Gordo's links to weather, Cape Town, and web photography
This is by no means a comprehensive list, just some sites that have
caught my attention recently.
If you find any dead links, please e-mail me at
gordonr@iafrica.com
Recommended books
Sites that link to my site (sites with related themes)
Photos specific to Cape Town and South Africa
Cape information and resources
Weather, cloud and sunset photos
Photography galleries
Web Travel & Philip Greenspun
Web Design, Photography & Philip Greenspun
Recommended Books and Maps
South African Weather and Atmospheric Phenomena (ISBN 187509332X)
by Dries van Zyl
General South African weather text, with lots of photos
The Book of Clouds (ISBN 0760735360)
by John A. Day
Focusing purely on clouds, with little text but many full-size photos
A Field Guide to the Atmosphere (ISBN 0395976316)
by Vincent J. Schaefer, John A. Day, Christy E. Day (Illustrator)
Detailed text on weather and atmospheric phenomena with many illustrations
Also Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather (ISBN 0395906636)
A compact beginners guide with illustrations, by the same authors above
The Maps.co.za
excellent series by Baardskeerder cc
Sites that link to my site (sites with related themes)
Australian Severe Weather a mega site with cloud and storm photos
WolkenAtlas.de (German text) amazing!!
Michael Thompson's Australian storms, clouds, and sunsets
Bernard Hulshof's Weather Pictures
Cape Mountain Meanders
useful for local info, history, maps and links
Scrapbook of Cape Town photos some great images by a visitor
Cape Town weather and climate by Kevin Levey
Storm Chasing SA by Bryn de Kocks
Photos specific to Cape Town and South Africa
Images of Cape town a number of interesing photos
A Photo Gallery of Cape Town by Pat McKune
Images of the natural landscape of Southern Africa
by Dries van Zyl
Untamed South Africa
a home page about nature and tourism in SA
NASA image of the day - Western Cape (24 Dec 2004)
Local information and resources
Cape Peninsula National Park overview, information, history and links
Cape Nature Conservation Provincial Reserves
Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens world famous
Harold Porter Botanical Gardens (near Betty's Bay) lesser known "gem"
UWC Botany Department facts on Fynbos
UCT Geology Department geology of the Cape Peninsula
Garden Route Home Pages extensive list of resources
Max Search Engine:Western Cape
Cape Connected
has a wide variety of tourism and other links
Cape Town City Guide on About.com
Kapstadt.de (German text) or
English version
Photographer's Guide to S. Africa (on photo.net)
Go Africa directory of sites continent wide
Ananzi Search Engine (South Africa)
Weather, cloud and sunset photos
Meteorology on About.com large range of useful links
Steve Albers's Weather Photographs
Shooting the Aurora Borealis
Greg Thompson's In the Clouds photography
Tom Polakis Sky Photography
Harald Edens weather and cloud photos
Strike One by Michael Fewings
Mark Vornhusen's rainbows, halos and atmospheric phenomena
Marko's weather photography page
Photography galleries
Mountain Light by Galen Rowell the master of light and colour
Ctein's online gallery extraordinary quality!
Luminous Landscape some fine photos and techniques
Ernst Haas Photographer stunning!
Kurt Ross Transcendent Nature excellent!
Randy Wang's Magical Moments excellent!
Impressions by Yoshizo Kawasaki excellent!
Tom Till Photography
James Kay - Utah and Arizona photographs
In the heart of the Alps by Q T Luong
Enlightened Images Photography by Gary Crabbe
Geoff Doré (UK)
Akkana's Photo page
Steve Hoffmann's Nature and Scenic Photography excellent!
Tom Grubbe's Nature Photography similiar themes/to my liking!
Sierra Nevada by
Philip Greenspun
Photo Critique (forum/upload/discussion of images)
FreeNaturePictures.com a collection of
high-resolution photos of including clouds and sunsets
Web Travel
Web Travel Review by
Philip Greenspun
featuring
Travels with Samantha
This site won Best of the Web in 1994
(long before most of us got started!)
Web Design
useit.com by Jakob Nielsen -
gives some important tips on
design
and useability of sites
Scanning tips by Wayne Fulton
(lots of useful info!)
Search Engine Watch by Danny Sullivan
More than you ever wanted to know, whether a surfer or a webmaster!
Dead Trees and what they can teach you about photography by
Philip Greenspun for
photo.net
Web Tools Review including the text of
his new book on website design
by Philip Greenspun
If you are wondering why Greenspun appears so often, it is because he
is probaly one of the best all round photographer/writer/web designer
on earth. If you haven't been to one of his site(s), go there NOW!
Greenspun also maintains a database where you can
add your own URL to his list of links
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04 May 2008 updated
26 Dec 2004 updated
24 Feb 1998 created