Dramatic, unseasonal rainstorms this afternoon (these pics were taken between Waterval-Onder and Nelspruit) ushered in an icy cold front tonight.
"Another world exists somewhere beyond the global politicking of super-powers and petrostates. This is the place where a solitary bee continues to pollinate the pale, demure flower of an orchid near Darling, or where the limey coral skeleton hosts its colourful algae on a Sodwana reef. These plants and animals - many of them unique to the [southern African] region - continue to do what their ancestors have done for millions of years. Yet the world is shifting its shape around them."
- Leonie S Joubert in 'Scorched: South Africa's changing climate' (Wits University Press: 2006)
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Stunning, stunning second photograph.. going to be the cause of much enjoyment. Thanks for putting them up.
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