A Deceptively Beautiful Oil Spill Hot

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Oil by wildlife and conservation photographer Peter Chadwick

A large drop of engine oil creates a colourfull oil slick next to the wooden jetty at a boat launch site. It's beautiful apprearance is deceptive, oil pollution is hazardous to all marine life. Colchetser, Eastern Cape, South Africa

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Peter Chadwick

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As a dedicated conservationist, Peter Chadwick has 30 years strategic and operational conservation experience in terrestrial and marine protected area management. He has worked within all of the major biomes in southern Africa as well as having provided expert conservation advice at a global level. His conservation and wildlife photography is a natural extension to his conservation work where he has numerous opportunities to capture photographs that showcase the beauty and complexity of the outdoors. Peter’s photography is internationally recognized, with this work appearing globally in a wide range of print and electronic media.

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