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Our parking spots in the Cape Town hotel's "safe parking lot,"
which seemed to actually be a dining room or meeting room of some kind. It was quite
an ordeal to squeeze our vans into the tiny area (and to get them out again!) |
| Picture by Liz Johnson |
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Looking through tall buildings in Cape Town to a hill nearby. |
| Picture by Liz Johnson |
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Dave Bell discussing the geologic history of the Cape Town region from
a lookout on Table Mountain. The city is just visible in the background.
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| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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Quick-moving clouds on Table Mountain - these are pictures
of the same spot, taken about a minute apart.
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| Picture by Kristin Cook |
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A queen protea, one of the fynbos fauna found in the Cape Town region. |
| Picture by Magali Billen |
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Jenny Ives and Curtis Pehl examining eclogite xenoliths in
the Mantle Room at University of Cape Town. |
| Picture by Liz Johnson |
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A classic migmatite at Sea Point, on the Cape of Good Hope. |
| Picture by Liz Johnson |
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Explanatory plaque for the Sea Point Migmatite, in English and Afrikaans. |
| Picture by Liz Johnson |
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Dave Bell's tour included a boat ride to view the layering of the sediments on
the basement rock and other geologic features. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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This intrusion through the basement rock and overlying sediments cooled from the
center out to the side as evident by the horizontal column structures in the dike. |
| Picture by Magali Billen |
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Whales are a common site in this area, as they calve in the bays along this
coast. |
| Picture by Magali Billen |
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A view of the Cape Point lighthouse from a path further down
the point. |
| Picture by Kristin Cook |
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A baboon at Cape Point enjoying a stolen Coke. The baboon
couldn't drink through the straw, so he licked the coke off the windshield of the tourist's
car. |
| Picture by Liz Johnson |
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Kristine gives the group a talk about the special flora of the Cape Province called
fynbos (meaning finebush). Fynbos includes many plants commonly found in our gardens
such as geraniums. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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African Penguins on a beach just north of Cape Point. These penguins
are formally known as Jack-Ass Penguins due to the donkey hee-haw sound
they make. |
| Picture by Laura Croal |
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One of the shier penguins in the bunch, hanging out under some rocks. |
| Picture by J. L. Kirschvink |
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Penguins in geraniums (native to the area) at a beach on the Cape. |
| Picture by Liz Johnson |
Day 19