22 September 2006
This week on Macquarie Island is "Isn't That Beautiful Week"!
As the title suggests, this week is full of photos that are just beautiful, so grab your tissues as the beauty of these photos will bring tears to your eyes.
The elephant seal population is continuing to grow and this makes for some wonderfully beautiful photos.
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Umbilical removal
Photo: L. Mainsbridge | |
Penguins are not to be out done...
Parental love
Photo: B. Free | |
Gentoo love
Photo: L. Mainsbridge | |
Proud parent to be
Photo: L. Mainsbridge | |
Petrels & albatrosses are a little less photogenic, so stealth is required....
Wandering wonder
Photo: L. Gadd | |
Petrel puff ball
Photo: H. Achurch | |
Graceful grey petrel
Photo: H. Achurch |
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Hungry giant petrels
Photo: J. Wruck | |
We finish with some picturesque pictures of Macquarie Island.
Spectacular snow covered Macca
Photo: B. Free | |
Picturesque precarious bays
Photo: H. Achurch | |
Rugged Rockhopper Bay
Photo: H. Achurch | |
Magic Macca sunset
Photo: G. Freeman |
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Glorious Garden Cove
Photo: J. Wruck | |
Due to high rainfall of recent months, and the insatiable eating ability of the rabbits, beautiful Lusitania Bay became the victim of a landslide. Lusi Bay is home to a very large king penguin colony and a number of them were lost under the mud.
Lusi Bay landslide
Photo: J. Wruck |
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Lusi Bay landslide
Photo: J. Wruck |
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Landslide smorgasbord
Photo: J. Wruck | |
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