Hi, everybody! I’m Micha, the electrical engineer for the Neumayer Station III, and in this series of blog entries, I’d like to share a few of the photographs I’ve taken over the past five months. 😊
The series is divided into five entries, which will be released on a daily basis from today through Friday.
In today’s instalment, I’d like to follow up on Aurelia’s blog entry on penguins. It’s so much fun to have them around. And since the chicks have hatched, they’ve become one of our favourite attractions.
All closeups were taken with a Sony FE 200-600mm telephoto lens, F5.6-6.3 G OSS.
Image Gallery
It’s fascinating to see how the emperor penguins manage to keep their eggs from freezing, despite the local conditions. Unfortunately, not every penguin manages to keep their egg safe.
Image Gallery
Towards the end of July, we started seeing the first penguin chicks. First, we started hearing their adorable peeping. But actually managing to see one wasn’t so easy at first. Two weeks later, there were chicks everywhere you looked. And yes, they are a breath-taking sight!
But it also makes you realise once again the extreme conditions that they grow up under. Unfortunately, they don’t all make it.
Image Gallery
To round out this entry, here is a shot of the penguin colony with the polar lights, and one of the Milky Way in the night sky. 😊
