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- Storm over Etosha Plains.
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- Muldersdrift (Gauteng) autumn sunset. 5 May 2021
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- Light through the clouds.
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- Kirstenbosch Gardens
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- Garden Route Autumn Sunshine.
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- Sunset Johannesburg
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- Sunset over Joburg Wednesday 5 May
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- City of Gold – sunset on Empire Road, Johannesburg 5 May.
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- Phoenix Sunset.
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- Sunset, Dwarskloof AH, Randfontein.
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- Sunset, Dwarskloof AH, Randfontein.
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- The Storm approaches.
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- City of Gold.
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- City of Gold.
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- Sunset on the Orange River at Gariep 5/5/21.
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- Canal Scene Amsterdam.
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- Seals doing backstroke, Hout Bay.
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- Pond at Spier wine Farm. Dusk.
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- Sunset, Mouille Point, Cape Town.
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- Midday @ Camps Bay.
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- Doornkop Mmpumalanga
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- Son of a Beach. Taken at Sea Point, Cape Town last weekend. Hope you enjoy!
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- Son of a Beach. Taken at Sea Point, Cape Town last weekend. Hope you enjoy!
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- Autumn skies.
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- Taken at our regular early morning swim at Glencairn Tidal Pool.
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- Sunrise at the Wild Coast Sun.
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- Sunrise on the Breede River near Swellendam.
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- Spier wine farm 4 May.
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- Plettenberg Bay at sundown with Tsitsikama. Mountains in background.
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- Woolly clouds with a hopeful speckle of winter rain!
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- A Durban institution. The Point, Durban 2021.05.03.
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- First Aloes: Autumnal arrival. Durban, 2021.05.03.
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- Wild horses in the Lagune.
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- Spot the Border Collies? South of Kreefte Bay, Blaauberg
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- Hooded Vulture in The Timbavati.
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- Sunset in the Timbavati.
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- An intriguing web.
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- Horst Hopper in Hout Bay first May.
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- Autumn morning on Fish Hoek beach.
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- Sea Point Balcony View
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- Wilderness Heights.
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- Rock Lizard, Serengeti.
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- Water masquerading as glass.
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- Dawn at Rietvlei Nature Reserve. The waterbody has been closed to the public due to increasing pollution levels. (Photo: Marlene Birkholtz)
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- Braving the cold morning. Herolds Bay.
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- Karoo sunset after storm.
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- Autumn at Florence Bloom Bird Sanctuary, Jhb.
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- Mountain enthusiasts tackle Mnweni Mountain Marathon through the snow this past weekend (1 May).
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- Autumn at Emmerentia
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- Rainbow over Bushmans River, Eastern Cape last year in mid-June.
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- Phinda’s Morning.
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- Mountain enthusiasts tackle Mnweni Mountain Marathon through the snow this past weekend (1 May).
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- Stormy clouds over Clarens.
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