THE END OF THE EARTH #1, PUNTJIE, WESTERN CAPE
ASTEROID, (FROM "DIE HEMELBLOM" BY JAN RABIE, 1971), PUNTJIE, WESTERN CAPE
WILD ANIMALS CONNECTING PASSAGE #2, NAVAL HILL PLANETARIUM, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE
WILD ANIMALS CONNECTING PASSAGE #1, NAVAL HILL PLANETARIUM, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE
THE HIDDEN TELESCOPE, NAVAL HILL PLANETARIUM, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE
SUNRISE NEAR BEAUFORT WEST, WESTERN CAPE
NAVAL HILL PLANETARIUM, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE
NAVAL HILL PLANETARIUM ENTRANCE, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE
NAVAL HILL PLANETARIUM DOME, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE
GLITTER, HOLSLOOT RIVER, DWARSBERG, WESTERN CAPE
Apparently we are drawn to shiny things because we associate them with water.
SUN CIRCLES, LAINGSBURG, WESTERN CAPE
Did you know that if the sun was a triangle, you would see little triangles under a tree?
NEIL VILJOEN, TELESCOPE SHOP, BRAKPAN, GAUTENG
I photographed this from my backyard here in Brakpan - in the middle of the city. I use multiple different filters like hydrogen alpha, sulphur two and oxygen three. Those filters only allow a narrow spectrum of light through of 6 nanometers. That basically blocks out all the light pollution that one gets in the city, so you can get high-quality pictures from town.’
Read MoreCENTRE FOR EARTH AND SPACE, BLOEMFONTEIN, FREE STATE
THE BIG HOLE, KIMBERLEY, NORTHERN CAPE
SUKUMA MKHIZE, SAAO OBSERVATORY, CAPE TOW
THE ENTRANCE (FROM "SWART STER OOR DIE KAROO, JAN RABIE 1957) TABLE MOUNTAIN, CAPE TOWN, WESTERN CAPE
'There are no traces of a city anymore, just ice. It is Jordaan who sees it first, a small glossy lump above the ice, a structure like a glass dome. There they will probably land.'
Photograph inspired by ‘Swart ster oor die Karoo’ (Black star over the Karoo) by Jan Rabie, 1957. Translated from the original Afrikaans. Upon travelling to the future earth where everyone is living underground to stay alive, the main characters land on top of Table Mountain.
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