African Skies

I am adding a new category to MTT's safari priority list (on the homepage), which is a very important one for photographers: African skies. On a continent known for its big skies, and outstanding sunrises and sunsets, Zambia emerges as the clear leader, especially now during the rainy season when cumulus clouds swell and expand vertically until they look like the aftermath of some mighty explosion. Which is what happens later when these gorgeous towers of billowing white become darkened thunderheads and unleash a sudden, short, always dramatic downpour. I took these "sky" pictures at my home as a late afternoon storm was building, another at sunrise on the Zambezi River at Livingstone's Waterberry Lodge.

10-03-2010