Different Faces

After my "report back" about the last tour [SEE: my previous blog-entry] I thought of how nature has so many different faces: this is a photo of the "Three Rondawels" (= along the Panorama Route in the Mpumalanga Province) as "presented" to us during the last tour . . .




. . . and this is what these "triplet" peaks look like during "stark" sunlight . . .






. . . or when illuminated by the setting sun.






Similarly this is what part of the Bourke's Luck Potholes (also along the Panorama Route) looked like during the last tour & after the "masses" of rain we lately experienced . . .





. . . or during "calmer weather" periods - from more or less the same spot.






As a result of all the rain this summer season, the Hluhluwe Game Reserve is "decked" in green - with a paradise-like look about it . . .




. . . about a year ago, however, it was dry & a veld-brand (= fire) burned down large areas in the park . . .




. . . whilst a more common occurence is morning mist or "lazy" clouds covering the environment in this part of our country.




Talking about paradise - there's always a snake there somewhere, in this case a highly toxic Puffadder (found amongst the chalets we occupied!!) . . .







. . . which a "snake-handler" (= 1 of the rangers) treated as if it was a common pet!?