Flying the Grand Fish River

The Fish River Canyon in Southern Namibia, is the second largest canyon on earth. It features a gigantic ravine 160 km long and up to 27 km wide, and in places almost 550 metres deep.

Photographing the Canyon from above has always seemed to escape us mainly due to logistical issues. However we recently managed to do a few very successful flights over this awe inspiring landscape.

It is a real challenge to try and capture the canyon's enormity and grandeur on film. This is an ancient landscape that has formed over millions of years; its contours lovingly shaped by sand, wind and water. A geological wonderland that humbled us to our core.

 

The Glory of a Circular Rainbow

A rainbow gets its traditional semicircle shape from the horizon, which makes it seem as if it is half a circle. So when the same atmospheric conditions that create a rainbow are observed from an airplane, a rainbow can appear to be a full circle.

This is aptly named a glory.

This glory was photographed from our plane over the Kalahari Desert a few days ago.

Boomslang on the hunt

Recently while on safari in Madikwe Game Reserve in the North West Province of South Africa we heard some black-eyed Bulbuls uttering distress calls in a thicket nearby. When we approached the thicket we had the privilege of watching a Boomslang on the hunt.

The highly camouflaged Boomslang approached the Bulbul nest with a beautiful liquid grace and over a half hour period proceeded to kill and eat a young bulbul chick. The Bulbul parents where distraught and tried their utmost to distract the Boomslang, but to no avail.