The African landscape can be dry and harsh – especially during the winter months. There is, however, a beauty in the hues of brown and green.
The grasses blend in with the colours of the rocks on the mountainside while the warm sun looks on.
Looking out into the distance at the horizon, the solitude of a tree rises amid the smaller brush.
The mountainside is beginning to green as the cooler months pass. Soon this view will change during the rainy summer months.
As the sun is setting, the mountainside and the beauty of the African landscape is shown in its golden light.
I love the African mountainside and every time I visit it, I embrace its beauty.
Have you experienced the African landscape in wintertime?
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2014
(This post was inspired by Frizztext’s A-Z Challenge)
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I have never been to Africa, but every time I see photos from there, I am astounded by the beauty of the land.
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It is a beautiful continent with many different faces. It is one you could explore for many years 🙂
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arid and awesome 😉
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Thank you 🙂
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I have not been to Africa. These landscape photos are beautiful, especially the last one.
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That one I took as the sun was setting. I loved how the sunlight gave the mountainside a golden colour.
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We were in Zambia, Botswana, and South Africa in June a few years ago. Beautiful!!
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I took these pictures in Swaziland – a tiny country next to South Africa.
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Love the raw physical nature of the land in this part of the world.
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The fact that it is untouched by man-made structures makes it even more beautiful.
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nice, not to meet a hungry lion family there in Africa – I would prefer to be a wanderer around Edinburgh searching for the Limes…
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I think I need to show you some hungry lions that I on e met up with 🙂
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Oh yes, I have experienced it, Colline. Beautiful photos. 🙂
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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Beautiful pictures
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Thank you. Though, as you know, the pictures show only a part of the beautiful landscape.
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Yes I have, and in summer too – roads absolutely lethal due to potholes amd bad driving but wonderful scenery and wonderful people 🙂 I remember sitting on the back of the farm pick-up looking after the beer and some other supplies while having some banter with local guys in Chegutu who couldn’t believe the British man was acting as driver for the African lady boss! One of my enduring memories of a holiday working on my Mother-in-Law’s farm 🙂
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Aaah, potholes are always part of the African experience 🙂
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Beautiful photos which really back up your words about being dry and harsh – really very well captured – my winter visits in Africa only counts egyptian, tunisian and moroccan visits… 🙂
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You then need to visit the southern parts of Africa 🙂
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Yeah but the winter of the southern Africa is just tahat time of the year I’m most buzy the european summer – I travel a lot during this period but it is business-related where I can mingle something “local” freedom into… 🙂
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Maybe there will be a time when you are not so busy during the summer and you can head on down south 🙂
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You make me dream of SA High veld and also Bush veld in winter. Very different where I am now. Miss it much but I’ll go back and visit again one day
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I miss it too Scrapy. Just makes me appreciate it more when I visit 🙂
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I’ve lived there a lifetime luckily I have heaps of photos.Many are all pasted into albums each with its own specials in it
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That is what I love about photographs – you can relive so many moments that you love.
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Agree! 😀
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The sun is the best for light camera effect. I dread the desert areas in summer, so I can’t complain when I’m in the desert when it’s during winter. 😉 I love seeing boulders. Great captures, Colline!
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Thank you Rommel. 🙂 The dessert is one landscape I have yet to see.
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The Mojave desert can look a little like that here in the Us.
Beautiful images.
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That is an interesting comparison Carol. Highlights how arid the African landscape can be.
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Love the soft light in the photos Colline .
Have only visited once …explored a little of the garden route and Stellenbosch and other wine producing areas .. really enjoyed the landscape changes from sea to mountains .
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The garden route is stunning. Travelled it by bus and enjoyed all our stops along the way 🙂
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Lovely photos, Colline. They reminded me of a trip to Zimbabwe in the winter. The light on the kopjes, and the Matopos Hills in particular was dreamlike. Oh yes, and Great Zimbabwe too. It was hard to believe it was real in the otherworldly afternoon light. There are photos somewhere in my archives.
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These were taken in Swaziland – not too far from Zimbabwe 🙂
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