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Oh what a beautiful coastline at sunset
At sea with Table Mountain
View from Signal Hill’s lookout
Cable car descending
Emptying the Robinson drydock
I watched the water rushing from that tunnel for quite some time, and when I checked the drydock again, it seemed that the water level was exactly where I'd last observed it. :O
Sunset orange from behind the boerewors curtain
Parking lot at sunset
Table Mountain from Cape Town International
View from the end of a bridge 3#3
A bridge with a view
A sunny day Table Mountain
Happy in Cape Town
A little cloudy Table Mountain
Not the Table Mountain I remember
Mountains ‘n hills
Do you love Cape Town?
Clouds and the City Bowl
The area straight ahead and to the right in this photo (on the slopes of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak) are the residential areas of Vredehoek, Gardends, and Oranjezicht. While they're beautifully located, with exquisit views of the city and mountians, those specific residential areas are known to be extremely (like as in very very extremely) windy.
I wouldn't mind living there for a couple of months, but I'm not sure that I'd enjoy settling down there.
How Table Mountain’s tablecloth works
What happens is that a warm south-easterly wind blows up the back of the Table Mountain range, until it reaches the summit (which is about 1000m above sea level) where it quickly cools down as it meets the cold air covering the top of the mountain. Because cool air isn't able to hold as much moisture, condensation and a thick cloud results.
The air continues to move towards Cape Town and Table Bay, and as it falls off the edge of the mountain it descends, meeting warmer air that's able to absorb the cloud's water vapour, making the cloud disappear, literally into thin air. :)
The back-end of Table Mountain
Oudekraal nature reserve on Table Mountain
You can access this spot from where the Constantia Nek hiking trail starts - right where Rhodes Drive meets the circle before the descent to Hout Bay.
Beach weather
A table top mountain
And this get's me thinking - I wonder if the reason that traffic's a complete disaster in cloudy-rainy weather isn't perhaps because we lose sight of the mountain? ;)
Along Orange Street
Clear skies and Table Bay harbour
I love the clear skies, windless days, and warm sun rays at this time of the year - the only thing that I really don't like about sunny winter days like this is that it gets intensely cold really early in the evening.
This is Africa and I'm not made for the cold. :-/
An unusual view of Table Mountain
Winchester Mansions
A seaside reflection at Blouberg
Beaches like those at Blouberg are especially gifted with iconic views of Table Mountain, white sand, and just enough shells to keep things interesting. This is a lovely place to be - when it's warm and the wind isn't blowing!
She’s so pretty…
An idyllic view of Table Mountain
Like an idyll; extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque: "an idyllic setting".
I met a few friends for a photo walk near the Blue Peter hotel in Tableview. Well, this particular evening was less of a "photo walk", and more of a "photo stand on the beach and gawk at the spectacular views". But then, I guess you can understand why. :)
I took far too many photos of Table Mountain on Sunday evening. I'll share this one, and perhaps one more if someone asks.