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Panorama of a city spreading from a blue bay to the foot of a steep flat-topped mountain on the right, with a green hill and winding paths in the foreground and clouds over the summit. — Cape Town with Table Mountain Martin Wegmann

Pointed rocky peak and a rounded grassy hill above a town of white houses and tall buildings, seen across a reedy stream that reflects the clouds in golden evening light. — The marvellous Lion Sphinx Florian Heine

Silhouetted savanna trees and bushes against a fiery orange sky, the sun setting behind the bare branches of a small tree with a larger trunk in front. — Sunset at Kruger National Park, South Africa Giovanni Mastrolonardo

Rocky mountain ridge wrapped in drifting golden cloud in low evening light, with green slopes falling to a curving coastline and the sea beyond. — The lost world: Table mountain James Moore

Low view of the long bare legs and feathery body of an ostrich walking on grass, with a second ostrich behind it and a blue sea with a breaking wave in the background. — New perspective on Good Hope Janina Bösken

View down from a high cliff onto a rocky coastline of brown ridges and a sandy cove, with white surf and turquoise to deep blue sea, green bush on the left and a few tiny people on the beach. — Knysna Heads: a view from above Elizaveta Kovaleva

High coastal view from orange lichen-covered cliffs over a turquoise sea with white surf, towards a long sandy beach bar linking the shore to a small rocky island. — Robberg Peninsula - a home of seals Elizaveta Kovaleva

Flat-topped mountain rising behind a city strip across a choppy green bay, seen from a dark rocky shore, with gulls flying in a blue sky with a long white cloud. — Table Mountain: with the eyes of first discoverers Elizaveta Kovaleva

City lights spreading across a wide plain at dusk, with high-rise buildings in front and a dark mountain silhouette rising on the right under a pale violet sky. — Table Mountain and Cape Town at night Elizaveta Kovaleva

Wide sandy beach covered in footprints leading out to a low, rocky, scrub-covered island, with turquoise sea and breaking waves on the left, a lone person walking on the sand and a heavy grey sky. — Robberg Peninsula Nature Reserve, South Africa. "The island" Elizaveta Kovaleva

Person walking along a busy city road carrying a child in a green sling on their back, beside a billboard reading Get to BP and win a Volkswagen Tiguan and a sign to the Headache Clinic, with cars and tall buildings. — Worlds apart in Johannesburg. Aleksandra J. Heer

Large waves curling and breaking into white foam under a dark grey stormy sky, seen beyond a line of orange lichen-covered rocks and a strip of green coastal scrub. — South Africa: The Storm Rider Aleksandra J. Heer

Carcass of a cow lying on patchy grass: dried brown hide with a horn still attached, and white bones scattered on the bare soil around it. — Drought in rangelands of South Africa Alexandra Dr. Sandhage-Hofmann

Waterhole reflecting acacia trees in a flat expanse of bare red trampled soil, with sparse savanna trees beyond under a clear blue sky. — Idyll? Degraded drinking place. Alexandra Dr. Sandhage-Hofmann

Flat-topped mountain with a thin layer of cloud on its summit, seen across rough turquoise sea from dark shore rocks, with a city at its foot and gulls flying overhead. — Table Mountain covered with the table cloth Elizaveta Kovaleva

Close-up of a baby in a pink frilled sun hat, with a round crater lined with green bush and holding a small lake in the background. — My first meteorite crater Elizaveta Kovaleva

Large rounded orange boulders stacked precariously on top of each other on a hillside covered with green bushes and more boulders, under a blue sky. — Is the stones stable? Wenchao Wang

Towering white cumulus cloud with billowing tops seen from an aircraft window, rising above a patchwork of green and brown fields under a deep blue sky. — Thunderstorm activity on descent to Johannesburg Andy Smedley

Deep gully with steep orange-brown earth walls cut into a grassy plain, with sunlit green hills and low cloud covering a mountain behind. — Above or below ground? Juliane Krenz

Rocky green headland with layered cliffs and a small sandy beach, surrounded by turquoise sea under dark storm clouds. — Cape of Good Hope Joyce Schmatz

Rows of young grapevines on wooden posts with green grass between them, leading towards rocky mountains under white clouds in warm evening light. — Agriculture - Stellenbosch Joyce Schmatz

Black-and-white close view of three people in wide-brimmed hats and field shirts, one in sunglasses, standing among spiky agave-like plants and thin trees. — Old geologists at the outcrop Elizaveta Moiseeva

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