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Alex Wrottesley, has just sent this image from Volcanoes National Park in northern Rwanda. Such a wonderful portrait, taken today, 23 Sept
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Kruger National Park
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The ways of Nature
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Protea cynaroides, also called the king protea. My garden.
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Thornybush reserve
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Chameleon Sabi Sands November 2020
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Hyena peeping through the greenery
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Dog in Wheat Field
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David and Golliath
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Layla the hopeful Mole catcher and garden destroyer
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Hantam Botanical Garden, Nieuwoudtville
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Storm approaching over the Kalahari
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Winter in the Cape
(Photographer) JB Cloete
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(Photo: Nicole Beare)
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The luxury yacht called Mr Maverick docked in the Port of Antibes in France today.
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2021.09.17. Durban , North Beach
After the rain : Sunrise , Silhouette……
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Cheetah tracking
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Our sad heritage: Rare Sophiatown survivor: 1940s home of ANC leader Alfred Xuma
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Spring in the Cape
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Misty morning at Talamati Bush camp
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Our National Bird the Blue Crane – mating pair calling
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Cape Robin in for breakfast at Bontebok National Park CREDIT
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Lilac Breasted Roller preening
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Sunlight
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Winter in Tulbagh
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Pothole in the road
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Mabula Lodge Sept 2021 #meetsouthafrica
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Tankwa Karoo.
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Spring in my step
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The beginning of a long journey home – this is Mount Baker and the northern Cascades, just north of Seattle, soon after take off.
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No, it’s not a fire. Just a stunning sunset over the burbs in Cape Town
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Sun rise over Northmead
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Took these photos as the sun was setting looking towards Constantia Nek from Ottery in Cape Town this evening.
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Red sky at night, heralding the return of spring
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Sunset on The Shoulder in The Shamwari Private Reserve , EC
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Hermanus sunset
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Hout Bay Sun Set
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Sunset over Sea Point, Spring 2021
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Dusk in Tamboerskloof yesterday
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spring southern Namibia
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Near full moon rising over False Bay
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Rijk’s Wine Estate in the Tulbagh valley
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Fynbos Splendour
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L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped is an artwork by Christo and Jeanne-Claude in 2021 that wrapped the Parisian Arc de Triomphe in a silver-blue fabric. Wikipedia
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Hey there Hermanus, we see you ….. just!
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Chewing the cud at Umgazana.
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Sunset at St Helena Bay on the West Coast over the Cape St Martin Estate
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Proudly South African #heritageday