Thank you. The community here has been very supportive...
I found Steemit about a month and a half ago while browsing some YouTube videos. I do not recall what video it was, but it has really reawakened a lot of my passion for typing. I have always enjoyed interacting online because it gives me an opportunity to speak to and debate a global community. I could not believe that a platform like this could exist...
I have so far enjoyed a lot of the posts I have read and been part of some really intense discussions. What is more, it seems that some of my opinions are appreciated.
A view of a sunrise in my hometown.
Some of the posts I have appreciated the most are those of sunrises and sunsets. I live in South-Africa, in a town called Witbank. It happens to be one of the most polluted towns in South-Africa. Here is my view..
The smog allows for quite a unique sunrise and sunset. I will try to get photo's of the Sunset when it is less hazy...
I also found steemit through YouTube. I'm rather excited about this community, and the fact that you can earn money for just doing what you do. I might not be making a lot, but in five days I've made around $10. Which is far more than I would earn otherwise. (I'm disabled and can't work.)
Aside from having more non-desert greenery, your sunrise photos remind me a great deal of the winter sunrises I often saw while living in El Paso, Texas.
One of the things I really love about sunrise and senset photos is that, unless you specifically say where they're taken (unless there's something very unique and recognizable in the photo) most people don't know where it is. While some areas can tend to have more unique features to their sunrises and sunsets, odds are that someone has probably witnessed an almost identical one half the world away.
I personally find it oddly unifying. A reminder that we're all here, on the same planet, and as different as we may be, how different our cultures are, we still see many of the same things.
Nature is a language all of its own. The language of Nature knows no spoken words and it doesn't recognize country borders. We are all the same to Nature. I just wish we were all the same to each other.
Yes, I agree with you... I hope you enjoy to stay in steemit community, that is the purpose this community for giving chance to people express and can maintain their life from steem and SBD. Keep steem on :)
I definitely plan on sticking around. I just hope I can grow my blog enough to start taking some of the financial burden from my husband's shoulders.
This was a beautiful comment. It truly is unifying! Knowing that we all see the same sun rise and set all across the world truly is a nice thought.
South-Africa is a vast country and I have witnessed many different sunrises. From the cold sunrises over the Drakensberg mountain range, to the humid, hazy rise over Durban. Sometimes just the location can contribute to the experience.
I hope that you enjoy the Steemit platform, so far I am!
Back when I lived in El Paso, every great once and a while, I would see a sunrise that looked like the sunrises in my hometown a thousand miles away.
Those places are extremely different. Landscapes extremely different. Climates completely different. They are so different, it's like they're two different planets -- except for the times when the sky looked to same.
Those rare mornings when the sunrise in El Paso looked like the sunrise in my hometown, my heart would ache desperately for where I'm from.
Now that I'm back in my hometown (the mive and events immediately following the move were very traumatic), on the rare occasion that the sunrise looks like the sunrise in El Paso, I find myself wanting to run away and go back.
I posted up a picture of a sunset as an entry for the current steemitphotochallenge. I know I won't win, but I'm really excited about it.
I have always lived in the same town, but I understand the longing... While travelling, sometimes my sunsets feel strange without the pollution.
I will have a look at your photo and good luck with your entry...
I've lived a couple places, and have travelled to different parts of the country. The US has pretty much every kind of climate and terrain the rest of the world has, spread across its fifty states.
Which means you can see pretty much anything if you're in the right place. (Fun fact: The US had the brilliant idea of introducing gemsbok into New Mexico because they were endangered. I was in an SUV that almost collided with one in the dead of night. Just imagine seeing THAT come out of nowhere, illuminated by foggy headlights. Terrifying when you don't have animals like that native to the region and aren't expecting a huge African antelope to be standing in the middle of a two-lane highway at midnight.)
Anyways, I'll stop rambling on. You've got other people to chat with. :)
That is actually hilarious! It happens here more often than you can imagine...
As I said in my post, this is why I love online interaction! Thank you for the conversation.
I know they're native to South Africa. Look up white tail deer, because that's the main animal like it we have through most of the country. And elk, moose, and reindeer.
And then throw a Missouri boy used to white tail deer on a highway in New Mexico, unawares that gemsbok are even in the country outside of zoos. (They have no natural predators here. They kill our cougars.)
Thank you for the conversation as well! It's been a pleasure!
$10 in 5 days is great! Good work.
Thanks! Here's hoping I keep consistent growth. If I can be halfway successful on steemit, it will completely change our lives.
Yes it will. It has certainly changed mine!
I'm glad it has! Please wish me luck!
I do! I do! LOL.
Any tips?
Thank you for posting @dracosalieri.
Lovely sunrise photographs........the haze from an artistic standpoint contributes to the mood of the photographs.
Yes...it does seem you are interacting here, there and everywhere and as a result contributing to the value of Steemit.
The interaction is one of the three C's of Steemt.
Compose,
Curate
Comment
All the best. Cheers.
Thank you for a very valuable comment. The beauty in smog (cannot believe I said that) is that I experience different sunrises and sunsets every day. Unfortunately, the sky is a sickly colour during the day though.
Since joining Steemit, I doubt I have ever had as much fun typing and interacting. I only ever used Facebook and Twitter for news updates, and Reddit felt very studied. Steemit has so far proven to be both a fantastic formal and informal blogging opportunity.
I have been thinking a lot about how interconnected everything in life is.
A little background on me is that english is not my first language, its actually spanish. I learned english in the way most teenagers learned in 2007-2010 playing videogames and interacting online. I first started talking in english while playing halo 3 on the xbox 360, that I had just gotten because my nintendo DS came with a factory problem and it had to be sent back I asked for a refund and with that plus a little something I had I manage to buy my xbox 360 and learn english while playing through the golden age of console multiplayer.
Funny thing of all of this is, If I had not gotten a nintendo DS for a birthday gift I would have never gotten an xbox 360 and wouldn't have become a gamer. If I didn't become a gamer I would have never had problems with girls. If I never had problems with girls, I would have never challenge myself to solve them and finally If I wouldn't have struggle with social anxiety and problems in relationship with addiction to masturbation and pornography I would have never found @sashadaygame and if I would have never gotten into his Infinite Man Mastermind group and I would have never gotten the link to join Steemit.
My life would not have been the same If I had not received a defective nintendo DS as a birthday gift.
The butterfly effect in essence. Sometimes it is very odd how life and your progression through it works...
Makes me wonder if I should have bought those neon shoelaces 12 years ago. Would I have been more 'Outgoing' now?
I am so happy to see more and more posts that are giving away thank you steem to other steemit users! The community here inspired me to do the same: I am currently running a giveaway post for Random Acts of Kindness where all of the steem generated from the post will be given to those who reply with an act of kindness that has happened in their own lives. I am currently only able to give away to those who are 50 and below, but I would love to link this post to mine as an example of kindness on Steemit. If you don't mind, can I add it to the replies?
Smog does create intense and colorful sunrises and sunsets. It is NOT good for the health, but at least we can appreciate nature's beauty through something so bad. I look forward to the sunset pictures!
Thank you for the reply. I would be honoured if you would. I would love for this post to reach as many eyes as possible.
So far Steemit has not disappointed me and I hope to see the platform grow.
Keep posting on this community.
Great post bud! Will be following! Just recently started at Steemit as well, the community really is amazing
I thought it's China when I first saw this picture...
I thought that Africa is only about beautiful nature.
There are great areas that are relatively untouched, but sadly industry pops up everywhere that society gathers.
Welcome to Steemit! I also found out about Steemit while watching dome YouTube videos. I sm glad that I joined right away. Enjoy your stay here!
nice post
To be completely honest? I found Steemit through TheShadowBrokers' dump of NSA hacking tools because I wanted to take a look at what kind of stuff was in WannaCry.
I'm really glad I'm a geek XD
Is there something about Steemit I should know? That sounds worrying!
Nah, there's nothing wrong with Steemit XD some people just like to exploit vulnerabilities and do bad things with them. WannaCry probably would've happened whether or not Steemit was around; in fact, it's probably a good thing that the files were dumped on the clear net because it's way easier for software developers to find them and fix the vulnerabilities.
but yeah a hacker group named TheShadowBrokers hacked the NSA and dumped their tools on here. It's not much different from trolls, in my opinion; there's nothing we can do about it without ruining it for everyone. and personally I think it's fine - WannaCry didn't come from TheShadowBrokers anyway.
I actually have a lot of respect for some of these hacking groups precisely because they are willing to expose 'sensitive information'. I understand national security and all that, but why should government agencies be allowed to hide their secrets behind the so-called national interest. Why shouldn't we know our TV's are spying on us? The average person commits 3 chargeable offences a day without even realising it, so this kind of invasion has the potential to give individuals or entities power to ruin lives for the sake of a few extra $'s.
Yeah, I agree there. Who can keep the government in check if we don't know they're abusing power?
Unfortunately, people are often going to use things to their advantage in immoral ways and so someone turned it into ransomware.
Nice to have you on board! Follow me at https://steemit.com/@bitgeek
Hey there @dracosalieri -- I actually tripped over Steemit from Imgur -- shocking right.
I put you in an article :)
https://steemit.com/steemit/@clevercreator/the-need-to-feel-connected
Thank you very much. It is amazing to see how many places Steem is being advertised...
I have been on Steemit since March and have found it truly to be a special place. I am glad you have found a home here. I think the best way we can give back is encouraging other people to join the platform and helping them get started. Everyone has a voice and it is amazing what happens when you show them their voice has value. Followed.
Thank you. Thanks to Steemit, I think I am finding my voice.
I have already brought 4 of my friends onboard and want to continue to help growing the platform!
That is awesome!
This smog looks unhelthy.. :/
Living here is supposedly as bad as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day...
Very beautiful view you have there (aside from the smog :) !
Congrats on your accomplishment :)
South Africa is one of the places I have always wanted to visit, and at the moment it is actually at the top of my list! I would love to visit in the future if I can.
Congratulations on 100 followers! I have to totally agree with you about the interactions here... It really redefines what a 'social' platform can be/do.
Thanks for your intro, Iam new too and exploring Steemit from, Katy, Texas, USA.
Wow, I completely agree. I've been very impressed with how supportive and positive this community is and enjoy spending time just interacting with the incredible people in this community.
I had a good friend from Cape Town. And I'll be honest I had never thought to visit South Africa before that. But after she described this city to me, I was utterly amazed. I look forward to your future posts out of this amazing country. Cheers! (And you're getting a follow.)
Thank you for the support. Cape-town is a prime destination, but I would miss the smog.
No, I am lying. I am sure it would feel very different to wake up being able to breathe.
I have hopes to eventually withdraw funds from Steemit to help start a travel Blog...
That's awesome! Good luck!
Congratulation for 100 followers. :)
Beautiful photos.
Great photos, I love seeing people's perspectives from around the world, even if its there morning view. Very much appreciated.
Now that's a view!!! :-D
@dracosalieri Holy crap! I didn't actually expect to win this! I was being engaging for the sake of being engaging.
Thank you so much!
Interaction and engagement are, in my opinion, very important if we are to grow the platform... So thank you for being engaging.