Location
Kaikoura, South Island
New Zealand
Metadata
Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM
at 320 mm
Exposure 1/500 s, f/14, ISO 400
Image size 800 x 534 pixels
IOC Names
Order Procellariiformes Family Diomedeidae
Deutsch Wanderalbatros Dutch Grote Albatros
Italian Albatros urlatore Spanish Albatros Viajero
Comments
As explained in the text on Procellariformes, the ability of great albatrosses (Wandering and Royal) to move upwind without flapping depends on the fact that wind velocity is appreciably greater a few metres in the air than near the waves.
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| 12/03/2011 |
Wandering Albatross |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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