Kgalagadi
Read MoreSouthern 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.
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.
They Named This Place After Me
The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park was formerly known as the Gemsbok National Park
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
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.
An Ostrich at The Cape Of Good Hope
An Ostrich stands oceanside at the Cape Of Good Hope
You Have Difficulty Identifying /Me/?
A steppe buzzard, I think, high in the stale trees in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa.
Sunset In The Kalahari, South Africa
Sunset as viewed from Killiekrankie Dune Camp in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier National Park