{"id":30034,"date":"2017-02-17T11:41:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/?p=30034"},"modified":"2017-02-17T11:44:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T16:44:15","slug":"meet-a-pro-revealing-the-state-of-the-planet-with-tama-baldwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adorama.com\/alc\/meet-a-pro-revealing-the-state-of-the-planet-with-tama-baldwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet A Pro: Revealing the State of the Planet with Tama Baldwin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The heavy October rains, so unusual for the high arctic, washed away all snow cover revealing the archeological ruins of a 17th Century Dutch whaling station and ocean garbage that is regularly deposited on the tidal flats there on the northwestern coast of Spitzbergen. (Canon 5D MK2 24 mm 1.4 II USM) 1\/125 sec at f\/5.6 ISO 400<\/div><\/div>
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Tipi Under Klieg Lights, Oceti Sacowin Camp, Standing Rock Reservation<\/div><\/div>
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Turtle Island burial ground under Klieg Lights and wrapped in Concertina Wire.<\/div><\/div>
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As night falls over the blockaded road that serves as the front line in the standoff, the klieg lights will turn on and remain on for the entire night.<\/div><\/div>
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Residents of the Oceti Sacowin Camp are forced to arrive able to be entirely self sufficient and must stockpile food and fuel for the duration of their stay.<\/div><\/div>
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The ash rising from the Oceti Sacowin Camp reflects both the moon and the klieg lights.<\/div><\/div>
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This view of snow on the mountains is more typical of what one might expect to see on the high arctic archeipelago of Svalbard. This photograph taken in early October was the last time we saw any snow in the mountains as we sailed between 78 degrees North and the beginning of the polar ice near 80 degrees. (Canon 5DSR, 24mm 1.4 II USM) 1\/200 sec at f\/8.0 ISO 200<\/div><\/div>
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The scale of the Svitjobreen glacier is made visible here in relation to the boat which is anchored a good three hundred yars or so from the glacier's 60 meter hight face. (Canon 5DSR Canon EF 70-200 at 160 mm) 1\/60 sec at f\/9.0. ISO 500<\/div><\/div>
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The retreat of the Sviotjobreen glacier has been so rapid in the past few years this ,island upon which we landed still appears completely encased in the glacier on the GPS device used by our polar bear guards. (Sony RX1RM2 35 mm 2.0) 1\/160 sec at f\/5.6 ISO 400<\/div><\/div>
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This glacier has been retreating in recent years so rapidly it is now disgorging large chunks of petrified wood that are thought to belong to a forest that might have grown here 60 million years ago. I climbed to the top of this glacier in heavy rains through knee deep mud to record the sound of water cascading through the belly of the glacier when I saw the trees. (Sony RX1RM2 35 mm), 1\/50 sec at f\/7.1 ISO 500<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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The heavy October rains, so unusual for the high arctic, washed away all snow cover revealing the archeological ruins of a 17th Century Dutch whaling station and ocean garbage that is regularly deposited on the tidal flats there on the northwestern coast of Spitzbergen. (Canon 5D MK2 24 mm 1.4 II USM) 1\/125 sec at f\/5.6 ISO 400<\/div><\/div>
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Tipi Under Klieg Lights, Oceti Sacowin Camp, Standing Rock Reservation<\/div><\/div>
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Turtle Island burial ground under Klieg Lights and wrapped in Concertina Wire.<\/div><\/div>
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As night falls over the blockaded road that serves as the front line in the standoff, the klieg lights will turn on and remain on for the entire night.<\/div><\/div>
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Residents of the Oceti Sacowin Camp are forced to arrive able to be entirely self sufficient and must stockpile food and fuel for the duration of their stay.<\/div><\/div>
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The ash rising from the Oceti Sacowin Camp reflects both the moon and the klieg lights.<\/div><\/div>
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This view of snow on the mountains is more typical of what one might expect to see on the high arctic archeipelago of Svalbard. This photograph taken in early October was the last time we saw any snow in the mountains as we sailed between 78 degrees North and the beginning of the polar ice near 80 degrees. (Canon 5DSR, 24mm 1.4 II USM) 1\/200 sec at f\/8.0 ISO 200<\/div><\/div>
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The scale of the Svitjobreen glacier is made visible here in relation to the boat which is anchored a good three hundred yars or so from the glacier's 60 meter hight face. (Canon 5DSR Canon EF 70-200 at 160 mm) 1\/60 sec at f\/9.0. ISO 500<\/div><\/div>
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The retreat of the Sviotjobreen glacier has been so rapid in the past few years this ,island upon which we landed still appears completely encased in the glacier on the GPS device used by our polar bear guards. (Sony RX1RM2 35 mm 2.0) 1\/160 sec at f\/5.6 ISO 400<\/div><\/div>
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This glacier has been retreating in recent years so rapidly it is now disgorging large chunks of petrified wood that are thought to belong to a forest that might have grown here 60 million years ago. I climbed to the top of this glacier in heavy rains through knee deep mud to record the sound of water cascading through the belly of the glacier when I saw the trees. (Sony RX1RM2 35 mm), 1\/50 sec at f\/7.1 ISO 500<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>