it suddenly calved ! We made a hasty retreat and I took this and some others as we reversed !! A stunning event to witness, as the ice sheet hit the lagoon this was the resulting impact ! The Kittywakes took off and I pressed the shutter !!
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Canon EOS 5D

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Aperture f/9 ISO 400 Shutter 1/800 Focal Length 185/1

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Aug, 2017

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Brilliant in the moment capture,i love it!!

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Wow, great capture!!!

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Hi Ann thank you it was a magnificent scary moment !! Nature at the raw end.

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