{"id":1416,"date":"2018-09-13T07:16:06","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T07:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2018-09-13T07:20:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T07:20:56","slug":"snow-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/09\/snow-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow in Africa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to the lyrics of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-w7jyVHocTk\">Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas<\/a>?&#8217;, it does snow in Africa more than you might expect, but when it does it can produce some incredible images.<\/p>\n<p>These surreal shots of elephants were taken last weekend in the Western Cape in South Africa, where\u00a0Kitty Viljoen was based in the Sneeuberg range:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1418\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1418\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1418\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000-190x114.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000-60x36.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kitty Viljoen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She also took these amazing photos of giraffes in snow in the Karoo region, which is more typically a &#8216;semi-desert&#8217; area.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1417\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1417\" class=\"wp-image-1417 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1080.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1080.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1080-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1080-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1080-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1080-190x114.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1080-60x36.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1080-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Kitty Viljoen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The following photos and video were all also shared on social media last weekend:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"nl\">Johann Weitz : Blouwildebeeste op Wapadsberg. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/snow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#snow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/southafrica?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#southafrica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/springsnow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#springsnow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lgxe2kBSHP\">pic.twitter.com\/lgxe2kBSHP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Snow Report SA (@SnowReportSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnowReportSA\/status\/1038373788755345410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsnowreportsa%2Fphotos%2Fa.312313212229373%2F1684767271650620%2F%3Ftype%3D3&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What an amazing video from near Oudtshoorn with giraffes in front of the Swartberg mountain range. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SXXPHguDUe\">pic.twitter.com\/SXXPHguDUe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Snow Report SA (@SnowReportSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SnowReportSA\/status\/1038739127984955392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/09\/snow-in-africa\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000-190x114.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1000-190x114.jpg<\/a><p>Contrary to the lyrics of &#8216;Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas?&#8217;, it does snow in Africa more than you might expect, but when it does it can produce some incredible images. 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