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glatt

03-17-2009 03:32 PM

I had no idea it was so spectacular there. Thanks for all the pics!

chrisinhouston

03-17-2009 03:36 PM

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I ended the day shooting images of the kite boarders up at Blue Dolphin Beach. Very windy!!!

chrisinhouston

03-17-2009 03:43 PM

Good night! I'm off to J'Burg tomorrow for 2 days. Report back afterwards!

HungLikeJesus

03-17-2009 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston (Post 546145)

I went to the top of Table Mountain today on the cable car. I never did that before and I felt like a real tourist. It was colder then shit up there and really windy, it's about 3050 meters above sea level.

That sure doesn't look like 3,000 meters - maybe they meant 3,000 feet?

chrisinhouston

03-17-2009 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus (Post 546158)

That sure doesn't look like 3,000 meters - maybe they meant 3,000 feet?

You're rignt, about 3040 feet.

Here's the real news... I got up at 1:30 to pee pee and looked out the window and the mountain was up in flames. Apparently there was a fire somehwere that got out of control and now they've had a huge fire storm that was pretty spectacular to watch. I used my 12 x binoculars and you could see flames going up a few hundred feet in the air. I'm a few miles away and the fire covered a third of the mountain. Glad we got to go up there because now I imagine it will be closed for awhile.

xoxoxoBruce

03-18-2009 12:48 AM

Wow, that must have been quite a sight, hope it didn't singe the cable car.

Waiting with bated breath for your next installment, so please be careful. :D

dar512

03-18-2009 11:43 AM

The Telegraph has a picture.

Shawnee123

03-18-2009 12:02 PM

*Adding another thing to my list of things to do before I die*

xoxoxoBruce

03-19-2009 01:22 AM

from dar's link;

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Bush fires are a regular occurrence on and around Table Mountain, which is home to the unique fynbos vegetation, taken from the Afrikaan’s word meaning “fine bush”.

The seeds of many fynbos plants can only germinate only after the intense heat of a bush fire, which are common during the summer months.

So this is a good thing.

glatt

03-19-2009 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 546789)

So this is a good thing.

For the plants, sure. But I bet those two burned homeless dudes don't think so.

chrisinhouston

03-21-2009 10:53 AM

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Back in Cape Town from a few days seeing a cousin in Johannesburg. He took me to a small but nice game reserve there where we saw several large Sable, Hippos, Cheetah, Wild Bush Dogs, Wart Hogs, Eland, Bontebok, Springbok, Wildebeast and Heartebeast. HEre are a few processed images. The Sable have the most beautiful large horns that are about 36 inches long.

chrisinhouston

03-21-2009 11:07 AM

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We saw some wild bush dogs and vultures which are highly endangered. The dogs are in a very large enclosure of several hundred acres and the vultures are fed with local carcasses from nearby farms to keep them healthy and in the area.

xoxoxoBruce

03-21-2009 02:47 PM

Outstanding! Griff needs a couple Sables to confuse his goats. :D

I wouldn't mention the bacon thread to that Wart Hog.

TheMercenary

03-22-2009 08:54 AM

I would love a few of those on my walls. They are so beautiful.

HungLikeJesus

03-22-2009 01:07 PM

The pictures or the heads?

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