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Long-tailed Jaeger
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Stercorarius longicaudus
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Jaegers fascinate me - even though they're gulls, in my mind I think raptor.
I took this picture on a hill in the Arctic tundra. Around us, for miles, lay a sea of cottongrass. Beyond that sea - untouched wilderness. Miles of it. It is such a vast landscape it has to be experienced to be understood.
I heard a story of an Inuit who dropped out of college -
"All those rooms and corridors confused me...Where was the sun - I couldn't tell."
People say Alaska is America's last great wilderness. I think I understand why they say that - it's the daylight that lasts around the clock, it's the tundra, it's the wildflowers, it's the birds.
I'm absolutely in love with the Arctic, but it's a hurried romance. Alaska is changing. Rapidly.
In the abundance of the arctic summer one realizes what we all lose, should we lose Alaska. |
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Focal length: 400 mm
fStop: 7
ISO: 400
Shutter Speed: 1/3200
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Nome, AK - Teller Road
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Jun 14, 2007
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