Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Refractions

Daily Photo – Loh Dalam Refractions
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Taken from the lookout on the eastern part of the island, the ship is beached on the sandy isthmus that joins the two parts of the island. The water here was really shallow - the two people on the right of the image are actually sitting down at this point, not standing. The varying depths of the water and the light ripples of the breeze driven waves are refracting the sunlight to give the rainbow effect of this image.

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Daily Photo – Baboon

Daily Photo – Baboon
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About 30 miles south-east of Welkom you'll find the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve. I visited this reserve several times when I was working in the area.

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Daily Photo – Bultfontein Sunrise

Daily Photo – Bultfontein Sunrise
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After Heuningspruit we found ourselves camped near Bultfontein. This was almost certainly taken with my Tamron 500mm mirror lens as my records show the next longest lens I owned at the time was a 300mm.

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Daily Photo – Harrowing Time

Late afternoon and a farm worker pulls a harrow across a field before a stand of trees. The trees all tilt to the right showing the direction of the prevailing winds. Dust hangs in the air behind the tractor.

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