Photographers Note
The Banda Islands are a group of 10 small volcanic islands forming part of the province of Maluku and which support some 15,000 inhabitants. Up until the middle of the 19th century this was the only place on earth where the spices nutmeg and mace could be found and as a result they were crucial hub for the spice trade. Foreign visitors are therefore nothing new, but these days the intrepid visitors come not to trade for spice and fill their ships with booty, rather to photograph marine life both large and small and wonder at the richness of the local seas.
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Photo Information
- Copyright: Malgorzata Smieszek Leszczynska (pomarancza) (105)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2008-11-12
- Categories: Nature
- Camera: Nikon D 80, Sigma 17-70 f/2.8-4,5 DC
- Exposure: f/9.0, 1/200 seconds
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2008-12-28 10:53
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