Photos by evonomis : on the map, in Google Earth (KML)

Beautiful picture!

Beautiful shot. Greetings from Holland.

Malvinas... not say falkland, the islands its called Malvinas. Regards.

Io come le luci, un magnifico FOTO MOLTO! I Mando il mio saluto NATUSKA

Thank you Allan! I'm off to the Falklands again in January for 4 months - can't wait to take more photo's!

And I never made it to Sea Lion Island. Maybe next time.

Greetings from Denmark, Allan Hansen.

And the argentinian flag?. Pirates.

THE TRUE HISTORY OF MALVINAS: In 1766, Spain acquired the French colony of Port St. Louis, and after assuming effective control in 1767, placed the islands under a governor subordinate to the Buenos Aires colonial administration. Spain alone maintained a settlement ruled from Buenos Aires under the control of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata until 1811. On leaving in 1811, Spain, too, left behind a plaque asserting her claims. On 6 November 1820, Colonel David Jewett raised the flag of the United Provinces of the River Plate (Argentina) at Port Louis. Jewett was an American sailor and privateer in the employment of Buenos Aires businessman Patrick Lynch to captain his ship, the frigate Heroína (Lynch had obtained a corsair licence from the Buenos Aires Supreme Director Jose Rondeau). Jewett had put into the islands the previous month, following a disastrous eight month voyage with most of his crew disabled by scurvy and disease. After resting in the islands and repairing his ship he returned to Buenos Aires. Occupation began in 1828 with the foundation of a settlement and a penal colony. This settlement was destroyed by United States warships in 1831 after the Argentine governor of the islands Luis Vernet seized U.S. seal hunting ships during a dispute over fishing rights. They left behind escaped prisoners and pirates. In November 1832, Argentina sent another governor who was killed in a mutiny. In Jan 1833 UK took advantage of those situations and invaded Malvinas.

Good Picture....of a Buzzard!

It probably has a lot to do with the un-tapped oil reserves too...