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Cape Pembroke, East Falkland
Cape Pembroke, Falkland Islands
Cape Pembroke, Falkland Islands
Cape Pembroke, Falkland Islands
ATLANTIC CONVEYOR Memorial, Falkland Islands
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa 26th May…
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twins at dusk
Nordkapp
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Cape buffalo with oxpeckers
Baby buffalo
IMG 9621cc Purple Sunset on Arabian Sea
Cape Drapanos - Lighthouse
Cape Drapanos - tongue of rock
Cape Drapanos - difficult terrain
188/366 view to Cape Hawke
Cape Hawke SLSC
Cape Hawke SLSC
233/366 from Cape Hawke
Wallis Lake and hinterland
The beauty and the smell of the sea
336/366 Blue Plumbago
Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape South Africa 27th May…
Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape South Africa 27th May…
Forster Tuncurry
Forster Tuncurry
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Kitten Hout Bay
Cabo Espichel
Camouflaged Crab
Marking the territory
Magnificent roots
Mangrove forest
Windswept coast
View from Cape du Couedic
Cape du Couedic Lighthouse
Cape Jervis
Temple of Poseidon
Ad & Fonzie at Cape Patterson
group portrait
afternoon walk along the beach
snail trails
snail trails
Ad & Fonzie at Cape Patterson
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Cape S. Vicente
This cape is the southwesternmost point in Portugal. It forms the southwestern end of the E9 European Coastal Path, which runs for 5,000 km (3,100 mi) to Narva-Jõesuu in Estonia. Approximately six kilometers from the village of Sagres, the cape is a landmark for a ship traveling to or from the Mediterranean. The cliffs rise nearly vertically from the Atlantic to a height of 75 meters. The cape is a site of exuberant marine life and a high concentration of birds nesting on the cliffs, such as the rare Bonelli's eagle, peregrine falcons, kites, rock thrushes, rock pigeons, storks and herons.
Cape St. Vincent was already sacred ground in Neolithic times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood attest. The ancient Greeks called it Ophiussa (Land of Serpents), inhabited by the Oestriminis and dedicated here a temple to Heracles. The Romans called it Promontorium Sacrum (or Holy Promontory). They considered it a magical place where the sunset was much larger than anywhere else. They believed the sun sank here hissing into the ocean, marking the edge of their world
Cape St. Vincent was already sacred ground in Neolithic times, as standing menhirs in the neighborhood attest. The ancient Greeks called it Ophiussa (Land of Serpents), inhabited by the Oestriminis and dedicated here a temple to Heracles. The Romans called it Promontorium Sacrum (or Holy Promontory). They considered it a magical place where the sunset was much larger than anywhere else. They believed the sun sank here hissing into the ocean, marking the edge of their world
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