A bit dry-looking, for sure, nicely shot. There appear to be a lot of plants (like the two in the left foreground) that are about the same height, and don’t look like the pictures I find via Google for either mountain aloe or naboom. What are they? Are they all the same height because of fire?
Rick > On Oct 14, 2021, at 2:11 PM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > > Travelling West to Polokwane in Limpopo Province from the Lowveld, one must > transverse a lowish mountain range known as Magoebaskloof after an 18th > century chieftain. The rainfall on the eastern (Tzaneen) side of the > mountains is high making it a prime area for fruit farming with forestry on > the mountains themselves. A lot of indigenous forest is preserved too. Rain & > Mist is often encountered in the mountains but the west side is a classic > rain shadow. On this side the rolling hills are rather rocky with very little > arable land. One sees scrawny cattle & goats foraging on the hiilsides. > Peasant farmers eke out a living. The dominant plant species are the Mountain > Aloe (Aloe Marlothi) and the Naboom (Euphorbia Ingens) with a few small > Acacia trees. > > This Geso attempts to illustrate the scene. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51589015103/ Scroll L for the > others. > > All with the K5 & HD 55-300 > > Alan C > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
