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One more nice giraffe shot on our way out of the park |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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A whole bunch of zebras. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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Out of the park and up to the pinnacle, a quartzite column at the Great Escarpment to the
west of Kruger. |
| Picture by Kristin Cook |
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Professor Gurnis gives the group a talk on the geodynamic causes leading to the
escarpment feature. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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Another shot of the pinnacle with the lush forest vegetation in the background. |
| Picture by Laura Croal |
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The edge of the escarpment in this region is often shrouded in a blanket of clouds. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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A group shot at 'God's Window', one of the lookout points on the escarpment. This spot is
famous for its role as the edge of the earth in the movie, "The Gods must be crazy". |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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Mac Mac Falls, a beautiful consequence of the uplift of Southern Africa and the subsequent
headward erosion of the escarpment left behind after the break up of Gondwanaland. |
| Picture by Laura Croal |
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The group examines mottled anorthosite,
a marker bed in the bushveld complex. |
| Picture by Gilead Wurman |
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Burning fields on the way to Roossenkal (home of the Mapochs Mine). |
| Picture by Kristin Cook |
Day 8