Lens-Artists Photo Challenge

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #108 – Sanctuary

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The Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted this week by Xenia.

Birds of Eden is the world’s largest free flight aviary and bird sanctuary, located in Kurland village near Plettenberg Bay in the Western Cape, South Africa. The mesh dome of the sanctuary was built over 2.3 hectares of indigenous forest, and is up to 55 metres above ground level.

Birds of Eden is home to about 220 different types of birds, and more than 3500 birds live in the sanctuary.

Their award winning bird sanctuary provides a forever home where previously caged birds can live a life of free-flight in a habitat as large and natural as is possible.

The feathered inhabitants of the aviary are comprised of a mixture of exotic, as well as African birds.

All these phototo were taken by Elmarie from Flippenblog

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #107 – Winter

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Snow capped mountain in a distance

Winter in South Africa is June to August. It is generally dry and cool, with snow falling in the mountainous regions. The Cape is however wet as it gets most of its rain in winter being a Mediterranean climate.

We had a lot of rain this winter

The Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted this week by Patti

Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #104 – Summer

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The Lens-Artists Challenge is hosted this week by Amy

Summer fun!

Seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere. For example, under the definition of astronomical seasons, the June solstice marks the start of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but it is the start of winter in the Southern Hemisphere. The same rule applies for the other seasons.

The meteorological seasons in the Southern Hemisphere are also opposite to those in the Northern Hemisphere:

  • Spring starts September 1 and ends November 30;
  • Summer starts December 1 and ends February 28 (February 29 in a Leap Year);
  • Fall (autumn) starts March 1 and ends May 31; and
  • Winter starts June 1 and ends August 31
  • Wikipedia