Saturday, September 6, 2008

Landscapes (KNP 11)

Looking over the Sabie River at dawn

Too many landscape pics by far... So today it's true landscapes, next it will be trees. I've also realised (me and my brain like a colander) that I've forgotten the birds... Anyone want to see birds? Other than the wicked hornbill, that is? Let me know in the comments section, please.

The landscape in the Kruger National Park is very varied - from savanna plains to bush and scrub, from granite outcrops (koppies) which simply pop up out of the rolling plains to mountains, from rivers and waterholes to forests. And of course, one can't omit the dramatic sunrises and sunsets.

Looking south over the savanna plains in the Orpen region

Same plains, looking north

On the savanna plains

Miles of bushveld

I'm not sure that winter necessarily does the landscapes justice - though it certainly makes it dramatic. Summer images - during the rainy season - are quite different, lush and green - making game spotting somewhat more difficult. Though, I'll say this, trying to spot grey and golden animals in a grey and golden landscape is pretty darned tricky too!

Sabie River in the dawn light

Rock pools on the Sabie River

Dense riverine enviroment, perfect for elusive spotted gorgeousnesses

Lake Panic

Lichen encrusted koppies - i.e. granite outcrops

Renosterkoppies

Boulder alone

Bushveld

Rolling west towards the Drakensberg escarpment

Moon over bushveld

The old railway bridge at Skukuza, now a baboon crossing.

First rays - Skukuza

Predawn light - Skukuza

Sunrise - Skukuza

Sun in the bridge - Skukuza

Molten sunrise

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