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SSP2013_11_ANT-290 Description: Gentoo penguin nest of pebbles: female sitting on the nest with approaching penguins bending over her as she defends her pebbles, framed by rocks, close up frontal/side view, Port Lockroy, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Keywords: Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Davis Coast, Format, Gentoo, Gerlache Strait, Goudier Island, Penguin, Port Lockroy, Port Lockroy base, South Shetland Islands, Wiencke Island, action, activity, angle, animal, animals, behaviour, bird, close up, closeup, cloudy, country, flock, group, horizontal, interacting, landscape mode, many, mating behaviour, nesting, pebbles, several, side, sitting, snow, snowing, socialising, species, standing, stationary, stealing, stones, type, view, weather, white, winter Dimensions: 5760 x 3840 Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III Exposure: 1/400 sec at f / 7,1 Focal Length: 166 mm ISO: ISO 100 Copyright: sarahsladephotography