Thanks, Mike. As always, I appreciate you stopping by and commenting.

Yup, this one really works well in color, which I occasionally do use for photographs.
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Thank you very much, Richard. Always appreciative.
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That's Joe. Right on top of things.
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Thank you, Earl. I'm always appreciative of your visits and comments.
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Thanks for taking a look and commenting, Treepusher. It's appreciated. There haven't been any clouds, so to speak, in our skies for about 2-1/2 months now. That's supposed to change possibly over the weekend. At least that's what the weather guessers are saying. This is the start of the summer storm season here.
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...ambience withstanding.
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Now if we could just introduce Tess Thompson Talley, from Kentucky, to these lions another score would be settled.
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'Gang' of rhino poachers mauled to death by pride of lions after breaking into game reserve

From Fox News By Chris Irvine
At least three suspected rhino poachers have been killed by a pride of lions after they broke into a game reserve in South Africa.

Rangers discovered human remains around 4:30 p.m. local time on July 3 in the immediate vicinity of the lions’ territory at the Sibuya Game Reserve in Kenton-on-Sea in the Eastern Cape, more than 24 hours after an anti-poaching dog alerted her handler that something was amiss.

The ranger, however, did not examine the disturbance further because it was not unusual to hear the lions at night.

When members of the anti-poaching unit investigated, they recovered human remains, a high-powered rifle with a silencer, wire cutters, an axe and three pairs of shoes.

Nick Fox, the park’s owner, said the lions were shot with tranquilizer darts at first light so police forensic teams and the anti-poaching unit could comb the area for clues, and admitted it was not clear how many poachers may have been killed.

“The only body part we found was one skull and one bit of pelvis, everything else was completely gone,” he told Newsweek. “There is so little left that they don’t know exactly how many people were killed, we suspect three because we found three sets of shoes and three sets of gloves.”

He added: “They came heavily armed with hunting rifles and axes which we have recovered and enough food to last them for several days so we suspect they were after all of our rhinos here. But the lions are our watchers and guardians and they picked the wrong pride and became a meal.”

The Sibuya Game Reserve is one of the more popular game reserves in the Eastern Cape and is home to Africa's 'Big Five' - lion, rhino, leopard, buffalo, and elephant.



Police spokeswoman Captain Mali Govender said: “We do not know identities but firearms have been taken by the police and will be sent to the ballistics laboratory to see if they have been used in poaching before.”

In 2016, the reserve saw three of its rhinos shot dead by poachers who broke into the reserve to cut off their horns. All books with the reserve include an option Rhino Levy where the proceeds are donated to a fund fighting poaching.


Nine rhinos have been killed by poachers in Eastern Cape province this year, according to South Africa’s Times.

The reserve is one of the most popular game reserves in the Eastern Cape and is home to Africa’s big five – elephants, buffalos and leopards as well as rhinos and lions.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting, cambriaman. When we do get those storms, they are spectacular and produce wonderful photographic scenes.
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Thank you very much, Charlie.
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Not quite yet, Frank. Predictions for tomorrow (Fri and Sat). I haven't done any "real" photo work for about 2-1/2 months now. The skies have been cloudless. Our summer storm season is just beginning to start. Thanks for checking this post out and commenting.
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Thank you very much for the thumb, Longshadow. I'm glad you liked these.
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