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This 180 degree panorama is taken from the top of Oppenheimer tower in Soweto, a huge township "south and west" of Johannesburg. Soweto has some 7 million inhabitants. |
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This shot of the town of Rooi Els (300 houses total) is taken from atop my rental car, parked next to a small nature preserve right in the center of town, adjacent to the ocean. |
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From the top of the hill above Rooi Els overlooking false bay towards Simon's Town |
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No1, of 4 so far, in series on Kruger National Park. To see series search for "kpseries".
The Kruger National Park is the largest game reserve in South Africa. The park lies in the east of South Africa, in the eastern parts of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces. It is one of the largest national parks in the world, with an area of almost 20,000 km2. The park is approximately 360 km long, and has an average width of 65 km. At its widest point, the park is 90 km wide from east to west. Several rivers run through the park from west to east. An impala is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language. They are found in savannas and thick bushveld in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, northern Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, southern Angola, north-eastern South Africa and Uganda. Impala are among the dominant species in many savannas. They can adapt to different environment by being grazers in some areas and browsers in others. When frightened or startled the whole impala herd starts leaping about in order to confuse their predator. They can jump distances more than 10 meters (33 ft) and 3 meters (9 ft) high. Leopards, cheetah, Nile crocodiles, lions, spotted hyenas and wild dogs prey on impala. Impala can reach running speeds of around 80 to 90 km/h (50-55 mph). -----Wikipedia-- We spent 2 hours at this water hole, gigapan on the roof of the Isuzu Trooper next to the sun roof. To dangerous to climb out of car because of lions, elephant, crocodiles, hippos and rhino's. Gigapan format is 411 megapixels, 128 images (16 x 8) Focal length 565.2 mm Canon Powershot Sx10 IS |
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This is the nature reserve's small building where cuttings of various fynbos specimens are placed and labeled regularly. Zoom in for the names! |
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This is a 360 degree panorama from the top of a small mountain called "Klein Hangklip" just between two villages: Rooi Els and Pringle Bay. |
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Penguins at Boulder Beach in Simon's Town. Taken on a very gusty and windy day. These critters don't move much and make great models! |
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he CCCB presents Apartheid. The South African Mirror, a conceptual and visual approach to the old and new forms of prejudice and racial discrimination, based on a wide selection of original artworks and documentary material. |
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Esta tomada desde lo alto del fuerte de Essouira. Un lugar digno de ser visitado más de una vez, y disfrutar de su tranquilidad.
This shot from the top of theEssouira's fort, A place that you have to visit more than once, and enjoy the tranquility http://cosasdeliz.blogspot.com/ |
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A dull winterday in Pretoria, 19 C temp: cold for us! Lots of smoke in the air, not a clear day. In the background the Union Buildings and one of the FIFA world Cup 2010 venues the Loftus Versfeld stadium.
"The Union Buildings form the official seat of the South African government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings sit on Meintjieskop, overlook Pretoria and is a South African National monument. These buildings, built from light sandstone, were designed by the architect Sir Herbert Baker in the English monumental style and are 285 m long. They have a semi-circular shape, with the two wings at the sides, this serve to represent the union of a formerly divided people. The east and west wings represent two languages, English and Afrikaans. These buildings are considered by many to be the architect's greatest achievement and a South African architectural masterpiece".--From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. --Will post again on a clear day. |