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Somehow earlier explorers faces death at sea or at undiscovered places in the world.
In 1995, I went to South Africa. I was then standing beside a lighthouse at the tip of Africa. I could see on my left, the warm current of Indian Ocean and on my right the cold current of Altantic Ocean. I took a fisheye shot of it and it was really beautiful. Capetown was scenic and I enjoyed the weather very much.