Thursday, May 29, 2008

Country road



Water is scarce here. About 18 months ago a gale created dunes over the road - they were moved by bulldozer to the sides of the road, bushes grew on them but dried out during the summer. The ostriches - 2 females with chicks - that I wanted to photograph fled at high speed when I stopped the car. A little further on a windmill provided some water for stock. The farmers pump out so much water for their potato crops that the water table is dropping, seriously and the dunes could take over.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Wow, the poles disappearing on the horizon are really magnificent! A very peaceful image of the windmill I like it!
Cheers!