#capedawnproject approaches the winter months

In these 3 months sunrise times went from 07:00AM to 07:51AM, and the sun was now rising over Stellenbosch and Ceres mountains. Trade off for a longer lie in is much lower temperatures and wind-chill factors to deal with. Time to switch from coffee to lots of hot chocolate! 

In May we started to approach Cape Town winter season, dew point was at 130C, and temperatures were 130C, so even without rain we would get quite wet, with the added challenge of keeping the lens clear and not misting up. 

The fun part about these later sunrises is that there are many more commuters on the roads at this time of day, so great opportunity to play with the effects of car lights coming around the mountain. The South African phenomenon of “load shedding” also resulted in some interesting effects. Watching areas of the city disappear into complete darkness meant that car lights looked like they were threading through a “black hole”. 

The hyperlinks below once again provide all the detail of the shift of the sun over this 3 month period. 

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