Some amazing hot photos here.

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The mountains are fired up by the hot sun and they turn red at night.
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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.
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And here are two of the sunset photos. That red color of the mountains reflect the heat that is inside the mountains.
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Finally, 3 shots of the moon after the sunset and yes it was still very hot.
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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.

And That's All Friends!

Photos by Zac Smith-All Rights Reserved.

Camera: Canon Powershot SX60HS Bridge.

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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 🤩

Try to keep cool, my friend ❄️

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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.
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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.

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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 would love to make a trip to the Sahara and take photos there - the sand dunes are so beautiful, but I don't think I would want to live there for longer - think I'd prefer the north pole 😂 !LOLZ

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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You might be right, I still would love to photograph the sand dunes one day 😂 !LOLZ

I'm gonna make a rain dance for you - the sun will run away and the sky will cry rain 🌧️

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Easy to book into a hotel in Namibia and to visit the sand dunes my friend.
You will like it in Windhoek as there are many local Germans there.

A rain dance? What does an Austrian mountain goat know about a rain dance I wonder?

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So I will avoid Windhoek because as I am an Austrian I am not interested in Germans 🤣 !LOLZ

I know nothing about the rain dance - this is why the sun runs and the sky cries 😂

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Oh yes, I forget, you can only speak French 🤣 !LOLZ

Well when you come here I will take you to the "Naa-maas", as they are the expert rain dancers and they will teach you how to do it with an ostrich egg on your head🤣
Of course there will be a couple of droughts over the years until you get it right 🤣

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Nope, I might belong to the few people who are not happy when they see neighbors when they go on holidays 🤣 !LOLZ

If I begin to dance for rain the next Sahara will be born soon 😉

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Hahaha, there are only a few real Germans in Namibia and the other Germans are the local tribes.
So I doubt if any of them have ever been to Germany or Austria. Definitely not your neighbors 🤣

Totally agreed and please forget the idea of trying to do any rain dances, as Austria might turn into a desert 🤣 !LOLZ

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Believe me, my friend, when you go on vacation here, e.g. to Italy or Slovenia or Croatia it could be that you meet your neighbours. Then you can see them behave so very different 🤣 !LOLZ

But with "neighbours" I meant the whole - some people are happy to meet people from their own country and they even stick together sometimes. I do not want to hear any German word. If I want to have my own people around I can stay at home.

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Hahaha, I know exactly what you mean as I also dodge South Africans in other places.
However they don't ever behave as South Africans 🤣 !LOLZ

Yes, many times we can also see that here. Groups of people from the same nationality and maybe they do that for the safety factor.

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Fine, I have no idea why they behave different when they are tourists - I hate tourists 😂 !LOLZ

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False pretenses my friend as when they come to Africa they act like royalty.
We love tourists as they bring money into the country 😉 !LOLZ

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I think it depends on where they go and if they can afford expensive holidays they might behave differently from the ones I mean on the Italian beaches who show a real bad behaviour many times.

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Different strokes for different okes as they say.
What the bad ones doesn't know is that they leave a bad reputation of their entire nation behind tem when they go back home.
Tourists should know that they are ambassadors of their countries methinks 😉

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You're saying true words, my friend, but some people don't care what the world thinks about them.

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I think it's all a matter of respect for the self Hannes.
No self respect and no respect for others.

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Well, I would say alcohol minimizes this respect 🤣 !LOLZ

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Oh yes, one bad thing about too much alcohol is that one loses control of the sub-conscious mind and it spews out all the dirt in one's thoughts via the mouth. Bad stuff that erupts to hurt others.

One says ugly things and then hide away when sober 🤣 !LOLZ

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Oh, that's so true, so very true and often it was so hard to apologize because what I said was right, just couldn't say it when I was sober 🤣🤣🤣 !LOLZ

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Hahaha, yes I am sure that you know exactly what I am talking about as we were both there at some stage in our lives. The sad thing is that we cannot blame it on the alcohol 🤣🤣🤣 !LOLZ

Yes, alcohol had a part in it as it loosened our tongues and our befuddled actions, but we are the guilty ones as we did not take responsibility in regard during our drinking days.

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Right, it's not the alcohol's fault, it's ours, the alcohol is completely innocent 😂 !LOLZ

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Hahaha, I have never heard of innocent alcohol and I think that millions can be made if some brewer can have the idea of labeling his bottles of alcohol as "Innocent Brew" 🤣 !LOLZ

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Oh, I do believe that the alcohol itself is really innocent - it only wants to please us and make us happy, but we can't stop ... it's not the alcohols fault 🤣 !LOLZ

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Hahaha, I agree and it is that "but we can't stop" that gets us into so much trouble 🤣 !LOLZ

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Sorry, forgot to say that it's a great photo of the buzzard 🤩

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No problem mate and we are friends remember?
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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"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.

Thank you kindly for the tipu curation and please know that it is much appreciated.

I hope that all of this will work.

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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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Oh yes and there's talk here of drones to be used for surveillance so it can only be a good thing as the fire statistics are shocking.

Here was our moon last night.
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!LUV

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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.

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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.

Happy days are here again! sarcasm

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Should this ever happen South Africa will be once again ostracized in this left leaning world where everyone has a right to do whatever they want.

So no, your way will not work, but the drones and their cameras can indeed be of great help to the crime fighters.

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Exactly why this world is in the situation it is, too many laws no implementation. No one remembers a gentleman's handshake!

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Haha Reading? That's actually not too far from me! There's a park there which is pleasant apparently

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Oh yeah I do think there's a park there. Her daughter is an acrobatic dancing champion and they love her over there. she is booked to go and dance in a competition in Ireland and I think she has already done one in Wales.
My grandson got himself a Saxophone and the last that I heard he was doing well.

Getting late here Doc and chat soon if you don't mind 😊

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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!

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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.

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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.

Have some !PIZZA

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I agree that plastic is a terrible invention that has caused terrible damage to the planet.

Thanks for your good wishes and the pizza. Cheers!

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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.

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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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