A single Protea bush, back lit by the late afternoon light growing among the boulders on the grassy slopes of the Drakensberg Mountains

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A single Protea bush, back lit by the late afternoon light growing among the boulders on the grassy slopes of the Drakensberg Mountains of South Africa. The Drakensberg Mountains formed due to the combination of the Jurassic period large flood basalt during the break-up of the Gondwana Supercontinent and erosion from the later uplift of the African Continent. The Drakensberg Park were declared a Unesco World Heritage site in 2000 to protect the natural habitats, but also due to its cultural significant since it has the largest concentration of rock paintings in Sub Sahara Africa.

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Size: 2678px × 3571px
Location: Cobahm, Drakensberg Mountains, South AFRICA
Photo credit: © Marieke Peche / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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