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Up and Down Science
Photograph by
Carsten Peter
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Suspended from the top of a rock shaft, French geomorphologist Fabien Hobléa ascends from a cave entrance a hundred feet (30 meters) belowa typical maneuver in this precipitous landscape pocked with sinkholes, shafts, and swales. Footing was especially treacherous in the woods, says expedition leader Jean-François Pernette. You never knew where solid ground ended and the caves began.
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Camera:
Nikon F5
Film Type:
Fujichrome Provia 100
Lens:
20mm
Speed and F-Stop:
1/8 @ f/2
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Weather Conditions:
Rainy
Time of Day:
Afternoon
Lighting Techniques:
Fill-in flash
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Special Equipment or Comments:
Cave and climbing gear!
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