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Heard Island

Heard Island and McDonald Islands is an external territory of Australia in the southern Indian Ocean. It is a group of sub-Antarctic volcanic islands that lie on the Kerguelen Plateau. It is about 4,000km (2,500mi) south-west of the Australian mainland and 1,700km (1,100mi) north of Antarctica. The territory contains Australia's only active volcanoes, including Mawson Peak, a volcanic cone that is the country's highest point outside the Australian Antarctic Territory. Uninhabited and remote, the islands are a nature reserve and a World Heritage Site. Heavily glaciated, Heard Island (pictured) is dominated by Big Ben, a stratovolcano that is topped by Mawson Peak. Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are home to many eastern rockhopper, gentoo, macaroni, and king penguins. With more than one million breeding pairs, Heard Island contains about 20 per cent of the world's macaroni penguins. The islands also contain substantial populations of elephant seals and Antarctic fur seals. (Fullarticle... )

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Georges Méliès
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The French filmmaker and magician Georges Méliès is the subject of various written works , including biographies, essays, and monographs. The literature about him is abundant and spans many decades and languages, including English, French, Italian, Spanish, and German. Frank Kessler, a professor of media history, believes Méliès is arguably the most written about early filmmaker. French film historians wrote pioneering, if constrained, works about Méliès between the 1940s and 1960s. Later, descendants of his and Anglosphere film historians wrote authoritative monographs and specialist works began to appear about his writings, magic, theater, film studios, film colorization, editing, and international reception. Conferences about Méliès held at the Centre culturel international de Cerisy-la-Salle suggest three phases in his scholarship. (Fulllist... )

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Egyptian goose

The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is a member of the Anatidae family native to Sub-Saharan Africa and the Nile valley. It inhabits open or semi-open habitats, typically near fresh water, and feeds on cereal crops, leaves, grasses, and occasionally small animals. Adults measure 63–73cm (25–29in) in length. Introduced populations are established in parts of Europe and the United States, and the species can sometimes become invasive. Egyptian geese form long-term pairs, with both parents caring for their young, and can be highly territorial when breeding. It is classified as a least-concern species by the IUCN. This Egyptian goose adult with goslings was photographed in Bürgerpark, Bremen, Germany.

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