Images Dated 2011

2011

Antony Gormley, Arid, Climate, Dry, Ephemeral, Harsh, Inside Australia, Lake Bed, Plain, Salt, Salt Lakes, Sculptor, Sculpture, Tourist Attraction

Inside Australia Art Installation Lake Ballard

One of the 51 steel figures by Antony Gormley on Lake Ballard, a salt lake, installed in 2003 as a temporary exhibition that stayed, drawing acclaim from visitors and affection from locals. The figures extend around an ironstone mound on the edge of the lake and up to 10 km in all directions. Lake Ballard, near Menzies, Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) being harassed by a Snowy sheathbill (Chionis alba), trying to make it regurgitate its catch of krill, pecking at a wound, or eating the penguin's faeces. South Georgia, Antarctica

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Antarctic Region, Antarctica, Aptenodytes, Aptenodytes Patagonica, Attack, Aves, Bird, Birds, Colonial, Colourful, Diver, Extreme Environment, Fauna, Flightless, Harassment, Icy, Mixed, Oceanic, Penguin, Penguins, Polar Climate, Seabird, Seasonally Monogamous, Social, Southern Ocean, Species, Spheniscidae, Sphenisciformes, Waterproof, Webbed Feet, Wildlife