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2016-01-05: WPC Circles

As soon as I saw this week’s topic, I knew exactly what I would share – the fairy circles of the Sossusvlei desert in Namibia.  I was lucky enough to see them from the air, and also from the top of a small dune while out quadding my first evening in the desert.  No one had an explanation of how they were formed; nothing grows in them, the are simply barren sand surrounded by scrubby plants.

There’s a Wiki pages with more info about them, in case you are interested: Fairy Circles – Wikipedia

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A view of the fairy circles from the top of a dune (taken with my mobile phone). April, 2015
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A view of the fairy circles from the air. We saw several areas with these on the flight from Windhoek to Sossusvlei. April, 2015

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2015-12-29: Birds

I felt like doing  bit of editing this evening, and decided to work on some bird photos that wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity to take flight.

Enjoy!

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A pair of guinea fowl going for a morning jog. May, 2015
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Ostriches are one thing that are not plentiful on Londolozi. We came across this one while driving in for our stay. The sunlight on her backside is not an obvious lighting choice (but hey, work with what you get, right?). I do like the way it show the detail on the feathers. May, 2015
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A pied crow with the amazing Damaraland landscape in the background. Namibia, April 2015
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An orange breasted sunbird resting in the shade of one of the lovely flowering bushes at the Cape Town Botanical Gardens. April, 2015
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A double collared sunbird at the botanical gardens. April, 2015
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Another red winged starling, this time at the Cape of Good Hope. April, 2015
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A pair of black oystercatchers on Robben Island. April, 2015
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One of the incredibly tame red winged starlings at the top of Table Mountain. South Africa, April 2015
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A robin chat tucked deep in the bushes. I resorted to laying down on my tummy and shooting through the deck railing posts to get some shots. This was the best that I could managed. South Africa, April 2015
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