The Cape is famous for its storms, and the news was that two severe cold fronts were on their way. An ideal opportunity for my camera.
I took the amazing photos on the 18th of May 2025, and you will see what I meant by amazing, as I have never seen sights like this before.
I have seen and posted many mountain and cloud scenes before, but I think that this tops them all. We had a strong sun halo view 2 days before, and weather predictions were that people should prepare for floods and falling trees. I can tell you that we were so stunned by the first cold front鈥檚 advancing clouds that I took more than 300 photos. At the first weird and beautiful sight, we jumped into the car and took a drive down to a local park that is closer to the mountains. As I am writing this now, 3 days later after the second cold front has landed, the rain is pelting down in buckets, and we are moored in our house.
Amazingly the wind was not very strong low down, and that eerie silence in nature was at play. Of course, in the higher thermals, it was quite different, as strong winds were dancing with the clouds, and it formed beautiful patterns in the sky. This is why I like to get out to take photos before the expected rain arrives, as the heavenly artwork is so amazing to see.
So, what do you think about heavens art on this day? We were overwhelmed by the views, as it was the first time after many attempts to share the advancing clouds of a storm. This time round there was a lull between the first and the landing of the second cold front. It was during that lull that we managed to get out, and I took more photos during this lull that I will show you some other time. When I downloaded the pictures from my camera onto the PC, the full beauty of the views was displayed and, as I said, I was mesmerized.
As usual now, the news will start to emerge about the flood damages and the havoc created by winds at 75kph on the coasts, never good to see and we can only hope and pray that no lives will be lost. But I think that over time, people have become used to the storms, as South Africans are hardy people and very innovative when it comes to planning to survive in storms. But of course, there are always unexpected dangers. Nature is one of the most powerful entities in this world, and at times it seems that it has no limits. But there is such beauty also to be seen.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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