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Cape Town can be seen through gaps in the cloud from a cable car rising up to the summit of Table Mountain. To the left, Lion's Head - in the far centre, Cape Town Stadium.
The stunning bird of paradise flower in the Kirkenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
A cheetah yawns after feasting on an wildebeest carcass
A path in progress flows away from our perspective looking toward the escarpment edge in Tankwa Karoo as the sun sets.
A jackal buzzard takes off in Tankwa Karoo, South Africa.
A tiny Scops Owl, found just outside our chalet in Nossob Rest Camp, Kgalagai Transfrontier Park, South Africa. Around 16cm in height.
A cheetah and two cubs observe their surroundings in the dry bed of the Nossob river.
A well deserved glass of wine under the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud next to the tent at Kalahari Tented Camp, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Wow.
A black-backed jackal appears to be listening intently - friend or foe? Encountered in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
Southern African Large Telescope - Dish and Roof
Inside the main chamber of the Southern African Large Telescope building. The mirror is 11 metres wide, built from 91 hexagonal mirrors which can be removed for cleaning. The white area of the roof opens for viewing - both the roof and the telescope assembly rotate to position the telescope for viewing, but unusually the mirror does not track the sky during a viewing - instead the sensor assembly (top of the image) moves and focuses in order to see different parts of the sky.
A black-winged kite appears to be an extension of the tree branch on which it perches. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
If Only All Days Would End Like This
Sunset as viewed from Killiekrankie Dune Camp in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park. The sky turns from gold to purple and pink.
A Cheetah enjoys a mid afternoon snack
The turbulent waters off the coast of Table Mountain National Park
The wisp of the Milky Way starts to fade above a tree in Tankwa Karoo, with the Large Magellanic Cloud just above.
A Secretary Bird in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
Two swallow-tailed bee-eaters perch on gnarled branches in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
They Named This Place After Me
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park was formerly known as the Gemsbok National Park
A white-quilled bustard, or Northern Blak Korhaan emerges from the short grasses on the top of the low hills bordering the Auob riverbed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
Two gemsbok (oryx gazella) clash in the Kalahari.
A purple roller grips the branch of thorny acacia in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
A giraffe licks its nose in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
The World As Seen Through The Eyes Of A Springbok
A curious springbok comes close to us - providing us with the opportunity to capture our own reflection and his shadow in his beautiful glassy eye
A secretary bird glances back covertly from its cover amongst the long grass of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
Galactic Core over Killikrankie II
The light around the galactic core of the Milky Way fills the skies above the red dunes of the Kalahari, from our vantage point at Killiekrankie Desert Camp. The light trails beneath are from a neighbour's torch, searching for the lions which were seen earlier on atop the dunes to the left.
A cheetah in black and white
An Ostrich at The Cape Of Good Hope
An Ostrich stands oceanside at the Cape Of Good Hope
A cheetah chases a wildebeest to the death
Portrait of a cheetah post-meal, resting near the kill, scanning the horizon.
A black backed jackal in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
A ground squirrel relaxes in the sunshine near Nossob, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
A stunning swallow-tailed bee-eater perches on a branch near the Nossob river, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
You Have Difficulty Identifying /Me/?
A steppe buzzard, I think, high in the stale trees in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
A lilac-breasted roller occupies a familiar spot next to the roads of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
Peace in our time: a juvenile gabar goshawk attacks a Cape Turtle Dove near a waterhole in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, as it flies past the waterhole.
A goshawk preys in the undergrowth
Sunset In The Kalahari, South Africa
Sunset as viewed from Killiekrankie Dune Camp in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park
The sun rises over the red dunes of the Kalahari, creating a rainbow band above the horizon.
A swallow-tailed bee-eater perches on gnarled branches in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
A golden orb-web spider (not poisonous) waits in the centre of its web, backed by colourful ferns.
A black backed jackal takes a closer look
A Goshawk in the treetops of Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa
A ground squirrel relaxes in the sunshine near Nossob, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
A juvenile bataleur is shrouded by its ruffled head feathers and an arched branch as it perches upon a free in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
Two pale chanting goshawks scan the landscape for food and threats, near Nossob river in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
A solitary sociable weaver wonders where everyone's gone, in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
A Springbok in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park, South Africa
A goshawk in the undergrowth at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
A black backed jackal is cautious when approaching us
A cheetah pounces on the wildebeest it has chased from the east to western side of the dry Auob river, the final moments of its journey.
