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- Offshore Wind Farm. Photographer: Samantha Vandersteen
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- The view from Bom Jesus do Monte (Good Jesus of the Mountain) – a sanctuary in Braga, Portugal. Photographer: Jarrod Vos
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- A pre-breakfast warm up the Meerkat way: near Swellendam. Photographer: Peter Brown
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- 2 doggos and a lion… Camps Bay fields view across to Lions head at dusk. Photographer: Mark Cromhout
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- This Wild Dog pup was watching the adult dogs intently, as they took off on a hunt over the dunes. Soon after, they killed a Gemsbok calf. (Tswalu Game Reserve, Northern Cape). Photographer: Sibyl Morris
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- Brown eyed girl. Photographer: Joany Brink
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- Looking south-east from the top of Groot Krakadouw in the Cederberg, 25 February. Photographer: Tim Gaunt (Tim Gaunt Guiding Co.)
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- Augrabies waterfall – Saturday 25 February 2023. Photographer: Martin Etsebeth
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- Sunrise The Helderberg Somerset West, 3rd glorious day of March 2023. Photographer: Gilbert Grace
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- Northern Cape, Spring 2022. Photographer: Alan Samuels
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- What’s to eat Mom? Bitou Pan, Plettenberg Bay. Photographer: Bruce Ward-Smith
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- Addo Family photo. Photographer: Piet Aucamp
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- Sunset with Hangklip in the background. Photographer: Daniel Erasmus
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- Above the clouds – Majestic view of the Drakensberg mountain range from the top of the Langalibalele Pass (3000m+ altitude). Photographer: Mohamed Khan
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- A wet Promenade, is there a face in the wave? Photographer: Adrian Botha
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- Sunrise at Plettenberg Bay. Photographer: Eugene Braack
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- Sunrise on the Knysna Lagoon. March 3, 2023. Photographer: Herb Hunter
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- Full Moon Rising at Sunset over Kommetjie Beach. Photographer: Neville Lance (www.nevillelance.com)
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- Sunrise in Keurboom Park on 2 March. Photographer: Jenni Bessesen
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- Nectar hunting. Photographer: Prospero Bailey
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