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| Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg. Image ID: 25005 Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Two Adelie penguins, holding their wings out, standing on an iceberg. Image ID: 25007 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Image ID: 25646 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Blue whale skeleton in Antarctica, on the shore at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. This skeleton is composed primarily of blue whale bones, but there are believed to be bones of other baleen whales included in the skeleton as well. Image ID: 25604 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Image ID: 25648 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Wandering albatross in flight, over the open sea. The wandering albatross has the largest wingspan of any living bird, with the wingspan between, up to 12' from wingtip to wingtip. It can soar on the open ocean for hours at a time, riding the updrafts from individual swells, with a glide ratio of 22 units of distance for every unit of drop. The wandering albatross can live up to 23 years. They hunt at night on the open ocean for cephalopods, small fish, and crustaceans. The survival of the species is at risk due to mortality from long-line fishing gear. Image ID: 24071 Species: Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans Location: Southern Ocean |
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| Adelie penguin on an iceberg. Image ID: 25006 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Southern humpback whale in Antarctica, with significant diatomaceous growth (brown) on the underside of its fluke, lifting its fluke before diving in Neko Harbor, Antarctica. Image ID: 25647 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Humpback whale lunge feeding on Antarctic krill, with mouth open and baleen visible. The humbpack's pink throat grooves are seen as its pleated throat becomes fully distended as the whale fills its mouth with krill and water. The water will be pushed out, while the baleen strains and retains the small krill. Image ID: 25660 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Gerlache Strait, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Image ID: 25652 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A curious Adelie penguin, standing at the edge of an iceberg, looks over the photographer. Image ID: 25015 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Blue whale skeleton in Antarctica, on the shore at Port Lockroy, Antarctica. This skeleton is composed primarily of blue whale bones, but there are believed to be bones of other baleen whales included in the skeleton as well. Image ID: 25609 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: Port Lockroy, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Adelie penguin colony, panoramic photograph. Image ID: 26313 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica Pano dimensions: 3564 x 28099 | ||
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| Sunset clouds create a colorful arch, spanning the heavens from horizon to horizon, over the open sea between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia Island. Image ID: 24073 Location: Southern Ocean | Southern humpback whale in Antarctica, lifting its fluke (tail) before diving in Cierva Cove, Antarctica. Image ID: 25518 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Prion in flight. Image ID: 24686 Species: Prion, Pachyptila Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean |
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| Adelie penguin, adult feeding chick by regurgitating partially digested food into the chick's mouth. The pink food bolus, probably consisting of krill and marine invertebrates, can be seen being between the adult and chick's beaks. Image ID: 25008 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean | Pack ice, a combination of sea ice and pieces of icebergs, Weddell Sea. Image ID: 25025 Location: Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean | Southern elephant seal, juvenile. The southern elephant seal is the largest pinniped, and the largest member of order Carnivora, ever to have existed. It gets its name from the large proboscis (nose) it has when it has grown to adulthood. Image ID: 25029 Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean |
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| Chinstrap penguins at Bailey Head, Deception Island. Chinstrap penguins enter and exit the surf on the black sand beach at Bailey Head on Deception Island. Bailey Head is home to one of the largest colonies of chinstrap penguins in the world. Image ID: 25456 Species: Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis antarcticus Location: Deception Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Clouds, weather and light mix in neverending forms over the open ocean of Scotia Sea, in the Southern Ocean. Image ID: 24757 Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean | Clouds, weather and light mix in neverending forms over the open ocean of Scotia Sea, in the Southern Ocean. Image ID: 24758 Location: Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean |
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| Iceberg, ocean, light and clouds. Light plays over icebergs and the ocean near Coronation Island. Image ID: 24779 Location: Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean | Iceberg, ocean, light and clouds. Light plays over icebergs and the ocean near Coronation Island. Image ID: 24780 Location: Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean | Brash ice and pack ice in Antarctica. Brash ices fills the ocean waters of Cierva Cove on the Antarctic Peninsula. The ice is a mix of sea ice that has floated near shore on the tide and chunks of ice that have fallen into the water from nearby land-bound glaciers. Image ID: 25531 Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Humpback whale in Antarctica. A humpback whale swims through the beautiful ice-filled waters of Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Image ID: 25651 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Tabular iceberg, Antarctic Peninsula, near Paulet Island, sunset. Image ID: 24778 Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Pack ice and brash ice fills the Weddell Sea, near the Antarctic Peninsula. This pack ice is a combination of broken pieces of icebergs, sea ice that has formed on the ocean. Image ID: 24791 Location: Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean |
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| Adelie penguins at the nest, part of the large nesting colony of penguins that resides along the lower slopes of Devil Island. Image ID: 25013 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Adelie penguin. Image ID: 25044 Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae Location: Devil Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | |
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