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Africa - Dawn and Dusk
17 November 2009, 14:55
ivan carterAfrica - Dawn and Dusk
The soft rustle of feet on the sandy pathway enters your consciousness , a low voice in a thick African accent calls , “knock knock , 4 o’clock” …you answer and stir , the fristy morning air trying its best to keep you in your warm cocoon of bedding , the African dawn , not even a hint of grey yet coaxes you to your feet , a splash of frigid water and you are awake , quietly getting ready and slowly as you awaken fully the excitement of a new day starts to flow like energy into your body , a cup of coffee near a warm fire and then off to look for tracks , the sky reddening through the windshield , trackers bundled on the back their sharp eyes squinting in the cold …
As you drive out the expectation is tangible , who knows what will happen , but one thing is for sure …its gonna be an awesome sunrise !!!
Then at the end of the day , be it a day when you succeeded in putting your name to your most coveted trophy or a day that you will look back on as simply a day on an African safari ,full with the myriad of memories , the eagle that stooped in front of the truck , the buffalo herd with no mature bull , the impala rams jousting the smells of the dry African grass and the feel of her heat on your back …. The dry mouth and weary feet …
one thing is for sure ….Its gonna be an awesome sunset !!
here are some of my favorite African sunrises and sunsets …
17 November 2009, 15:14
WillSpectacular pics. Thanks.
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17 November 2009, 15:21
Aspen Hill AdventuresVery nice!
A couple of my own favorites...
Limpopo Valley
Zambezi Valley
Round the campfire
~Ann
17 November 2009, 15:22
ivan carterquote:
Spectacular pics. Thanks.
why you so happy this morning ?
17 November 2009, 15:23
ivan carterthat impala one has to have a great story behind it ....!?
17 November 2009, 15:44
Aspen Hill AdventuresIt was a camp pet and was always hanging out. I've had horses that liked camp fires but that was a first for me to see something like that ewe.
~Ann
17 November 2009, 15:48
Saeedquote:
Originally posted by ivan carter:
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Spectacular pics. Thanks.
why you so happy this morning ?
Ivan,
Miracles do occur sometimes you know

17 November 2009, 16:00
shakariMzuri pumbarfu sana.
Which translates more or less to fan-fu**in'-tastic.

Great pics Ivan, thanks for brightening my day.

17 November 2009, 18:00
BulldogMasterSuperb! Simple superb.
Thanks for sharing.
17 November 2009, 18:02
Ahmed SultanGreat photos, thanks for sharing.
Ahmed Sultan
17 November 2009, 18:05
butchlocquote:
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Spectacular pics. Thanks.
why you so happy this morning ?

17 November 2009, 19:01
cmfic1Many thanks Ivan & Ann
Your killing me!
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17 November 2009, 19:13
RustyAll of these are awesome! Thanks for sharing them with us!
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17 November 2009, 19:18
matt uThanks for the pictures
you made my day.
17 November 2009, 19:39
jetdrvrIn all the years I have spent in Africa, dawn and dusk are my favorite times.
I was based in Lokichoggio, Kenya, flying into the Sudan and living an a tented camp. This area up in Kenya's far Northern Territories is desert, like Arizona with cobras. The sunrises there were the most spectacular I've seen in a lifetime of world travel.
There is something about the day's beginning and end in many parts of Africa that is unequalled anywhere else.
I may never return, but the dawns and the dusks will remain with me forever.
Thanks for posting those spectacular photos. I particularly love the afterglow and the dusty palms. That is definitely one of the most beautiful photos I have ever seen.
Thanks, and good hunting.
17 November 2009, 20:02
SGraves155Just fantastic great pix.

17 November 2009, 20:26
JBoutfishnquote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
quote:
Originally posted by ivan carter:
quote:
Spectacular pics. Thanks.
why you so happy this morning ?
Ivan,
Miracles do occur sometimes you know
You picking on old guys?
Just kidding, these pictures are wonderful, my favorite is the elephants, or the leopard, or the buff, or the.......................
Jim "Bwana Umfundi"
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17 November 2009, 20:35
impala#03Great pics. Great memories!!
Thanks!!
17 November 2009, 21:03
llamapackerGreat pictures! Thanks,
Bill
17 November 2009, 21:38
Von GruffThere is something in mankind's soul that is uplifted with the beauty of dawn and dusk. Anticipation of the day to come or contemplation of the day just finishing adds imeasurably to the scene.
Thanks for sharing these with us.
Von Gruff.
17 November 2009, 21:45
Kamo Gariquote:
Originally posted by ivan carter:
quote:
Spectacular pics. Thanks.
why you so happy this morning ?
I thought the same thing myself. Come on Will, be yourself. Acting nice will only confuse people here.

Great shots and words, Ivan.
Not Africa, but a few local shots of my own, as long as we're on sunrises.

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17 November 2009, 22:37
ivan carterquote:
Ivan,
Miracles do occur sometimes you know

17 November 2009, 22:38
ivan carterCAMO ...nice pics man ....makes leaving the toasty nest bearable !!
17 November 2009, 23:32
africa1sttimerSpectacular pictures. Thanks for sharing during a morning when it's -4 F outside.
17 November 2009, 23:34
Use Enough GunOutstanding!

17 November 2009, 23:39
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18 November 2009, 20:14
bulbwerksOne day hopefully I will be able to experience that view of Africa in person.
Ben Britton
19 November 2009, 16:20
ivan carteryes men , you are right , africa , the duck marsh and everywhere in between , its like we get a little reward for just getting up to look !!
19 November 2009, 17:15
mouse93Senuko - Save - Zim
Dawn:
Dusk:
19 November 2009, 17:41
mouse93Doma - Zim
19 November 2009, 21:48
BrettAKSCIOutstanding Ivan! One of this will surely reside on my desk top!
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19 November 2009, 22:55
CrowkillerGreat Photos!
I have to add mine, from my last full day in South Africa:
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19 November 2009, 23:06
Gerrypeters375I first saw the tropics at age 16 with my father in Panama (he had been one of the pioneer engineers building the Canal) and I always have remembered that he told me that day and night were equal in the tropics. ( I was astonished in Panama to see that there was no twilight in the tropics. Thus, despite being on my first trip to Africa, I was not surprised when the African night descended -and loved the dawn of a new day.(I listened sometimes to the cough of a leopard {taught by my PH how to recognize} and always to a male lion's territorial roar) and could appreciate how critters and humans would welcome the daylight. The African night can be fearsome -and reminds us how it must have been for our ancestors a long ways back.
19 November 2009, 23:13
Wildlife GallerySpeechless....
19 November 2009, 23:15
Gerrypeters375ivan carter
I forgot to add my sincere thanks for your beautiful photos. ( have to admit that I belong to a category of "photographers" that an old friend used to say that I should only have a camera that said "PHI" -Push Here Idiot!

Again, I really enjoyed the photos - and envy the skill behind them. Fact.