Skywatch Friday - Big skies and open spaces

The wide open spaces and big skies of the Great Karoo are quite breath taking. 

This scene was taken at the Karoo National Park where you can get as much enjoyment from the scenery as from the animals.

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Skywatch Friday - The Donkin

Sunrise at the Donkin Reserve with two iconic symbols of the city. The old lighthouse and the pyramid, built by Sir Rufane Donkin in memory of late his wife Elizabeth, after whom the city is named.

This is one our favourite spots to watch the sunrise over Algoa Bay.

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Goshawk

The Addo Elephant National Park is not just about elephants. This Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk was one of the gems I managed to capture on our last trip there.

Skywatch Friday - Afternoon sky

View in the Klipspringer Pass, in the Karoo National Park, looking up at the late afternoon sky just before sunset, against the backdrop of the Nuweveld Mountains .

 
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The little guy

A new born elephant calf at the Addo Elephant National Park, He seems so small and fragile amongst the bigger guys.

Skywatch Friday - Super Moon

This week saw the arrival and the departure of the super moon. I did not bother with any close ups of the moon, because my efforts at moon photography are usually a disaster.  Having said that I did include the moon, albeit bright and fuzzy, in this picture taken at Hobie Beach, at the spring low tide.

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