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Event: 2010 Polar Bear Plunge
Neshaminy State Park – Bensalem, PA
Saturday, January 30
The Polar Bear Plunge (or Polar Plunge) is a fundraising event that challenges an individual or group to enter into a cold body of water in order to raise money for Special Olympics. Plunge participants set a fundraising goal and get pledges from family, friends and colleagues for their commitment to be “freezin’ for a reason.”
The Eastern Polar Plunge benefits more than 20,000 Special Olympics Pennsylvania athletes – the state’s largest year-round organization devoted to sports training and competition for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. The temperature at plunge time (12 noon) was 19°f.
Here are the camera and settings used to capture this image:
Camera: Canon EOS 40D
Lens: Canon EF 24-105 f/4L
Focal length: 32mm
Shutter speed: 1/500 second
Aperture: 7.1
ISO: 400
Your can see more photos from this event at www.flickr.com/photos/coolpixmaf.
Brrrrrr…19 degrees huh? Wonderful shot of a great event Mr. Fazio.
Now this is one COOL pic!!!!
Brrrrr..is so right!!!
They must have lost their signs in the water.
We have similar groups of – how do I say “crazies” politely? – here in the Seattle area… tell ya what, you couldn’t get ME into that water!!
Me either Rocky. I’ll donate to most any worthy cause but I’ll pass on the dip in the frigid water.
Hope they made their donations before their assets were frozen!
Hey Mike, Congratulations. Very cool man…..no pun intended. I hope to see you soon, Tim