SteemitPhotoChallenge #41 – Landscapes II – Entry 2 Natural beauty of the Cape of Good Hope

sunildkavuri (51)in #steemitphotochallenge • 7 years ago

I wanted to post a second entry, as I have been luckily enough to witness a large number of uniquely beautiful landscapes.

I went to South Africa for the Football World Cup and away from electrifying atmosphere, incessantly friendly people and the hundreds of thousand’s of people blowing indiscriminately into the vuvuzelas, I ventured to the Cape of Good Hope. It was first seen by a European in 1488 and long believed to be the intersection of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.

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Myth
As a result the Cape point is mistakenly thought of as the southernmost point of Africa and the spot where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans meet. The true southernmost point of Africa is at Cape Agulhas, located on the Garden Route of South Africa over 200 km away.

Background
Due to its treacherous weather and rocky waters this region was originally named the 'Cape of Storms' in 1488 by its Portuguese discoverer, Bartolomeu Dias, but was later renamed 'the Cape of Good Hope' by King John II of Portugal.

This photograph was taken with my Nikon D5000. The Cape of Good Hope is a narrow peninsula jutting out into the ocean. The natural beauty of rocks speaks for itself. Wild and rugged as you would expect. The beautiful contrasting colour of the sea is actually the meeting of the cold current from the Antarctic to the south and the warm one that flows along the coast from the north-east.

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