The mountains are fired up by the hot sun and they turn red at night.
I have a series of pictures that I hope will enthrall you. Especially those in the cold countries.
We are having very hot days over here and we are not even into February month yet. February is our hottest month and the early indications are that we are going to fry under the African sun.
Some areas of the country are already in the 50 Celsius range and our turn will soon arrive.
It is amazing to see how the mountains absorb the heat and they become like hot ovens that heat the winds flowing over them.
We are only 6 kilometers away from the mountains and those same hot winds can make life a little bit unbearable :)
At first I have two afternoon photos for you.
And here are two of the sunset photos. That red color of the mountains reflect the heat that is inside the mountains.
Finally, 3 shots of the moon after the sunset and yes it was still very hot.
Exactly 20 minutes for a bucket of ice to melt that I put in front of the fan here in the study. Even though we have the heat here, some towns inland are still being flooded by severe storms. Yesterday we saw photos of a big flood in a town called Ladysmith. Further afield we know that a volcano erupted under the sea (happens every 900 years), at Tonga resulting in mile high clouds of dust and tsunamis with huge waves creating destruction.
So yes, we face the anger of nature and some are saying that things will get even worse. God forbid that many lives will be lost and if only we started to listen to the warnings about the toxic gasses being pumped into the ozone layer, things could have been normal today.
Maybe they should declare one day of the week a "Happy Pollution Day", as a reminder of the damage that we are causing to our planet and to our lives.
Sorry for the rant but things can simply not continue like this and I mention it far and wide at every opportunity. It is heartbreaking to see dead sea life lying around en mass at the beaches.
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Mr Papillon! You have some lovely mountain scenery there even if it's scorching hot. Try to stay cool if you can, maybe have a burrow underground or something!
You're right in your rant as well, we really are at the mercy of nature ultimately.
Hi there Dr. Nicky, thank you for popping in and yes we are in some surviving trouble here.
I wish we had a dungeon to go and hide in.
A national awareness day will go a long way of bringing about awareness about the danger that our deeds are causing.
Ah no man, sorry to hear 🙁 Hope that you can stay out the cauldron.
We have a BBC series at the moment running called Green Planet from the legend that is David Attenborough, that will get some more attention and people thinking again perhaps...
David Attenborough is a big fan of mine and when we still had a TV, I watched many of his documentaries. I will ask Mrs. Google about the Green Planet and thank you for the tip.
Let's hope that the doc will indeed wake some powers up.
If I remember right you are in the UK?
My eldest daughter and her family emigrated over there about a year ago.
Yes that's right I'm in the UK, not too far from London! Where did your family move to? Hope they are settling in well!
Cool yes, we haven't spoken for a long time and glad that memory is till not on holiday.
They live in Redding and don't ask me where that is. My daughter phones me via video call every Sunday and the place where they are looks very peaceful and nice.
Haha Reading? That's actually not too far from me! There's a park there which is pleasant apparently
So many words to say but not enough time, except yes, I do agree, as trillions of us 'average' folk do, so if we can keep making 'rant's about it like yours, then hopefully one day, sooner rather than later since i't's already almost too late, then we may be able to turn the tide and change the future to suit firstly the earth, then the animals, then us, then the corrupt governments and their oil/gas and fossil fuel mining monsters...so rant on my friend, because there is education and enlightenment for others in those rants...
And sensational shots too by the way!
They really are hot photos.
Thank you kindly.
"Happy Pollution Day", not so sure it's happy perhaps a good thing to remind everyone what damage is being done via blasting, sonar testing, fires running rampant, it is everywhere. Yes our sick world!
Heat in the mountains looks angry looking back down, saw the moon last night for the first time in ages a clear sky!
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Did you know that we had from January to December we had more than 9000 wild fires here?
https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/news/cape-town-tops-informal-settlement-fires-statistics-for-2021-4c7396b7-4394-452b-91d2-041ea74d5538
Trying to get the moon tonight, but the clouds might be a problem.
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Fires normally man made, people just don't think of devastation they cause, to many on the land as well!
Moon was a fuzzy ball when I looked with thin misty conditions before turning it in last night, pretty but not for photography.
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Here was our moon last night.
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Another hazy view of moon last night at midnight I did not take my camera out after day with some rain. Lovely capture between the clouds here.
Drones could be used for fire watch, animal protection and many other good uses it's all in timing to capture early.
Nope, I didn't see the moon again and amazing that it clouds over during so many full moons.
I heard it's name the "Wolf Moon" was cloned by American tribes as they heard the wolves howl at the full moon.
Drones will certainly help and more good news is that our entire sea areas can now be watched via the 5 Musk satellites. I don't know how they are going to explain who allowed foreign fishing ships to raid our waters.
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We need drones everywhere, so many snares going up in areas where poaching never happened previously, not counting game parks.
Need satellites with laser gun technology to blow them out the water after one warning, action needed not just the information. Could be used against land invasions, drug/child trafficking, many possibilities over and above ones mentioned.
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BEER.Such a "Happy Pollution Day" would be a great idea, and nobody would be allowed to do anything that could damage our planet - no cars drive for example 😀
The photos are beautiful, Zac, these pink ones look like Alpenglow - awesome 🤩
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Oh yes, a day like that would certainly make everyone aware of the danger that we are in and hopefully things will start to improve 😉
That is real heat that you see on those stones my friend. The mountains are very hot and even the birds don't go near them.
I picked this Jackal Buzzard up with my camera today and he was far away from the mountains.
Rained a bit here today which thankfully cooled the day down a bit, but tomorrow it will be back to the furnaces again. They say that our weekend is going to be very hot.
Cheers and thanks.
I can imagine temperatures far below zero and we have had temperatures below -20C, but such a heat is something I don't know.
I hope more rain will cool everything more down, but you said that February will be even hotter, so I don't know what to say apart from my hope it's different this year.
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Just imagine sitting on a burning Sahara desert sand dune where nothing grows due the heat my friend.
So as you are experienced with your cold extremes, we are supposed to be experienced with our hot extremes. When I was younger it was never a problem me, but now that I am a little bit older the heat really troubles me.
That bit of rain yesterday was a Godsend, but today we were welcomed by the heat again and until Sunday it's going to be hell.
But you know what I will say here 😊
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I hope your weatherman is wrong, just as ours is most times wrong too 🤞
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You? Coming from Austria? In the Sahara desert?
Sorry mate, they don't have 5 minute revival pills on the market yet. The son and the burning sands will scorch the leather off your boots and the the sand serpents and the scorpions will feast on your toes 🤣 !LOLZ
Hahaha, the weatherman has already dropped us a few degrees my friend. But it is still nothing to smile about and they reckon it's just the beginning.
Have a look at the new warning. The color red means hellish hot.
https://www.msn.com/en-za/news/other/extreme-heat-warning-western-cape-set-to-bake-in-45c-temperatures/ar-AASXOKg?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531
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So even if you made no remark about the photo it will still be okay as we are not out to impress each each other 😉
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But I really forgot it 😅 I was just too tired from the long day on the road yesterday.
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What a sad state of affairs. I don’t know that we can pull this back. As you said, nature is angry. 50 degrees Celsius is deadly.
Thank you Lady Jayna and yes, we have to pray long and hard to ask for miracles.
I cannot imagine what will happen, as they are saying that the temperatures will increase by 1.5 to 2 % every year.
So we are indeed in a spot of serious trouble here.
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You are absolutely right, nature is continuously warning us, and it seems that we turn a deaf ear, and those who have the power to do something are not interested.
I don't live in a cold country, but our temperatures are never that extreme. The photos you have shared are so beautiful, the first one looks like a painting.
The powermongers are only interested in profits my friend. So to cut a forest down and build new houses means a lot of money for them. To own a coal mine scarring the earth and the burning coal in the power stations sending toxic fumes into the atmosphere means money for them.
In my mind, plastic was one of the most evil inventions ever, just go and ask the oceans.
Sorry, but I am just not fond of destroying the earth and creating a doom for the children in the future.
Oh yes it get's frightening hot under the African sun.
Glad that you liked the photos and all of the best to you and yours.
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Thank you for the pictures that will warm our hearts these days when we live the coldest days of the year.
That's why I post the hot pictures as I have many friends up north in the snow.
Glad that I could warm your heart as well.
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