Stalking Venus

Our series of Cape Town photos have turned out to be very popular. If you haven’t seen ‘em yet, check out Part 1 and Part 2. Thanks to my old friend, Jon, I now have a bunch more to add. So, without any further ado, here is Cape Town’s past, part 3.

This is a photograph of the concrete dome on Runit Island. The island, which is part of Enewetak Atoll was fitted with its unusual concrete cap because of the simple small fact that beneath it lie 111,000 cubic yards of radioactive soil and debris from the Bikini and Rongelap atoll nuclear tests. The dome covers [...]

We’ve shown you a collection of photos from Cape Town’s yesteryear once before. Now, with many thanks to Jeremy Swanson, an ex-South African, we have a great selection of pics from the past! Thanks Jeremy!

I know he’s being dying to hear from us folks at StalkingVenus, so I’d better hurry up and get on with it. I’m sure that he’s distracted enough already without having to deal with the emotional turmoil of not knowing whether or not he has StalkingVenus’ support… Congratulations President Obama! On behalf of the intelligent [...]

It kinda makes you gasp, doesn’t it – suddenly seeing this indelible image when you weren’t expecting it. That’s how I felt when I browsed over to the Boston Globe’s Big Picture feature and saw these images. Somewhere inside me, I knew we were approaching 11 September, but I hadn’t really allowed the thought too [...]

I was deeply chuffed today when my sister decided to send me a bunch of photos from Cape Town’s past. I’ve lived in Cape Town since a small boy, and some of these photos really bring back some memories. Others are from farther back than I can remember, showing scenes from the city’s past that [...]