Greetings from Cape Town! - Page 3

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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?

03-17-2009, 03:36 PM	#32
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	I ended the day shooting images of the kite boarders up at Blue Dolphin Beach. Very windy!!! Attached Images

03-18-2009, 12:48 AM	#36
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	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. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-18-2009, 11:43 AM	#37
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	The Telegraph has a picture. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

03-18-2009, 12:02 PM	#38
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Adding another thing to my list of things to do before I die __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

03-21-2009, 10:53 AM	#41
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	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. Attached Images

03-17-2009, 03:32 PM	#31
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I had no idea it was so spectacular there. Thanks for all the pics!

03-17-2009, 03:43 PM	#33
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Good night! I'm off to J'Burg tomorrow for 2 days. Report back afterwards!

03-21-2009, 11:07 AM	#42
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	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. Attached Images

03-21-2009, 02:47 PM	#43
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Outstanding! Griff needs a couple Sables to confuse his goats. I wouldn't mention the bacon thread to that Wart Hog. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-22-2009, 08:54 AM	#44
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I would love a few of those on my walls. They are so beautiful. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

03-22-2009, 01:07 PM	#45
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	The pictures or the heads? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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