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- Wrapping up the day (Plettenberg Bay).
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- Rooiels Sunday evening bliss.
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- If you can see what lies beneath the sign, will you keep to the speed limit? Etosha, Namibia, on 2 November 2021.
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- Sunset over Boskop Dam, Potchefstroom, North West Province.
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- Sunset at Karbonkelberg.
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- Towering mountain drive along the coastal road between Hangklip and Gordons Bay – False Bay.
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- Crowned Hornbills sharing at Phophonyane Falls Nature Reserve, Eswatini.
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- Heron, sentinel at dawn. 2021.11.03 Durban, North Beach.
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- After the rain, Spring shoots. 2021.11.02 Durban, Glenwood.
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- Morning in Essaouira, Morocco.
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- Dusk over Table Mountain.
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- The Boogie Broads in action in Muizenberg. Hallo Summer!
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- Adults voting in Durban at a Technical High School graciously shared by learners who are our future.
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- Blue Table.
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- Plett in a nutshell.
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- Beautiful tree with complex root system, seen while queuing to vote.
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- One of several dead seals on Muizenberg beach on Sunday morning.
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- Sunrise on a jacaranda lined street in Pretoria.
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- Cloud Wave breaks behind the mountain.
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- Leopard at Mjejane.
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- View from North Pier, Durban: smoke stream from fuel pipe fire.
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- My friends garden.
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- Milkwoods Umlalazi Nature Reserve, Mtunzini.
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- Lonely bottle brush on Signal Hill with spectacular view of Table Mountain.
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- Red-crested Korhaan, seen at Marataba Conservation Camp…
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- Puff adder warming up in the sun. Photo by John Maskew
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- Ominous clouds, Greyton.
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- A baby Cheetah at Marataba Conservation Camp…
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- Stylish table!
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- Sunset near Rawsonville.
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