Namibia
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Photos: Reflections at Etosha NP
It’s fun to play around with reflections off a body of water – though in my experience, it’s rare to come across a body of water (a) that’s calm enough to reflect without too much distortion (b) at the right time of day and (c) where there’s something worth reflecting. At a recent visit to…
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Supporting Africa’s Dwindling Wild Dog Population
Today I’ll be participating in N/a’ankuse Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary’s “Corporate Eco-Challenge” to help raise money for their efforts to advocate on behalf of Africa’s dwindling wild dog population. African wild dogs, also known as “painted dogs“, are the second most endangered carnivore on the African continent, after the Ethiopian wolf. Estimates of the remaining…
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Sandboarding. Swakopmund. Sony Vegas
For years, I’ve been editing with versions of Adobe Premiere and Premiere Elements, and the one complaint I’ve always had is its tendency to lock up on most computers. The exception has been my old desktop running XP with 512 MB memory – but even there, I’ve got to restart the computer after I finish…
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Spring has Sprung in Windhoek
Spring is definitely in the air in Namibia. Â At least that’s what my daughter tells me – she informed me that September 1 was “spring day”. Â Apparently in South Africa and Namibia, it’s not the 21st that heralds the coming of spring, but the 1st of September. Â And given the weather these days, it’s not…
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Moon over Windhoek
This morning when I woke up, the moon appeared full and orange in the sky just above the horizon. Here are a couple of shots of it.