Late Summer and early Autumn
All photos and text Copyright © 1999 Gordon Richardson gordonr@iafrica.com
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Sunset on altocumulus over Constantiaberg
Cirrocumulus patterns and Altocumulus perlucidus
Altocumulus radiatus (same day)
Cirrocumulus and cirrus from Silvermine
Sunrise with mixture of clouds
Sunrise glow and clouds over mountains
Smoke and cloud over Devil's Peak
This was the first of many fires this summer
Burned slopes of Devil's Peak with cloud and close-up of setting moon
Sunrise with dark smoke and cloud over mountains
This fire burned for 2 weeks
Smoke from a huge mountain fire rising to form cloud
An unusual phenomenon, known as pyrocumulus
The mountains are 35km distant, and 1.5km high
Trees and mist (all on 5 April '99)
Dense fog over City Bowl and Southern Suburbs (all on 5 April '99)
Alpenglow at sunset over cloud on mountains
Lumpy cumulus and cloud bands, cirrus and cumulus
These brought the first rains of the year, and ended the fires
Window Gorge from Boschenheuwel and waterfall from Newlands Forest
Waterfalls in flood after first rains
Wave tube at Scarborough and waves splashing at Clifton
The first storm of the year
Burned hillside near Glencairn
The heavy rains caused mudslides from the bare sand
