Clash: chain of events

Propulsion; momentum; clash; sinew; sock; speed; clash and bounce.
A collision between a member of the South African Junior Rugby World Cup team, a member of the English team and a panel of the LED advertising board on the field. 2012. (Youtube)

Inflorescence: obesa nursery

Images from the Obesa nursery located in Graaff-Reinet, South Africa. Despite the dizzying 36+ degree heat I had a very happy day wandering about this amazing cacti garden. Founded by C.J. Bouwer the collection is over 35 years old and houses some 7000 species of plants. Particularly captivating was this Encaphalartos altensteinii apparently, a young female plant about 13 or-so years old grown from seeds, with its enormous bright orange cone or 'inflorescence':

Spare, surfeit, surplus

by-product, enough, glut, inundation, leavings, leftover, nimiety, overdose, overflow, overkill, overload, oversupply, plenty, plethora, profusion, recrement, redundance, redundancy, refuse, remainder, rest.

'Spare' plastic moulds used in the commercial taxidermy process as spotted, en-mass.

Nguni Cattle

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Aerial Photography | aerial archaeology

all photos via this flickr of Klaus Leidorf: A german aerial archaeologist.