Sunrise - Sunset Series

As I was doing permanent night Ops in a Rhino Anti Poaching Unit I saw a LOT of sunrise and sunsets. Some were spectacular and I took too many photographs for just one post. So, I thought I would share them "one a day" with you.

The place: Mabula Game Lodge. Bela Bela, South Africa.

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I am also a writer, but have yet to write The Chronicles of this chapter of my life. You can however find my very first written Chronicles here, they took place, in another lifetime, many years ago.

The Chronicles of the Mexican Horse Thief I – Angola.

St Lucia Estuary - No Ocean Breach yet

St Lucia Estuary
iSiMangaliso Wetlands Park

Despite promising high sea with the built up to Equinox the ocean did not create a lasting breach into the Estuary. Water levels is high, but the sediment build up in front of the Estuary's mouth is high.

We are moving towards a Spring Tide, but it will tall short of 20 October. Without a Cyclone pushing down the Mozambique channel there's very little hope of a natural breach before December 2016.

Another year out planet has to function without one of its most important life support systems.

However conditions looks great for Grunter Season. The little interaction between ocean and estuary will spawn all the critters to restock and also calls the Grunter to their Natural spawning grounds.

Get your rods ready and your trip planned to the coast. Nothing ventured nothing gained.

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Bierpens Viviers

Here is a collection of my Rhino photos, good and bad shots. Sorry, all are not competition quality, but just for the record.

"The white rhinoceros is the second largest land mammal in the world, after the elephant. White rhinos can weigh over 2,000 kilograms (2 tons) and stand as tall as 1.8 meters (6 feet). There were once over 30 species of rhino, but today there are only five and all are endangered. White rhinoceros are calmer and more sociable than other species of rhino, and they often live in small, territorial groups. Females and juveniles are rarely alone. Rhinos communicate using a wide variety of sounds, including grunts, growls, snorts, squeaks and bellows. Because of their hump, white rhinos cannot swim."
From Switch Zoo