evanescent: fleeting, transitory
evanescent wave: a nearfield standing wave, employed for total internal reflection microscopy
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"Steeple Jason Island extends off the far northwest side of the Falkland Islands into the Atlantic Ocean. It is a “Should Be A World Heritage Site” and has some of the most restrictive rules about landing as any in the world. This is to protect the main nesting area for the 183,000 pairs of Black-browed Albatross who all nest along one side of the island—one elevated nest after another for miles. It is a noisy place of continuous Albatross chatter competing with Rockhopper Penguins squawking who have elected to nest on the ground beneath the elevated albatross nests. The screeching chorus that is often heard is from attacking Striated Caracara that also makes Steeple Jason the largest nesting colony of these aggressive birds of prey who continually patrol above and around the Albatross and Penguins looking for meals for themselves and their chicks. Then it was off to the colony through a forest of old growth tussock grass. The tussock was almost as much of a barrier as the rough seas surrounding Steeple Jason. The old growth tussock grass was giant. Each clump was over 7 or 8 feet high and growing very close together with a tangle of wet and slippery roots at ground level Tussock is like serrated swords by the thousands and if one is not careful they slice your hands, face…anything that is uncovered. It seemed like an endless trek, but in 20 to 25 minutes we came through onto the edge of the colony—covered in dirt, pooh, mud, slightly cut by tussock fronds and completely wet, but what a sight."[ PenguinSpirit blog] |
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The rules stipulate that you should not approach closer than 5 meters to wildlife.
But the albatross are entirely unconcerned about people, and if you sit still they will walk up, or even land right next to you. Even a super-wide lens (14mm on a full frame camera) did not provide a sufficient field of view to encompass their enormous wingspan.
created 02/13/2017
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