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Sunset across the Knysna lagoon. 28 May 2021.
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Cattle egret at Postberg, enjoying the floral abundance, and associated insect activity.
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Busy bees.
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No pushing please! Karens in the Mara too!
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Tutwa – cmon Africa, lets do this!
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Africa Rising.
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West Coast National Park. 2 September 2021.
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Leopard breakfast, Sabi sands
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Tree skeletons at sunrise.
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Canola field, Overberg – 2 September 2021.
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“The way you look after looting state resources.”
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Arizona USA
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Tyre smoke strikes the early sunrise above Gcuwa Dam, Butterworth, Eastern Cape today, where Mnquma Local Municipality has declared war against rampant illegal dumping sites to fight air pollution and protect the ozone layer.
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Liquid Silver … Yzerfontein.
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At Royal Jozini Game Reserve in ESwatini 2.9.2021.
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Napping before dinner.
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A celestial moment over the Quiver Tree forest, Niewoudtville.
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Spring morning at Sheffield beach ( just North of Ballito).
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The Berg River Dam is overflowing.
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Snow in Mont Rochelle.
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Snow in Mont Rochelle.
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St James, Cape Town.
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L’Agulhas – Cape of storms – at L’Agulhas, the southernmost town in Africa.
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On the way to Greyton, Overberg Cape.
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Snow on the mountains west of Beaufort West (Swartberg?)
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Hout Bay sentinel in the mist.
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Hout Bay sentinel in the mist.
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Aardvark on the hunt in the late afternoon, south of Pofadder. 21 August 2021.
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Children pitching pebbles at Strand beach. 10 August 2021.
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A Ficksburg sunset.
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Here’s looking at you kid.
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Sunset over Menaggio, Lake Como.
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Victoria falls from Zim side taken on 15th August on our 30th wedding anniversary trip.
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Tufa waterfall on a tributary of the Blyde River in Mpumalanga.
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Mountains in Ceres, 29th August.
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After the storm, 27.08.2021.
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Africa!
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The day UCT and Rhodes Memorial burnt. 18.04.2021. Smokey Clouds over the Huts. Photo was also used by Noordhoek artist Nola Muller (@nolamullerza), for a painting currently on exhibit in Muizenberg part of the proceeds of the sale of the painting will go to the Beachhuts.org.
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Good camouflage.
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Charlie & Aela enjoying a stroll on the Scarborough boardwalk.
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Reflecting on Canola.
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Butterfly Beauty.
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Albino Buffalo Calf in Thornybush
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Bo-Kaap blitz.
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Stellenbosch.
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Heavenly view through the Canola.
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Bright canola fields near Tulbagh, with the snowy Witzenberg range as a backdrop.
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Before the storm, Hermanus.