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Clearly the boat had seen better days. The windshield and side glass had long since disappeared. I wondered if in fact they had been plexiglass that had turned yellow and opaque. Note also that there is no-one steering up front! As you’ll see in tomorrow’s photo, even this wire and pulley arrangement was no longer in service, the steering mechanism having been superseded again. But despite the engineering modifications, the boat floated and it got the job done.
This photo was taken a few months after the sunset photo while on a different trip. It’s taken from one of the rocky outcrops in the north-east corner of the park looking to the north-west. I’ve always liked these wide open vistas. They provide a sense of a world without limits.
The ancient Greeks and Romans knew of giraffes and according to rumors on the internet, thought that they were a cross between a camel and a leopard, hence the scientific genus name of ‘camelopardalis’. Not sure how they envisioned a camel and a leopard mating, though – probably after copious quantities of wine!
While to some this may seem sad, I view it more as nature recycling. In it’s death it’s providing sustenance to the host of creatures devouring it.
Again, this is from a scan of a slide. Were I shooting this today I’d be very tempted to capture it in HDR and then use Photoshop to blend the layers but I don’t know I’d like the result any more than this.
