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Seventy five Mile Beach may be too much to embrace on a one day get away, which is why I viewed it from the air. Fraser Island is located off the coast of south east Queensland and is the world's largest sand island, with an area of 1,840 square Km (710 sq mi). The island has rainforests, eucalyptus woodland, mangrove forests, wallum and peat swamps, sand dunes and coastal heaths.
It is made up of sand that has been accumulating for approximately 750,000 years on volcanic bedrock that provides a natural catchment for the sediment which is carried on a strong offshore current northwards along the coast. To "do" Fraser Island we'll need more than one day, so this flying get away is just a teaser. Add it to your bucket list,
Lake Michigan Shoreline, South Side, Chicago
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 100, f/14.0, 18mm, 1/400s
Ocean Shield (IMO: 9628374) is an offshore supply vessel registered and sailing under the flag of Australia. Her gross tonnage is 8,368. She was built in 2012. Her overall length (loa) is 110.9 m.
I photographed the Ocean Shield on her approach to berth at Fremantle Port on 10 September 2016.
The Offshore Windfarm off the Aberdeen coastline under a brooding sky.
Moments later, heavens opened which resulted in a soaking before I reached the car.
I am always torn when I see this. On the one hand, mankind needs a lot of energy and offshore windparks are a suitable option. On the other hand, I know of investigations that ornithologists ran (for the government, by the way) and they clearly indicate that > 90 % of the seabirds, sometimes 100 %, leave the area. And I find it kind of naive to think that this will not lead to other harsh consequences in the end. It reminds me of all the other times where they were wrong, e.g. when they introduced animals/plants thinking that it wouldn't do any harm. But it is the same with salmon farms on the southern hemisphere. Just because some people in Australia want to have fresh salmon on their plate shouldn't be reason enough to kill whole ecosystems.
Ich bin irgendwie zwiegespalten, wenn ich so etwas sehe. Auf der einen Seite weiß ich, dass die Menschheit enorme Mengen Energie benötigt und diese Windparks sind eine geeignete Möglichkeit. Auf der anderen Seite kenne ich Ornithologen, die für die Regierung Untersuchungen über den Vogelbestand durchgeführt haben, mit dem Ergebnis, dass einige Arten ganz, andere zu über 90 % verschwunden sind. Und ich finde es ehrlich gesagt ziemlich naiv zu denken, dass das keinerlei Konsequenzen haben wird. Es erinnert mich an all die anderen Male, als die Menschen falsch lagen, als sie z.B. Tiere und Pflanzen eingeführt haben. Aber es ist das gleiche Spiel wie mit den Lachsfarmen in Südamerika. Lachs gehört dort nicht hin und nur, weil einige Australier frischen Lachs auf ihrem Teller möchten, sollte man keine Ökosysteme killen.
Another first bird photograph for me last week... this time a meadow pipit. I was sitting waiting to photograph the tufted ducks which where too far offshore when this little bird landed a few feet away. Almost too close for my 150-600mm and I had to lean back to get it to focus.
I didn't want to jump out from behind the partial cover I had from a big tree so decided to include it in the frame anyway. I managed a few shots then he was off!
I must admit I was clueless to what sort of bird it was at the time but my wife who has a lot more birding knowledge knew what it was straight away.