What better way to acknowledge the winter solstice with a kind-of self portrait under the auspicious light of the Moon, Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter is directly beneath the Moon while Venus is the same distance below again and a little to the left. Day by day Venus and Jupiter are getting closer and closer together. […]
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Moody skies descend on old and new Jetties on the pebble strewn coastline of Rapid Bay. A few hardy fishermen braving a wintery day, a far cry from the summer hordes. Looking forward to coming back soon. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘In The Mood’ 1/200s f/11 ISO100 17mm
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In Leigh Street there is a building with windows covered in these strange tubular cylinders like some crystalline lattice suspended in a void. Step back a little and this strange feature transforms into a gracious old stone building; the State Records Building of South Australia. I just like the tubes. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Tubular’ 1/50s […]
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Such a strange name for a strange creature; Goniocidaris tubaria. Actually this odd looking ball of spikey arms is one of our local sea urchins. There really is nothing typical about the appearance of a sea urchin. They all have a hard body called a ‘last’ but the ‘last’ is an internal structure and not […]
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Perhaps once or twice I may have mentioned how much I love Rapid Bay. I personally believe this part of our coastline is a somewhat forgotten treasure with so many people opting for more commercial places to visit on the weekend within that 1-2 hours drive radius around Adelaide. The first time I explored the […]
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