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1986 MAY_The Emerald Pool in heavy runoff spring_0035
Photo by niiicedave
The Emerald pool is a giant pool of water in the Merced River in the short stretch of glacial valley between Nevada fall and Vernal Fall in Yosemite. Heavy spring runoff (seen here) flushes out sand grains, keeping it a nice big giant pool, and later in the summer when the river slows down, you can swim in it with no danger (ahem ALMOST no danger – stay away from the outlet) of getting swept downstream and over Vernal Fall. Right now at time of this pic, dangerous to even stick a toe in it.
1984 Mazda GLC, April 1986, Asahi Pentax-M 50mm Prime Lens, California, Central California, Emerald Pool, Fujichrome, Pentax K-1000, Yosemite National Park
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Have you tried: Visiting Port Elizabeth?
Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: The interior of Kwa-Zulu consists largely of rolling hills from the Valley of a Thousand Hills to the Midlands. These have been the subject of much literature. Alan Paton, in the novel Cry, The Beloved Country, said:”There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it. The road climbs seven miles into them, to Carisbrooke; and from there, if there is no mist, you look down on one of the fairest valleys of Africa. About you there is grass and bracken and you may hear the forlorn crying of the titihoya one of the birds of the veld. Below you is the valley of the Umzimkulu, on its journey from the Drakensberg, to the sea; and beyond and behind the river, great hill after great hill; and beyond and behind them, the mountains of Ingeli and East Griqualand.”
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