A Cape Town Chapman’s Peak Drive tagged image from photographer – Kalense Kid as published on Flickr.
end of africa
Image by Kalense Kid
We’re standing on Table Mountain, a little over 1000m above mean sea level. In front of us is a spur of ancient sandstone that runs down southwards, to the right of this photo, towards the successive crests of the 12 Apostles. Behind them, in the centre of the photo, is the range of coastal cliffs and peaks that lead towards Chapman’s Peak on the left of the frame. Hout Bay lies hidden to the left. Beyond that, an hour or so further, is the Cape of Good Hope.
The photo looks tilted at first sight, since those low stratus run parallel to the coast, but you can see from the horizon beyond them that the sea is as level here as in other bits of the world.
This dark mauveish duotone treatment is intended to convey an intense sense of the age of this rock. It was lain down before multicellular life existed, in a world that was rather less hospitable than our present blue and green ball. I would rather that humans manage to keep our planet green rather than drive it and everything on it to perdition in the frantic chase for profit.
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