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| The Atlantic near Cape Town, Chapmans Peak Drive, February 2011 |
From Wikipedia:
Chapman's Peak is the name of a mountain on the western side of the Cape Peninsula, about 15 kilometres south of Cape Town, South Africa. It is opposite the inlet on which the town of Hout Bay is centred.
The western flank of the mountain falls sharply for hundreds of metres into the Atlantic Ocean. A spectacular road, known as Chapman's Peak Drive, hugs the near-vertical face of the mountain from Hout Bay to Noordhoek. Hacked out of the face of the mountain between 1915 and 1922, the road was at the time regarded as a major feat of engineering. Chapman's Peak Drive was closed in the 1990s, after a rockfall caused a death and a subsequent lawsuit, and subsequently reopened after being re-engineered to protect motorists from falling rocks. It was reopened in 2005 as a toll road. The road was again closed for a number of months beginning on 19 June 2008 "as a result of risk areas identified on the mountain above the road", but has since been reopened indefinitely
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16 comments:
it is spectacular.
The light is lovely here!
Serene! And love the whisper of colour on the horizon!
Beautiful evocative photo. The landscape is almost surreal.
Beautiful view! So many Dutch names in your description:)
beautiful view...
Wow....what a scene...just phenomenal.
ATCHAFALAYA SWAMP PHOTOS is my link for today. Hope you can find time to visit with me.
nice VIEW, for sure!
ROG, ABC Wednesday team
Przepiękny widok :-). Pozdrawiam
Spectacular view :-). Yours
Picturesque!
Take A Break
Definitely a gorgeous view.
Looks a beautiful place to watch the sun set.
Joy, ABC Team
Wow, heavenly View indeed
Pheno, ABCW
What a wonderful composition--the strong elements with those rocks, serene waters and golden sky. You were in the right place at the right time to capture some magic.
Wow, what a beautiful scene and a lovely view. Gorgeous photo. Happy Scenic Sunday!
bet you had a great time
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