July 17th, 1932 by busi2ness

Photography • Historical • posted on Jul 17, 2008

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On this day in 1932 my town was blown to pieces when a train carrying 1,200tons of dynamite destined for the mines, exploded just outside of town. The explosion happened just beyond where the railway masts disappear into the trees. Read here...
I received so many good comments about my stay in the bush during the previous photo, that I hereby invite all of you to consider an African Safari. Want to contact me? LOL
Thank you for the comments and visits to my previous upload:

Comments (101)

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Meowgli

7:39PM | Thu, 17 July 2008

awesome composition and sky, great work!

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npauling

9:07PM | Thu, 17 July 2008

A very dramatic looking sky and what a disaster this day would have been in 1932. Lovely capture and thank you for your invite but unless I win lotto I wont be able to get to S. Africa I'm afraid.

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sharky_

9:46PM | Thu, 17 July 2008

I does look like a massive explosion here. Excellent shot and information of history. Aloha

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Thelby

12:52AM | Fri, 18 July 2008

Sky on Fire, what a Powerful Photo!!!

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virginiese

2:04AM | Fri, 18 July 2008

1200 tons of dynamite has blown? What a sad news ! Your sky recall a little bit you story with the warm colors and the clouds shapes... Great capture

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brycek

3:32AM | Fri, 18 July 2008

Outstanding capture..very beautiful!!

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alltheoriginalnames

7:41AM | Fri, 18 July 2008

Such a beautiful shot, absolutely stunning, very well done

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drace68

8:02AM | Fri, 18 July 2008

Dramatic sky.

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Mad-Mike

8:19AM | Fri, 18 July 2008

Man... sorry to hear about that horrible catastrophe!!! This is a very beautiful capture of the clouds!

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FrenchKiss

8:47AM | Fri, 18 July 2008

What an absolutely stunning sky so reminiscent of an explosion. Wow what a tribute to a very sad day!

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hatchert77

1:19PM | Fri, 18 July 2008

love the pic, you are doing a great job, better everyday

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Kelena

2:24PM | Fri, 18 July 2008

great

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Hendesse

2:32PM | Fri, 18 July 2008

Stunning shot, what a sky. Looks threatening and fascinating.

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stuart83

9:52PM | Fri, 18 July 2008

A very dramatic capture, on my list of things to do one day is an African Safari

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JDoc

12:15AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Tragic event and an awesome shot!

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Chaos911

3:50AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Wow, such a very coooool work!!! Have a nice day! Adrian You Rock 2 www.Foto-ka.de

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ragouc

8:01AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Great picture. 5+

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Darkwish

2:15PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Cool shot! I like this one!

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kimariehere

2:35PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

gorgeous moody sky and so interesting read to go along with it ... fabulous capture!!!!! AWESOME!!!

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CavalierLady

4:57PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Stunning image, Piet, and perfect analogy for your narrative, a most dramatic and fierce sky!

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furuta

9:26AM | Sun, 20 July 2008

Amazing sky. excellent capture!!

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junge1

5:46PM | Sun, 20 July 2008

Wow Piet, what an incredible photo and story. As to a safary, if you are serious about this, keep me in mind. Not in the immediate future, as I have several other plans, but I would be game (lol) to it, Sig...

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shutterbugs

6:01PM | Sun, 20 July 2008

That's a new fav. Just brilliant. I predict this will be selected for LWITG!!

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VelvetMoxie

9:41PM | Sun, 20 July 2008

What an amazing shot! Now, all I have to do is win the lottery and I'll sign right up for that safara--a photographer's dream!

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ariaans

10:32AM | Mon, 21 July 2008

WOW what an impressive sky and atmosphere!!

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mps

8:09PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

The sky does look ready to explode. While it's a marvelous image I am sorry for what it represents.

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lior

4:24PM | Tue, 22 July 2008

Very dramatic mood :( Superb capture!

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debz2486

9:34AM | Wed, 23 July 2008

OMG that is the answer!!! I need an african safari, that would put a lite into my life. So the bad part.... How much does it cost???? Maybe I should just SIGN UP!!! :D Love yaz, Debz LOVE the image too!!!

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