Winds that sunk a thousand ships!

Mountains clothed in clouds. Come see the beauty of storm winds in the Cape!

Welcome to the skies of the Cape of Storms in South Africa. Named the Cape of Storms due to claiming the lives of many sea farers throughout history. A treacherous coastline with fierce winds from all directions made sailing around the Cape point a very dangerous experience. The coasts of Southern Africa are littered with the skeletons of ships that could not complete their journeys. Inland though, it is the same wind that can wreak havoc in settlements by ripping roofs off and pulling complete trees, roots and all out of the ground.
Today I will show you the beautiful side of these stormy winds.

The blanket of cloud on the mountain, in the first picture, is ripped straight up by the wind from a different direction.

A cauldron of cloud envelops the mountain peaks in a lovely show of swirling clouds!

Only the crows dare fly in the racing winds, as all other birds scurry for safety!

Look how high these Pied Crows fly into the eye of the winds!

And this is the last picture that I took toward the East of the park where we were standing!

This is the view towards the West, and you can see the difference as everything looks calm!
Imagine what this must have looked like to a ship's Captain not knowing that the storm winds are less than a mile away, and will soon flow in to destroy his ship.

Here we are back at home, in the late afternoon...and look at this stunning picture! Wind, cloud and sun creating arty masterpieces in the sky!

A crow flying across the showpiece on his way home!

Here is a big man-made crow flying through the winds!

These guys usually fly in a V-shape - Sacred Ibis', but today you can see how the wind gathers them into a bunch!

I was waiting for this, as I knew that the late sunset would be a magnificent show!

Finally, just another show of beauty to end the post!

Mother Nature is beautiful, but also very powerful and since time began we, as mankind, have been trying our utmost to tame her powers, and to destroy her. In the process, seeking to destroy ourselves.
Every day some form of nature abuse is displayed in the media, or in the news and we just cannot seem to get things right. Population explosions, business and manufacturing, oil companies, and a host of others create destruction of epic proportions and for how long can this go on. Some say that we are beyond the boundaries already, and we will soon have to search for another planet to live.

An Indian saying "until the last bird sings" sounds so scary to me, and it needn't be, if only we could all get our act right. We are supposed to be managers of the earth, not destructors of the earth. And this madness has to urgently come to a stop, for our own good - and our children's good. Once we learn that we can never truly own anything, as we are only journeying through this life, we might, just might, come to our senses and start to preserve nature for future generations. But in the meantime, the fight for sanity continues.
Think about it!

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