Heather Angel

South Africa - flowers and pollinators

noreply@blogger.com (Heather Angel Blog) — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 15:34:00 +0000

Male malachite sunbird on king protea

Catherine wheel pincushion protea

Monkey beetles feeding on Bulbinella

Male double-collared sunbird perched on pincushion protea

Male Cape sugarbird feeding on nectar in pincushion protea

Weird & wonderful reptiles

noreply@blogger.com (Heather Angel Blog) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:06:00 +0000

South Sichuan Bamboo Sea flood

noreply@blogger.com (Heather Angel Blog) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:29:00 +0000

The aftermath of a severe storm over the South Sichuan Bamboo Sea in China over the night of 28/29 August. As red rivers flowed downed slopes into the lobby of the Shunan Hotel it became like an estuary at flood tide. Here staff are attempting to sweep out the water.

Another view in the South Sichuan Bamboo Sea where landslips exposed the red sandstone soil. Here a huge slip has carried a grove of bamboos with it in the Ink Brook Valley.

First trip to Tibet

noreply@blogger.com (Heather Angel Blog) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:40:00 +0000

Here is a fleeting moment seen from the 24 hour journey from Xining to Lhasa on the Qinghai-Tibet railway.

A dawn sky at the Xiongse Nunnery not far from Lhasa.