7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - African Wednesday week #21 - the absolute winner takes 200 SBD!
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Hello fellow Steemians!
Welcome to my 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge - African Wednesday - where the winner of the weekly round will be able to participate for the total of 200 SBD! Today, you can participate by submitting your personal pictures from your travels to the continent of Africa.
Blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) in dust at sunrise, Kalahari desert, South Africa. Source: Shutterstock, author: EcoPrint
Your entries need to be submitted by 8 AM Central European Time in order to be considered for the challenge with a description of approximately 30 to 50 words. Only use of personal images will be accepted and only one picture can be submitted for a daily photo challenge. Ten winning photos will receive a bigger upvote from me and ten runners-up will get a smaller one.
Chosen from the ten winning entries, the absolute winner of the day will receive extended publicity in my post tomorrow morning. I will also visit his/her blog to upvote one of the most recent posts. The winning picture of the daily challenge will then automatically enter other rounds with the absolute winner gaining approximately 200 SBD in total.
Please see the winners of the previous contests of the week and give them your support if you like their images to be the one winning the weekly price and entering the other stages of the 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge. You can vote for them by upvoting their winner announcement posts below:
7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge – Asian Sunday week #21 – winner announcement!
@kcaj88 Asian Sunday entry:
This is a photo that I took in Xinjiang, China. That's a Euphrates Poplar Forest which is about 6000 years old. Euphrates Poplar can live up to 3000 years old and even though the trees are dead, they can still stand for another 3000 years. I think they are tough and strong there for I took that pic.
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7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge – Australian Monday week #21 – winner announcement!
@stabilowl Australian Monday entry:
It was early evening and I was walking along the coastline at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney with my camera and tripod looking for something to shoot. I was almost at the end the the trail, close to Mrs Macquarie's Chair, when I was treated with this beautiful skyline of the City of Sydney, with all the colours reflecting on the water. I spend quite a bit of time there, perfecting my shots. And here is the best one.
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@axeman Tuesday of Antarctica and world´s oceans entry:
To continue the series of frozen Baltic Sea coastline, here is quite a special and minimalist shot of the stone completely frozen into the ice. Stunning colors of very very cold winter sunset, cause by still very high humidity of the air and unique singh-ray color polarizing filter mounted. Totally phantasmagorical view. Enjoy it!
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For more information about the 7 World’s Continents Photo Challenge and conditions see my original post: 200 SBD 7 World's Continents Photo Challenge - 2018 guidelines: 22/1 update
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Tomas
CEO & Founder of CGH
I took this photo in summer 2015 when I had the opportunity to visit Mukuni Village on the Zambia side of Victoria Falls. This village has existed since the 13th Century and the descendants of those settlers still live here. While tourists can come and visit, this is an actual working village, not a tourist attraction. I even got to meet the chief of the village. It was an incredibly memorable experience!
Deadvlei, Namibia
Deadvlei was once under water. It’s believed that roughly one thousand years ago, the Tsauchab River flooded, creating shallow pools with a clay pan underneath. In the shallow lake formed by the flooding, acacia trees flourished. But approximately two hundred years later, the climate changed. The area became dry and drought-stricken, and the massive dunes cut the area off from the river.
Oddly, the acacia trees that flourished when Deadvlei was awash with water are still here. The air here is too dry for them to decompose; instead, they stand like blackened monuments to the passage of time.
Amazing pic once again! Thank you so much for your support. Tomas
Synchronized swimming
Not everyone knows that near the island of Mauritius, large herds of sperm whales live and grow their progeny. When we found out about this, we decided to fly there to check whether this is true. Our dream was at least to see these magnificent animals. Who could have known then that we not only managed to see the sperm whales, but swim with them and even practice synchronized swimming.
Wow! That is just spectacular! What a feeling this must be... Actually, I would be scared:)....
In Sudan, there was a war for many years. As a result, the country was divided into two. In Southern Sudan, and now there is no peace. In the north it is relatively calm, but everything that can be destroyed is in ruins. Then there you can see the remains of military equipment. Some samples seem to lie here for centuries. I saw guns cast in the 19th century.
And those who came here to dive in the 90's saw burning aircraft near the airport ..
Thank you for your contribution! Tomas
Shot at Hurghada, Egypt while last days of our trip and staying at the hotel. Well, good chance to shoot some sunrise, since coastline is just near the hotel and no need to go or drive far away, though still need to get up quite early
Well, sunrise was pretty stunning and was really worth...
Enjoy the scenery :)
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Thank you so much for your contribution Ruslan! Great image.
Always my pleasure to participate )
The Sanetti Plateau, Ethiopia.
The largest high altitude plateau In Africa and home to the critically endangered Ethiopian wolf. I had to run a fair distance to catch up with the pack to capture this image. My lungs where burning but it was worth it!
This is something I did not know that we have wolves in Ethiopia, what an experience to see these lovely animals. Love the red colouring with black tails. Very envious of you seeing this @timspawls
Thanks @joanstewart. We do indeed. They where called Simien foxes for a while but DNA test have proved they are true wolves. They hunt rodents up there so although they live in packs the hunt alone. I grew up in Ethiopia so I have been lucky enough to see them many times :)
Very interesting to know, thanks for the details. Ethiopia is such a beautiful part of Africa, lucky you growing up there.
You are welcome! I am indeed ; )
What an effort to take this amazing image! Thank you so much for your contribution. Tomas
Thank you @czechglobalhost!
These are the desert highways in Morocco. Road tripping through Morocco is not without its challenges, but it definitely gives you the opportunity to see some of the best parts of the country, some of which are very remote and with almost zero traffic. The massive sand dunes and rock formations are fabulous to see!
Yep, looks pretty deserted.... Thank you for your great submission. Tomas
I took this photo of a mother rhino and her cute, playful cub while rhino trekking on foot in Ziwa rhino and wildlife ranch, Uganda. It was quite thrilling as rhinos can be dangerous but these two seemed to be quite welcoming of our presence.
Glad to hear they were welcoming since they really can be dangerous.... Thank you so much for your submission. The winner will be announced later on today in a separate post. Tomas
Great click! Thank you so much.
Photo was taken in Namibia’s most famous game reserve Etosha. It shows coexistence of different animal species. We can see big African elephant walking among many tiny springboks. Photo below is one of my favorites from Namibia’s trip and I hope you will like it too.
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That looks like real Africa:)...