Today an emperor penguin showed up at LDB! It was first sighted near Willy Field by day shifters on their way home. But for night shift it came right out to to the balloon base. I don’t want to judge day shift to harshly, but I think I smell better than they do. I said it.
Edit: penguin left before the day shift arrived. Smell theory confirmed.
Bow before Emperor Penguin!
Picking at itself
Bending over
Time for a belly slide
Other photographers
Barth and Jamil
Sasha and the Penguin
Lorenzo, penguin, apple core
He was in the galley
Ed shows up later
And, naturally, joins the fun
Sliding in front of white island
Looking around
Penguin and sky
Fin-out sliding
Over a hill
Off into the white
Goodbye, penguin friend. I'll miss you
Bill twirls
While experimenting with different techniques
Bill's first toss
Jon winds up
Graceful release
This turned out to be the longest throw
Changing tehnique
Results in somewhat less forward motion
Spectators
Sasha throws
And she tries twirling briefly too
Jamil's toss
Sean has a more side-arm style
John H throws overhand
This is physically impressive, but not the most effective
I prepare myself
Wind up
And launch straight at Cynthia
Against whom I bear no grudges. Please believe me
John R goes next
I like his style
If I ever do this again, I'll try this way
Ed's turn
And release
A very high toss, Ed buried the trunnion deepest in the snow
Last of all, Jeff joins in
SPIDER group photo
Since we were all gathered outside on a gorgeous day
Jump photo
Only one injury sustained (sorry, Barth)
Obligatory Mt Erebus group shot
With almost-obligatory bad lighting, since this always happens at a bad time
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