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- Red dawn! Dana Bay, Mossel Bay. Image: Jo Naidoo.
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- Rise and shine! Dana Bay, Mossel Bay. Image: Jo Naidoo.
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- Scyscape, Karoo. On my way to Gansbaai. Just took this stunning skyscape, from the moving bus..about 50km from Beaufort Wes. Image: Neels du Plooy
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- Hanging with friends. Image: Peter Brett
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- Cape Town Zen. Image: Lucinda Jolly
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- Window To The World. Image: Frank Nevett
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- Near Kimberley after the best rain in years… Image: Jan Badenhorst
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- The swan dive. Henley On Thames. Jackie Campbell
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- Just hanging out on a grey day in Kruger. Image: Karl Behrens
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- Image: Chananie Anna
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- Cub up a tree watching. Image: Peter Brett
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- Leaf it be. Image: Samantha Carmichael
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- Ferris Wheel. Image: Glyn Davies
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- The very endangered Shoebill Stork in Mabamba Bay Wetland, Lake Victoria, Uganda. Image: Dolar Vasani
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- Don’t fight it. Wind sculpted tree – Milnerton Golf Course, Cape Town. Image: Enzo Menegaldo
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- Got to love a Defender, Kruger 2022. Image: Cindy Behrens
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- The drought has broken! An almost full Theewaterskloof. Image: Jane Turner
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- Moon Eclipse – in progress – 5.54am. Image: Roger Alan Lee
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- Umhlanga sunrise. Image: Amanda Viljoen
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- Seapoint spotlight. Image: Jimmy Marriott
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- Westcliff stairs at sunset. Image:: Sheryl Baker
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- Cappadocia, Turkey, pictured in September 2019. (Photo: Andrew Delmont)
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- Image: Jan van der Meulen
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- Waiting for scraps. Image: Peter Reber
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- Image: Elke Peters
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- The will to survive. This is not a photo with fancy filters, but I just thought this was quite amazing. This tree has forced its branches through the square tubing of a gate at Willowbridge Shopping Centre. Image: Salome Thonnard
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- Beautiful cloud formation at sunrise. Image: Michael Nel
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- My first sunset-WOW!! Grandpa with “Marley” (baby) & “Charlie” (Mom). Image: Mike Hepworth
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- Youth is our future! Taken in the Mountain Zebra National Park (3 April 2022). Image: Craig Sagar
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- Moon eclipse, approx. 5:30 am. Image: Desima Beukes
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- Dwarskersbos Beach. Image: Des Flannagan
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- Catch of the day, Kabeljouws Lagoon. Image: Annetjie Ross
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- Moonrise at Babylonstoren. Image: Liz Beare
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- The long reach of 3D horses on Longbeach. Image: Rob Simmons
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- Zurich, Switzerland just before dark. Image: Ruth Battell
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- The Clovelly Bee Team. Image: Martin Scholtz
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- What a face! Image: Karin Linder
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- Pensioner’s couch, Gansbay, Western Cape. Image: Neels du Plooy
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- Here comes the rain, Boulders Beach, Simonstown. Image: Gordon Knight
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- Sunset in Dar es Salaam. Image: Heinrich Pool
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- Pringle Bay. Image: Dauchter Dauchter
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- Image: Marlon
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- Camps Bay tidal pool. Image: Bianca Coleman
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- Pieke, Stellenbosch. Image: Mike lamont
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- A little bit of bush history: The Birmingham Boys,Djuma 2017. Image: Peter Brett
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- Southern Pied Babbler at Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Botswana. Image: Mark Harman
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- Turtle Triumph. Image: Jason Gird
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- Sunset at Schoenmakerskop. Image: Doug Wattress
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- Our iconic Table Mountain. Image: Dennis Hammar
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- Approaching Prince Albert on a road trip, via Meiringspoort. Image: Lynn Esterhuysen
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- Blood moon coming. Image: Gavin Brown
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- Ground Scraper Thrush – visitor to my garden. Image: Michael Nel
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- Noordhoek Sunset. Image: David Gilson
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- Autumn colours. Image: Barry Payne
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- Simply Spectacular SuperMoon, 16 May 2022. Image: Shalen Misser.
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- Evening before Lunar Eclipse in Durbanville. Image: Kathi Tarantal
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- In the blink of an eye. Shingwedzi, Kruger National Park. Image: Jackie Campbell
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- Arderne Gardens, Cape Town, late autumn (20 May 2022). Image: Anne Langley
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- Sunset in the Wilderness, 3 minutes apart. Image: Gerhard Richter
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