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the first one a sunrise in Khomas Area, Namibia

the second one a Kalahari Sunshine, NAmibia

T. Carr:

Many thanks for your advice on how to post. Now I understand that I need a "scanner" to transfwer the photos to my laptop. When I have done so, I'll take you up on your offer to post them if I email them to you.

Again, thanks for taking the time to help me out.

Gerry

I have a few more scenic shots.
Victoria Falls

Makgadikgadi Pan


Line of Lions (Savute in Botswana)


The same lions the next morning feeding on a young elephant they killed

On the beach at the Oysterbox Hotel, Durban, RSA


Rain coming Limpopo Province


Lake in Pilanesburg NP


Had some rare free time today, enjoy

You guys are killing me!

When I was in college studying renewable resources or wildlife biology,my professor named the tree in Africa that most characterizes or represents Africa.I have long since forgotten it.I believe I see it in a couple of the pictures here.Can anyone refresh my memory?

Are you referring to the flat topped acacia or umbrella thorn - scientific name Acacia Tortillis?

shakari,the tree in tcarr's post.What's its common name?

That's the flat topped acacia AKA umbrella thorn AKA acacia tortillis AKA lots of other local names. Often home to a mabunga grub or three and often picked as a nesting site by masked and other weavers. This is a very interesting tree and amongst it's other talents it can generate root nodules that can produce extra nitrogen which causes a good amount of sweetgrass growth in it's shade......also the (corkscrew shaped) seed pods are a very good food source for game and domestic stock alike. The spiral horned antelopes go crazy for them and in Masailand you'll sometimes see the locals dragging a bloody great long pole around with a hook at one end...... they use this to shake to branches and make the seed pods drop down to the cattle below.

They vary a lot in canopy height from area to area. The shortest ones I've ever seen are in Balla Balla's place in the northern Province where a kudu's horns will stick out above them (very useful to us PHs!) and the highest I've seen are in Tanzania where some (I guess) must exceed 60 feet.

On second thought I might have the places mixed up.You have a good knowledge of wildlife though!One thing I remember clearly he talking about poisonous snakes,he said red and yellow kills a fellow.You know which snake he was talking about don't you?That's right the King snake or was that coral snake?You can tell I failed college eh.

Inspiring photos

It's nice to see a thread with a good idea revived, especially since I've got some new photos from my Namibia trip to share. Almost all were taken with a Nikon D60 and an 18-105mm lens, so you don't need a super high end camera (although the last three were taken with a D90, which is after all probably one of the better amateur digital SLR's). By the way, almost nothing is as tiring as climbing a dune.


There are still a few live trees in Sossusvlei:




Most of it looks like this:






Deadvlei remains an awe inspiring place, which the following pictures attempt to capture.







Other places in the Sossuslvei area:

That's some great photography, Wink. I'd love to see that place someday...