Solar One

[d000hg]

Are those full-sized pylons in #3?

[sal]

I believe that most solar towers use a core of molten salt as it has extreme ability to retain heat and keep producing steam for the generators hours after sunset.

[EternalOptimist]

a couple of weeks earlier, In Kruger








a couple of Hyena pups, hidden in plain sight by their mum



a leopard scoffing a deer in a tree

[EternalOptimist]

Are those full-sized pylons in #3?

yep. the whole thing is in a dip in the ground. I didn't have a 4x4, and I was in a hurry anyway

[unixman]

Great close up pics. The lion through the bush is fairly menacing.

Two friends of mine are visiting SA on holiday, but not not visiting Kruger or seeing any animals. Unbelievable! I tried to talk them into it over some beers but failed to persuade.

[EternalOptimist]

Great close up pics. The lion through the bush is fairly menacing.

Two friends of mine are visiting SA on holiday, but not not visiting Kruger or seeing any animals. Unbelievable! I tried to talk them into it over some beers but failed to persuade.

They will still see baboons, monkeys, weird squirrels and mongoose. lots of raptors

assuming they get out of the city

[EternalOptimist]

the night vision pics are now available

this sequence was taken in the pitch blackness. elephants are surprisingly quiet when moving about, even at night.
I didn't hear this guy, even though he was less than twenty feet away, I spotted him with the NV whilst panning the river below. He went up and down the lekky fence, then he hears me. probably opening a fozzies.
He stares right at my position and his ears go up.

















then, there are no prizes for guessing what this fellow is

[greenlake]

then, there are no prizes for guessing what this fellow is

Watching the watcher....