The burns are very localised as you can see. We encountered a couple within a short distance.
Can anybody maybe explain this?
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Can anybody maybe explain this?
Mark and I saw these burnt circles between Pella and Klein Pella. There is no sign of a rootstock in the middle, so I do not know if it was a bush/schrub that had burnt.
The burns are very localised as you can see. We encountered a couple within a short distance.
The burns are very localised as you can see. We encountered a couple within a short distance.
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Re: Can anybody maybe explain this?
Nuuskierig jy.... 
Maar ek sou ook graag wou weet
Maar ek sou ook graag wou weet
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Re: Can anybody maybe explain this?
Dalk 'n area what prone is om weerlig strikes te kry
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Dit was ons raaiskoot gewees.CasKru wrote:Dalk 'n area what prone is om weerlig strikes te kry
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Re: Can anybody maybe explain this?
Dis seker ook moontlik...CasKru wrote:Dalk 'n area what prone is om weerlig strikes te kry
Ek het ook sulke kolle op die plaas, maar dit gebeur waar ons die bosse gooi wat ons uithaal en brand. Hier sien ek nie veel om te ontbos nie...
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African crop circles
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Re: Can anybody maybe explain this?
Aliens!
A lightning strike seems to be the most likely cause .... forked lightning could leave multiple 'scars'.
A lightning strike seems to be the most likely cause .... forked lightning could leave multiple 'scars'.
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Re: Can anybody maybe explain this?
Sorry ouens, party keer vat ons baie wyn dan tan ons maar n tjoppie
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Had Cobus not been through there with a few bags of mieliestompe??
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Kan dalk hulle chilly-eet-kampioen wees wat daar verby geloop het...
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CasKru wrote:Kan dalk hulle chilly-eet-kampioen wees wat daar verby geloop het...
..... Like 'Paddatjie' Paddaman in "Oh Shucks" When your road comes to an end ...... you need a HILUX!.
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Bok wagters wat vuur gemaak het miskien. Die bok wagters daarbo is "nomadic" so ek dink dis hoekom daar n paar van daai kolle is.
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rockets? hoever is die naaste dorp? ouens wat rockets bou en launch??
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Interesant...Ek sou ook dink weerlig!
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I dont know the area, but is it possible that whatever it was, was alien vegatation and parks and forest or whoever burnt them down
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Wonder what the aliens planted then?
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En ek dog Saddam en Kim Jong Il lê 6 voet onder?Hilux 1 wrote:rockets? hoever is die naaste dorp? ouens wat rockets bou en launch??
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My brothers came to visit me a few nights ago... Sorry guys!! 
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Lyk vir my of die brandende bos toe nou uiteindelik uitgebrand het
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Rieks wrote:Lyk vir my of die brandende bos toe nou uiteindelik uitgebrand het
Not funny. 
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It was Marks light that left those patches a bit sunburned 
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Looks like ant hills, I know in Lesotho we used to burn them up to warm up while Hearding the cattles. 
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