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Solar eclipse from Pomene Lodge

Solar eclipse from Pomene Lodge

This shot of young “Buddy” at watching the Solar eclipse from Pomene Lodge last week nicely captured the lunar moment out there. Our team jacked the welding helmet from the workshop at Pomene Lodge and facilitated the live show for all present out on the remote peninsula.

Solar eclipse from Pomene Lodge
Solar eclipse from Pomene Lodge

Buddy was enthralled at the concept of moons and suns. He couldn’t stop grinning. Such was the effect on the local people who would have passed the moment without knowing at all why is was darker at mid-day, that day.

Our attempts at capturing the moment fell way short of the media’s abilities…but we had fun trying! Pomene is quite far up towards the equator and so the eclipse was quite substantial.

Pomene is quite far up towards the equator and so the eclipse was quite substantial. Lasting for a good few hours through the mid-day, the light was discernibly dimmer. The flamingos and other marine wild-life in the estuary that day thought nothing of it and continued their playful existence.

The Sardine and it’s partners in Inhambane have started offering two and three week trips to Pomene, by boat. And its not all just fishing! Snorkeling the Sylvia Shoal, and Bassas do Zambia, are two highlights of the adventure. As are the pristine mangrove lined lagoons we get to explore. The perfect waves in crystal clear warm water that peel for miles.

All these achievements made easy by using the ocean to get around on.

Check it all out at the following link…

https://thesardine.co.za/product-category/fishing-experiences/

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FishBazaruto.com free desktops

Smaller marlin provide plenty of fun, especially this time of year, in the Bazaruto Archipelego

FishBazaruto.com free desktops

Captain Duarte Rato of FishBazaruto.com fame has been shooting magnificent shots of fighting gamefish and seascapes for decades now, in and around the Bazaruto Archipelago, and has created a new downloads page – fishbazaruto.com free downloads, for the readers of thesardine.co.za to enjoy.

Duarte has been resampling his .RAW footage into useable chunks, and features these photographs extensively on fishbazaruto.com. In bite size, these images are easily used as as desktops (or static screensavers), on mobiles, desktops, laptops…etc.

Follow the following link to fishbazaruto.com’s new downloads link, with instructions:

http://wp.me/P5DwPK-hW

And while you are there, look around the fishbazaruto.com website for some amazing images to use as your desktop.

Bazaruto fly-fishing: chuck a fly in here and see what happens!
Click on over to fishbazaruto.com free desktop download, for free desktop downloads~!
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Pollution in Cape Town by Jean Tresfon

Pollution in Cape Town by Jean Tresfon

Fortunately the internet and guys like Jean Tresfon can team up and disseminate photographical evidence of major pollution problems. From this, people can collude further, as what have done here…and maybe a result can be attained. More often than not, the scapegoat government we have is really up to it’s eyeballs in literal poo-poo so that it really is up to us, the people, to persevere, buzz the right bells, click the right links, make the right calls. That’s right, we have to get involved. Help even. It really is up to us now. They that are there, just aren’t…

Acknowledgements to Jean Tresfon, catch him on FB right here…

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Barra on your desktop…

Alternative surfing accommodation in Tofo - in da barrel

Barra on your desktop

A little something to inspire. And more news of the cyclonic conditions in southern Mozambique…

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Click on the image for the highest resolution image, download it, and save as your desktop…
On Barra…- it’s not as tame as it looks. The sand comes up real steep as you can see through the wave in the photo, and breaks real fast as it unfolds onto the bank. Some 6ft waves break in 2ft of water – sending sand and foam 20ft into the sky – like an explosion.
On the recent cyclones… – The last one just screamed past us to the south making 1000 kilometres in no time flat. It sent us all the usual enticements – SSW winds, ENE swell but is now disappearing around Madagascar a bit too quick. If it hangs around anywhere in that sector of ocean though, the waves will never stop! Today it’s gonna be about 4 ft at Neptunes Bar and Restaurant, carefully positioned right in front of the heaviest barrell section on that almost famous strip of sand.
On Tofinho…- Tofinho also gets herself some lovin’ from the east swells. Invariably more hollow but sectiony down the point. The bay has been full of surfers sharing the magical conditions and crystalline water with baitballs and kingfish.

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