False Bay Sunset

Photo taken from Rooi Else across False Bay.
It is call False Bay because it sometimes fooled sailors of old looking for Table Bay.

#CapeTown #clouds #falseBay #Photography #sunset

When elements of a #foodchain are lost, this can have #ecologicalimpacts with other species getting more abundant. N. Hammerschlag et al. (2025) report a sharp #decline in the #whiteshark population in #FalseBay, South Africa, possibly due to attacks by #orcas. This has implications for Cape fur seals and sevengill sharks.

© This text #StefanFWirth Berlin 2025

Paper

N. Hammerschlag et al. (2025):
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2025.1530362

Photo

White shark by Terry Goss, Cr. Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science, has uncovered evidence of far-reaching ecosystem consequences following the disappearance of great white sharks from False Bay, South Africa. Phys.org reports:
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ecosystem-disrupted-great-white-sharks.html

#GreatWhiteShark #SouthAfrica #Ecosystem #EcologicalDamage #FalseBay #MarineScience

Diaz Beach is seen from Cape Point, South Africa, at the tip where the Atlantic Ocean meets False Bay on a beautiful sunny day.

#BuyIntoArt #SouthAfrica #DiazBeach #CapePoint #FalseBay #Nature #NaturePhotography #Atlantic

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(2010)

*Wonderment*

And I'm still the #child, will remain so, in relation to #nature.

Shot at #FalseBay #WesternCape #SouthAfrica #Atlantic.

#photography #amateurphotography #photocomposition #canon #ocean #beach #surf

New clam species discovered in South Africa's #kelp forest https://phys.org/news/2024-07-clam-species-south-africa-kelp.html paper: https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/124517/

This small #clam, which is only 2 mm in length, spends its life crawling between the spines of #SeaUrchins. The #NewSpecies has so far only been found in one locality in #FalseBay, #SouthAfrica, where it was found attached to the burrowing #SeaUrchin Spatagobrissus mirabilis in coarse gravel at a depth of about 3 m. It has not been observed free-living, without the host urchin.

A view from Cape Point, South Africa looking out over the tip where the Atlantic Ocean meets False Bay, and southward towards Antarctica.

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