Antarctic Fur Seal and columnar basalt
by Etienne Pauthenet, Meteorology Department (MISU) Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
This female Fur Seal is sitting on hexagonal columns of basalt rock, that can be found in Pointe Suzanne at the extreme East of the Kerguelen Islands.
Shot with a Canon 7D mark II ,24-105mm Canon lens, 105mm focal length, f/4, 1/800s, and ISO 400.
Taken on 28
December
2016
Submitted on 16 Jan 2018
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- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (856)
- Geomorphology (1283)
- Interdisciplinary/Other (790)
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- Oceans & Seas (131)
- Atlantic Ocean (102)
- Others (50)
- Southern Ocean (7)
- Exact location (70.4417 E, -49.4353 S)
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island, basalt, southern ocean, columnar basalt, fur seal
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