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Ice cliff at sunset        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Palmer Station is a small US research base on Anvers Island (near the Antarctic Peninsula). Palmer is perched on the shore of Arthur Harbor, which is bounded by the Anvers Island ice sheet. On clear summer evenings, the light of the setting sun briefly turns the glacier face bright pink.

  • Nikon F3, Nikon 400mm f5.6 EDIF, Kodachrome 64 (1991)