This is a neat place: some gigantic caldera about 13 km in diameter. When the volcano erupted it was a massive eruption (10.000 years ago), 30 cubic km of material were ejected!!! The resulting caldera has a breach on one side and the sea filled it! This created a very protected harbor. However, the volcano is still active and a few years ago the water in the caldera was so hot it peeled the paint of ships and an eruption 10 years or so ago buried several research buildings under mud. The consequence is that very little marine mammals live here: it is too hot for them! Few birds either! So, to me it was Deception island because not much to take pictures of.
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A pillar guards the opening of the caldera
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The breach through the caldera
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Neptune window, viewed from the caldera
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Old whaling tanks
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The ship's flag: lots of wind to keep it so straight
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Dropping the anchor
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Lava gravel beach
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A few fur seals
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In Artarctica, broken debris are not "trash" they are "historical landmarks" ha ha ! :D
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2 old stranded broken boats, the type used by Shackelton on his rescue from Elephant Island to South Georgia, were there and it made us admire that Shackelton and his 5 guys could survive in those let alone navigate 1300 km!
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Skua
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Some whale bone I couldn't identify
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Lahar from a recent subglacial eruptions (1967-1969) swallowed some buildings. The volcano is an uncommon type, neither due to plate subduction (Mt St Helens) nor hotspot (Hawai) but apparently a gap between continental plate rifting pass each other.
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Penguins have big orbits !
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Gentoo penguins
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Dolphin seagull colony
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Colorful lichens
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Imperial shags
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Location, location, location :D
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Waves crashing. Green tint from algae that survive in the warmer water
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Neptune's window from the sea side. A few people are on the top, with seals and
Elephant seals and the bottom of the cliff
Elephant seals and the bottom of the cliff
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