Where Vultures Roam
But in the past it was dragons.
Another one of our preferred places to go hiking in South Africa was the Drakensberg (dragon’s mountains). We hiked up what is known as the amphitheatre, a cliff face of over 5 kilometres in length and more than 1200 metres in height. Standing at the ledge is an amazing experience. While we were looking out over northern KwaZulu-Natal, a lammergeyer (bearded vulture) came up from behind us, flew overhead and then dove into the precipice.
Where else does one have the chance to see such a large bird of pride from above?
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[Disclaimer: The photos have been photographed from prints.]
Wind and Clouds
People just needed to know from which direction the wind was blowing, then they started to look at temperature gages and mercury barometres. Nowadays we have these data interpreted for us and we look on our phone to see how the weather will be. I They used to display the current temperature on office buildings. Today I saw this big slab of weather predictions on the side of a pharmacy.
And to complement the picture, this is what the wheather looked today:
The first two big storms of the autumn season, Hendrik and Ignatz, have passed through. It was quite blustery but didn’t rain much in our area. Today, the winds were still strong and clouds chased across the sky but breaking up and letting sunshine through on occasion.
The Tail End of the Storm
We had the first autumn storm blustering over our area. It didn’t bring much rain, at least around here, but the winds were quite strong and there was damage to some trees. Today the last of the clouds were passing overhead.
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